Caleb Jones, violoncello

Caleb Jones was born in Charleston, SC, and attended the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities. Caleb Jones recently graduated from the Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University with a Performer’s Certificate. While at Peabody, Mr. Jones was a student of Alan Stepansky and a recipient of the Steven Kates Memorial Scholarship. He has studied chamber music with Peter Salaff, Jerome Lowenthal, and the Tackacs and Brentano String Quartets. In March 2006, he was guest soloist and master class clinician with Maryland's Frederick Youth Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Jones has collaborated with many composers and premiered many new works in venues such as the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater. He was a featured artist for the “2006 Peabody at Homewood Concert Series" in which he presented an unaccompanied recital that included a composition of his own. Most recently, Mr. Jones won the “2006 Rising Star Award” from the Howard County Arts Council (MD). Currently, Mr. Jones is currently a student at Lynn University’s Conservatory of Music in Boca Raton, Florida where he studies with David Cole.

Getting to know Caleb Jones

Hobbies: playing billiards, origami, making sushi

Favorite Food: sushi and Maryland crab cakes

Most Memorable/Scariest Musical Experience:
A few years ago I was given three weeks to learn and perform Elliot Carter's Enchanted Preludes for a concert. This work is a duo for cello and flute which includes many metric modulations and extremely challenging technical passages. After many arduous hours of practice and rehearsal we were able to successfully perform the piece.  

What I Enjoy Most about Being a Young Artist: 
I honestly I enjoy the work that goes into being a Young Artist; the collaboration of artistic ideas and ideals with other artists is very enriching. I feel like I am constantly in search of inspiration, so that I can be a great source of inspiration to my colleagues and audience members. One thing that I have learned is that great artists are able to find inspiration through life's simplest pleasures.

Favorite Quote:
 “Art was not created as a way to riches. Strive to become a true artist; all else will take care of itself”.    -Robert Schumann