From here you can find details of my compositions, gigs and publications, including 'In Touch With Guitar' my new 5-CD guitar tutor for those who want to learn by ear, written with the blind and visually impaired in mind but enjoyed by all learners. Visit my new page of free resources for teachers and students. Enjoy the site and send me a message! 

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  About Dan and this Site

Within this site, you can:

  • Learn about my new audio 5-CD tutor for those wanting to learn by ear, but containing a wealth of information for blind and visually-impaired guitarists: In Touch With Guitar
  • Download sample pages and order my workbook: Reading Jazz Chords, a Guide for Classical Guitarists
  • Investigate my compositions and arrangements, listen to samples and order music from the publisher
  • Read about my compositions for theatre, including past projects in outdoor puppetry and current works, including my Family Musical, The Jole
  • Keep up with forthcoming gigs and events
  • Order your own Transcriptions through Dots to Order: Music as you like it
  • Listen to excerpts from Kerfissien, recorded by The Campanella Duo and order copies
  • See footage of Naomi Wright and Dan Jones 
  • Book Dan for Weddings and other functions as a Classical Guitarist or as part of a Jazz ensemble
  • Listen to my playing using the jukebox at the top of this page 
  • Listen to samples of The Canton Cafe Orchestra and order our CD El Ultimo Cafe
  • Listen to my other CD releases and follow links to audio excerpts
  • Get free manuscript and TAB paper, chord boxes and teaching resources
  • Get in touch! - give me your thoughts and feedback

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.