Music in the City | February 2023

Music in the City is a monthly series presenting live performances of classical and traditional artists. This month, join us as we feature piano and violin duo Bonnie Brown and Daniel Jones. Music in the City is generously sponsored by St. Andrew’s Episcopal Cathedral.
Bonnie Brown, violinist, is a native of Jackson Mississippi, where she currently resides. Growing up in Jackson, Bonnie enjoyed varied musical opportunities and experiences - including performing with the MSO, the MYSO, and other orchestras and ensembles throughout the Southeast region. Bonnie was an MSO concerto competition winner, a two-time Mississippi State Fair Fiddle Champion, the Junior Division winner of the Tennessee Valley Old Time Fiddlers Convention, a two-time winner of the Alabama Honors String Festival Competition, and a two-time winner of awards with the Alabama Symphonic Scholarship association. Bonnie was also a two-time recipient of the National Trustee’s fellowship to the Kennedy Center Summer Music Institute in Washington, D.C., where she had the opportunity to work with musicians of the National Symphony Orchestra, and perform at the Kennedy Center under the baton of Leonard Slatkin and many other notable conductors. Bonnie has been a four-time member of the Aspen Summer Music Festival and School, participating in the Aspen Festival Orchestra. Bonnie has also performed internationally with orchestras, including the Vanderbilt University Orchestra as a guest alumna on their 2007 tour of China, and with the MYSO as concertmaster and soloist - namely performing the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto at the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing, China. Also an operatic soprano, Bonnie has been the recipient of numerous vocal awards throughout the South and New York City, including a prestigious Gerda Lissner Foundation award. She has participated and performed in several young artist opera programs, including Palm Beach Opera and the Aspen Opera Theatre Center. Bonnie received a BM from Vanderbilt University, and a MM and Professional Studies Certificate from Manhattan School of Music in New York. Bonnie currently enjoys playing in the MSO, freelancing across the state, and performing with the Zoey Girls - a violin duo co-founded with her sister Shellie Brown Kemp.
Daniel Jones is an organist, pianist, and violinist currently residing in Jackson, MS. Originally from Starkville, MS, Daniel moved to Jackson to study music at Belhaven University before spending two years as the Frank Slater Organ Fellow at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Cathedral. They continue working as a freelance musician and collaborator, ballet pianist, violinist with the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra, and sometime vocalist, harpsichordist, and composer. In their spare time, Daniel enjoys knitting, baking, and working as a barista.
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