Composer and percussionist Ian T. Jones writes atmospheric, rhythmically driven music featuring colorful orchestration and electronics or electronic-inspired compositional techniques. His music aims to tackle topics in psychology, social issues, and otherwise unremarkable moments of life, and includes acoustic, electroacoustic, and film music.

Ian’s music has been performed across the United States, including at the National American Saxophone Alliance Conference and internationally at the Vienna Summer Music Festival in Vienna, Austria. He has worked with various ensembles including HYPERCUBE, Ensemble PHACE, the Red Clay Saxophone Quartet, and the Greensboro Symphony Youth Orchestra. Recent achievements include his piece Tattoo being selected in 2024 to be included in the Vibraphone Project Initiative’s Unaccompanied Vibraphone Music Compendium, and his fanfare Light Rising being premiered by the South Methodist University Brass and Percussion on the opening concert for the 25/26 season of the renowned Dallas Winds.

An avid percussionist, and champion of new music, Ian has performed at the annual Percussive Arts Society International Convention in 2021, is consistently part of commissioning and collaborative projects, and has performed in multiple ensembles including the North Carolina Brass Band, the Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle, and various ensembles at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

He is currently pursuing his Master of Arts at the Eastman School of Music where he also serves as a graduate assistant in the Electroacoustic Music Studios. He holds a Bachelor of Music in Composition and Percussion Performance and a Certificate in Music Technology from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where he studied with Mark Engebretson, Alejandro Rutty, and Eric Willie.