David Paul Jones - Biography
David Paul Jones was born in Ayrshire, Scotland in 1969. He studied classical piano and composition at the Royal Scottish Academy Of Music in the early 90's and has been writing and performing throughout the UK and internationally for over 20 years.
His soundworld explores a variety of acoustic/digital genres and forms from solo piano music, songs and larger scale vocal works, to ambient music and sound designs for theatre.
Theatre credits include a prolific series of soundtracks and live performances for multi-award winning theatre companies and productions: THE MISSING, MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS GOT HER HEAD CHOPPED OFF, ELIZABETH GORDON QUINN (National Theatre Of Scotland), WHAT REMAINS, BARFLIES, THE DEVIL'S LARDER, THOSE EYES THAT MOUTH (Grid Iron), PARALLEL LINES (Cryptic) and THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE by Jo Clifford (Traverse Theatre Company).
Theatre credits for companies specialising in work for young audiences include: SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES (Catherine Wheels/NTS), POBBY & DINGAN, CAGED (Catherine Wheels), ADVENTURES IN A NORWEGIAN WOOD (Scottish Youth Theatre), THE ATTIC (Imaginate/Starcatchers), OUR TEACHER'S A TROLL (NTS) and his award winning chamber opera THE SONGBIRD (Giant Productions).
His work in aerial, dance and physical theatre includes SPOKES (Strange Bird Zirkus/All Or Nothing), NQR (Scottish Dance Theatre), WISHBOX (Wired Aerial Theatre), SNAILS & KETCHUP (Ramesh Meyyappan/Iron Oxide) and more recently a collaboration in New Mexico, USA on THIS TWISTED TALE (Paper Doll Militia).
Vocal works and songwriting make up a large body of his catalogue, including solo songs and choral works for soprano Lisa Milne and National Youth Choir Of Scotland. In 2000 he introduced his own singing voice and style with the creation of SOMETHING THERE, recorded on Linn records and featuring his contemporary classical group DPJ ENSEMBLE. Since then his vocal performance has remained a central role in his stage, concert and recording work. Song collections include his acclaimed seafaring song-cycle PALMSTAR POPPY.
His international portfolio includes festival performances throughout Europe, South America and the Sydney Festival Australia. His international collaborations include projects in USA, Middle East and Brasil. He is currently writing the soundtrack for The Green Snake with the National Theatre Of China which will premiere at the 2013 Hong Kong Arts Festival.
He was awarded the prestigious 2011 Glenfiddich Spirit Of Scotland Award for Music.
David lives in Edinburgh where he is also a private piano and music tutor.
His soundworld explores a variety of acoustic/digital genres and forms from solo piano music, songs and larger scale vocal works, to ambient music and sound designs for theatre.
Theatre credits include a prolific series of soundtracks and live performances for multi-award winning theatre companies and productions: THE MISSING, MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS GOT HER HEAD CHOPPED OFF, ELIZABETH GORDON QUINN (National Theatre Of Scotland), WHAT REMAINS, BARFLIES, THE DEVIL'S LARDER, THOSE EYES THAT MOUTH (Grid Iron), PARALLEL LINES (Cryptic) and THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE by Jo Clifford (Traverse Theatre Company).
Theatre credits for companies specialising in work for young audiences include: SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES (Catherine Wheels/NTS), POBBY & DINGAN, CAGED (Catherine Wheels), ADVENTURES IN A NORWEGIAN WOOD (Scottish Youth Theatre), THE ATTIC (Imaginate/Starcatchers), OUR TEACHER'S A TROLL (NTS) and his award winning chamber opera THE SONGBIRD (Giant Productions).
His work in aerial, dance and physical theatre includes SPOKES (Strange Bird Zirkus/All Or Nothing), NQR (Scottish Dance Theatre), WISHBOX (Wired Aerial Theatre), SNAILS & KETCHUP (Ramesh Meyyappan/Iron Oxide) and more recently a collaboration in New Mexico, USA on THIS TWISTED TALE (Paper Doll Militia).
Vocal works and songwriting make up a large body of his catalogue, including solo songs and choral works for soprano Lisa Milne and National Youth Choir Of Scotland. In 2000 he introduced his own singing voice and style with the creation of SOMETHING THERE, recorded on Linn records and featuring his contemporary classical group DPJ ENSEMBLE. Since then his vocal performance has remained a central role in his stage, concert and recording work. Song collections include his acclaimed seafaring song-cycle PALMSTAR POPPY.
His international portfolio includes festival performances throughout Europe, South America and the Sydney Festival Australia. His international collaborations include projects in USA, Middle East and Brasil. He is currently writing the soundtrack for The Green Snake with the National Theatre Of China which will premiere at the 2013 Hong Kong Arts Festival.
He was awarded the prestigious 2011 Glenfiddich Spirit Of Scotland Award for Music.
David lives in Edinburgh where he is also a private piano and music tutor.
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