Ms. Calida N. 琼斯 是一位有成就的音乐家, 社会正义倡导者, and educator with more than 25 years of experience in performance planning, 工作坊及课程发展, 志愿服务, 项目管理, 在私人和公共机构任教. 与全国各地的艺术和文化组织合作, 她领导了促进公平的努力, 多样性, 包容, 和访问. She has built and supported several social change music programs both in Connecticut and around the country. Passionate about intentional purposeful teaching and community engagement, her personal mission is to ensure that children with limited resources have access to musical opportunities and activities. She is also deeply committed to correlating the art of teaching to life skills and community building through the lenses of Equity, 多样性, 包容, 和可访问性. Calida previously worked as a Vice President of Planning and Capacity Building at Arts Consulting Group, 一家全国性的艺术咨询公司. 她仍然是一位经常受欢迎的国际演讲者, 教练, 小提琴家, 音乐教育家. 卡利达激活了她的社区建设哲学, 灵感, 可行的解决方案, 通过励志演讲来传递希望, 研讨会, 并在全球范围内指导个人. Most notably, she recently had the opportunity to speak to over 500k individuals in Amravati, India. 在那里，她分享了“善良的影响”. 在圣何塞的TEDx演讲, CA, Calida has had the privilege of speaking at prestigious institutions such as the Yale School of Music, 杜克大学, 康涅狄格州议会大厦, 和哈特学校. 她在职业生涯中获得了无数荣誉, 包括阿斯彭思想节的奖学金, 伊丽莎白L. Mahaffey奖学金, 格莱美音乐教育家奖提名, 沃特伯里地区的康涅狄格艺术英雄奖, 神父托马斯·H. 德怀尔人道主义奖，表彰她在康涅狄格州沃特伯里的工作. 除了是CNJ联合公司的创始人, she also recently co-founded an arts ecosystem called Creative Evolutions, a Human-Centered Adaptive Ecosystem that Creatives Actionable Solutions for Creative Individuals and Organizations. Calida has previously sat on many boards to include the El Sistema USA board, 声音交叉音乐委员会, 也是康涅狄格州艺术委员会的女议员. 目前, Calida担任康涅狄格艺术联盟的董事会主席, 一个全国性的倡导会员组织. Calida holds a bachelor of fine arts degree in violin performance from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and a master of music degree in violin performance and Suzuki pedagogy from The Hartt School.

Dr. 开尔文琼斯 是一位积极的教育家, 导体, 音乐家, 钻设计师, and music arranger for high school and university music programs across the country, 他的安排在美国各地演出, 包括达拉斯风. 之前在路易斯安那州立大学任职, he served as the director of the award winning and Grammy-nominated Golden Band from Tigerland.

Bands under 琼斯’ direction have performed at events on the state and national level, 包括祖鲁狂欢节游行, 新奥尔良圣徒队, 在华盛顿特区, 华特迪士尼世界, 东南联盟(SEC)冠军赛在亚特兰大举行, GA, College Football Playoff (CFP) Peach Bowl and the CFP National Championship games. 在他的指导下, numerous 表演 of the LSU Tiger Marching Band have been selected for recognition and viewing at regional and national conferences of the College Band Directors National Association, including the Athletic Band Symposium and nominated for a 2023 Grammy award by the Recording Academy for their collaborative album with Zydeco artist, 肖恩·阿尔多因获得最佳地区根奖.

A former K-12 public school educator, he was the band director at West Feliciana High School in St. 房间,路易斯安那州. 在亲密, 他领导了一个活跃的, comprehensive music program that produced numerous award-winning 表演 at state and national events, including the 2013 United States National Presidential Inauguration Music Festival 在华盛顿特区. He holds degrees in Music from 大阳城集团99aa and Louisiana State University. 在业余时间, 他喜欢和妻子费利西亚在一起, 执业护士, 还有两个儿子塞缪尔和凯帕克.