Youngstown State University alumnus and jazz trumpeter Sean Jones will be a guest instructor for trumpet and jazz students on Monday, Nov. 9 at YSU’s Bliss Hall. The event is sponsored by the Dana School of Music and is free and open to the public.

Jones will host master classes from noon to 1:30 p.m. in Room 1200. The master classes will feature individual trumpet students, Trumpet Ensemble and a Jazz Ensemble trumpet sectional. Jones will rehearse the Jazz Ensemble from 2-2:50 p.m. in Room 2222.

Jones is an American jazz trumpeter and composer. He has released eight albums under the Mack Avenue label. Jones performs with his own groups both nationally and internationally, at music venues and jazz festivals including the Monterey Jazz Festival, Detroit International Jazz Festival, Vail Jazz Festival and the Montreal International Jazz Festival.

Jones developed an interest in jazz after receiving two Miles Davis albums from his band instructor, “Kind of Blue” and “Tutu.” By the time he entered Warren G. Harding High School, Jones had decided to pursue a career as a professional musician and studied classical trumpet as well as jazz.

Jones earned a bachelor’s in music degree from YSU’s Dana School of Music and his master’s from Rutgers University. He has performed with several notable ensembles and musicians, including Tia Fuller, Gerald Wilson, Joe Lovano, Tom Harrell, Marcus Miller, Jon Faddis, Jimmy Heath, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock and Frank Foster.

Jones has held positions with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh Jazz Orchestra, Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, Oberlin Conservatory, SFJAZZ Collective and Berklee College of Music. He currently serves as the chair of the jazz studies department ofthe Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Jones is on the board of directors of the Jazz Education Network and has served as its president.

Parking is available in YSU’s Wick Avenue parking deck near Bliss Hall. Visitors should enter from the Wick Avenue entrance at Meshel Hall. Parking is $5 and cash only.

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