About Dan and this Site Within this site, you can: Dan Jones studied at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama under the guidance of the celebrated concert guitarist John Mills and Patrick O'Brien. He also undertook masterclasses with John Williams. Amongst his prizes was a Silver Medal from The Worshipful Company of Musicians. As a Soloist, his performing career has taken him to many countries including Hungary, Brunei and Japan. In 1999 he recorded his first CD of guitar duets with The Campanella Duo; a second disc, entitled Kerfissien, was completed in 2001. Dan is a keen composer and arranger; he has composed and directed music for eight RWCMD puppetry productions: The Insect Play, Fishwish, Sweet Green Peas, Wide Awake and Dreaming, Alice in Wonderland and The Secret sshhh..., Alice through the Looking Glass and Unfinished Stories... Stranger Tales. His piece for Guitar Ensemble, Icebreakdance was premiered by the Cambridge Guitar Orchestra in 2003 and is published by Cadenza Music and his arrangements for two guitars are published by Corda Music. He has composed a family musical, The Jole with a script by Cardiff-based writer, Graham Jones. He has appeared as a soloist in St David's Hall Cardiff for a performance of Rodrigo's famous Concierto de Aranjuez. He teaches at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in the Guitar, Academic and Junior Music Departments where he has a particular interest in working with the visually-impaired. Dan plays in several Jazz groups including The Canton Cafe Orchestra and performs frequently with The Consort de Danse Baroque, with whom he undertook a 10-date Japanese tour in November 2004. Current projects include the forthcoming publication of a Guide to Reading Jazz Chords and the release of the Boo Hooray Theory's debut album. He lives in Pontypridd, South Wales with his wife Kirsty, sons Matthew and Sam, daughter Florence and cats, Badger and Olive. Have a Listen to Some Jukebox Tracks Tracks 1-4 are arrangements of Folk Tunes I made for The Campanella Duo. I am playing with my great friend Matthew Nisbet. You will find an English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish tune. Our second album Kerfissien has 10 of these arrangements. Track 5 is me playing the second movement of Steve Reich's Electric Counterpoint. I recorded the whole piece, but this movement is exceptionally beautiful. Please enjoy the music. Please visit the websites of Classical Guitar Magazine
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