Jones Serves at Music Academy in Greece
Gregory Jones, professor of music, (second from left) returned to the Greek Island of Corfu recently as a faculty member of The 6th Melos Brass International Ionian Summer Music Academy. The other trumpet faculty members were Chris Martin, principal trumpet of the Chicago Symphony, German trumpet soloist Reinhold Friedrich and Sokratis Anthis and Panayotis Kessaris of the Melos Brass. Students from America, Africa, England, Greece, Albania, Finland, Poland, Czech Republic, and other nations joined in performances and master classes that included the Canadian Brass and many other brass teachers during the first week of July 2008. Pictured left to right: Martin, Jones, Anthis, and Kessaris.