March 4, 2018 - Eastman Bunch and Alex Jones
On Sunday, March 4, 2018 at 2:30 PM, the Rochester Theater Organ Society presents The Eastman Bunch and Alex Jones program.
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Alex Jones made his theatre organ debut playing the RTOS Wurlitzer as a student participant in the 2017 Eastman Bunch program. He then entered the ATOS Young Theatre Organist Competition and easily won first place at its summer convention in Tampa last July. We are privileged to welcome him back to RTOS as the special guest performer for the 2018 Eastman Bunch concert.
Originally from London, Alex is currently studying for a Masters in Organ Performance Literature at the Eastman School of Music in the studio of Prof Edoardo Bellotti. His education is generously sponsored by grants from the Robert Carwithen Foundation, Mr. Philipp Klais and others. |
He began his career by gaining a scholarship place to study at Chetham’s School of Music in Manchester, UK and was awarded the Junior Organ Scholarship at Manchester Cathedral. Whilst in Manchester, he performed in the Cathedral’s concert series and at the Bridgewater Hall and Royal Northern College of Music. He earned his Bachelors’ Degree at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, UK. In 2013, he was awarded the Anne & Don Smith Memorial Organ Scholarship to Birmingham Symphony Hall and during this tenure, he collaborated alongside a wide variety of artists and has been responsible for curating the hall’s organ. In 2014, he was awarded the Organ Department Recital Prize and was also awarded a grant from the Birmingham Organists Association Leonard Gibbons’ Fund to aid with the completion of a new transcription for organ of Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition”.
In recent years, he has performed around the Netherlands making appearances at the Grote Kerk in Zwolle and the Eindhoven Muzeiksaal as well as performing in major UK venues including St. Paul’s Cathedral, Royal Festival Hall, Westminster Central Hall and St. John Smith Square, London. He has also appeared as a guest speaker at Southbank Centre’s “Pulling out the Stops” festival celebration.
During his time in the US he has performed at the 2016 EROI Festival and has been awarded both the Runner-Up Prize at the West Chester University International Organ Competition in PA as well as winning the recent ATOS Competition in Tampa. He is now in demand as a Theatre Organist. Most recently, he gave a performance of Francis Poulenc’s Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani in Rochester with the distinguished Eastman Players and will perform at the 2018 and 2019 ATOS Conventions.
Alex currently holds the position of Organist at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation in Rochester, NY.
In recent years, he has performed around the Netherlands making appearances at the Grote Kerk in Zwolle and the Eindhoven Muzeiksaal as well as performing in major UK venues including St. Paul’s Cathedral, Royal Festival Hall, Westminster Central Hall and St. John Smith Square, London. He has also appeared as a guest speaker at Southbank Centre’s “Pulling out the Stops” festival celebration.
During his time in the US he has performed at the 2016 EROI Festival and has been awarded both the Runner-Up Prize at the West Chester University International Organ Competition in PA as well as winning the recent ATOS Competition in Tampa. He is now in demand as a Theatre Organist. Most recently, he gave a performance of Francis Poulenc’s Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani in Rochester with the distinguished Eastman Players and will perform at the 2018 and 2019 ATOS Conventions.
Alex currently holds the position of Organist at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation in Rochester, NY.
