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Hailed as “superb,” (Gramaphone), Los Angeles-based tenor Michael Jones is an international soloist, collaborator, and recording artist in high demand. Jones’ vocal repertoire spans from the Baroque to contemporary genre-bending commissions. He has performed with an array of ensembles as a soloist and ensemble member, where he has “blended gorgeously” (South Florida Classical Review).
In his 2025/2026 season, Jones’ notable engagements include his solo debut with Apollo’s Fire, Con Gioia Bach, and appearances with Bach Collegium San Diego, Tesserae Baroque, The Crossing, Santa Fe Desert Chorale, Seraphic Fire, Harmnoium Stellarum, HEX, Alium Spiritum, Aeternum, Musica Transalpina, Spire Chamber Ensemble and internationally, with Los Angeles Master Chorale. Recent highlights include Jones as the tenor soloist with Philharmonia Baroque for performances of Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 62 and Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147a. He has also appeared as a soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Apollo’s Fire, Cal Poly Bach Festival, Long Beach Symphony, Piffaro, and Choral Arts Philadelphia. Jones appears on over thirty acclaimed commercial recordings, including four GRAMMY-award-winning albums for Best Choral Performance: three with The Crossing (2018, 2022, and 2025) and one with Los Angeles Master Chorale/LA Phil (2026) - 13 GRAMMY nominated albums (nine with The Crossing, three with Conspirare and one with LA Master Chorale). Additional recording credits include works with Resonance Collective, Vocal Arts Ensemble Cincinnati, and The Thirteen. In addition, Jones has recorded on Delos, Parma, Albany, World Library Publications, and GIA and has performed on five Downbeat Award-winning recordings. A SAG-AFTRA vocalist, Jones has also contributed to major feature films such as “How To Train Your Dragon,” “Wicked: For Good” and was featured in Macy’s Singing Tree for the Macy’s Day Parade (2022 and 2023), further showcasing his artistic range across classical and commercial stages. |
In addition to his vocal career, Michael also plays trumpet all over the world in multiple settings; from New Orleans style brass band to chamber orchestra to small group jazz. You name it: Michael has done it. In the fall of 2019, Michael played with critically acclaimed Youngblood Brass Band, dubbed by Dazed and Confused as "hip-hop's heaviest brass section," for their European fall tour.
When living in Philadelphia, Michael regularly played with Ocean Avenue Stompers the Bachelor Boys Band for private events and weddings all along the east coast. In addition, Michael plays regularly at City Church Philadelphia and whenever one of his favorite people Taylor Kelly calls for a "soul" gig, he's there. While living in Chicago, he appeared regularly at The Green Mill, Chicago's legendary jazz club, with Alan Gresik and the Swing Shift Orchestra. He is an original member of J-Livi and the Party, The Cincy Brass, Cincinnati's award-winning brass band and played with Four Star Brass Band. All three bands have recorded albums released in the last few years: Cincy Brass released "Ain't Nuttin' Louder" in 2011, Four Star released "Get Your Four Star On" in 2015, J-Livi and the Party released "Come and Share my Life" in 2016, and in 2019, released "Mixtape.". During Michael's time at Northwestern, he was fortunate to co-found a hip hop group called The Syndicate that played around Chicago and Evanston. Their most notable performance was Dillo Day 2015. In the summer of 2013, Michael auditioned and won the "jazz" trumpet chair in the Disneyland All-American College Band. While in the band, he played five sets a day at Disneyland in Anaheim where he performed with Bob Mintzer, Gordon Goodwin, Wycliffe Gordon, Peter Erskine, Jiggs Whigham, John Clayton, Gregg Field, Steve Houghton, Sal Lozano and Rex Richardson. |
Choral Recordings
Michael is just as comfortable with the “red light on” as he is with live performance. Michael has recorded on Delos, Parma, Albany, World Library Publications (WLP), and GIA. Michael appears on two GRAMMY Award winning albums and ten GRAMMY nominations in the category of Best Choral Performance; eight of which were with The Crossing, and two with Conspirare. In addition to his GRAMMY nominations, Michael has performed on five Downbeat Award-winning recordings.
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David Lang, the sense of senses (The Crossing, 2025)
Farming (The Crossing, 2025) At Which Point (The Crossing, 2025) Ways you Went (The Crossing, 2024) Ochre [The Crossing, 2024] GRAMMY AWARD [Best Choral Performance] Motion Studies [The Crossing, 2024) Sumptuous Planet (A Secular Mass) [The Crossing 2023] The House of Belonging [Conspirare 2023] GRAMMY Nominated [Best Choral Performance] Carols After a Plague [The Crossing 2022] GRAMMY Nominated [Best Choral Performance] Born [The Crossing 2022] GRAMMY AWARD [Best Choral Performance] The Tower and the Garden [The Crossing 2020] Carthage [The Crossing 2020] GRAMMY Nominated [Best Choral Performance] Rising with The Crossing [The Crossing 2020] GRAMMY Nominated [Best Choral Performance] Anonymous Man [The Crossing 2020] Truth and Fable [The Thirteen 2019] Voyages [The Crossing 2019] GRAMMY Nominated [Best Choral Performance] |
The Arc in the Sky [The Crossing 2019]
GRAMMY Nominated [Best Choral Performance] The Hope of Loving [Conspirare 2019] GRAMMY Nominated [Best Choral Performance] Zealot Canticles [The Crossing 2018] GRAMMY AWARD [Best Choral Performance] Canticle [Vocal Arts Ensemble 2018] If There Were Water [The Crossing 2017] Empowering Silenced Voices [Chorosynthesis 2017] Sound from the Bench [The Crossing 2016] Canticales of the Holy Wind [The Crossing 2016] Seven Responses [The Crossing 2016] Words Adorned [The Crossing 2015] (re-release 2021) Bonhoeffer [The Crossing 2015] GRAMMY nominated [Best Choral Performance] |