Dr. Henry Jones
Associate Professor of Piano
Music Annex A277
(985) 549-3991
hjones@selu.edu
After graduating cum laude from Yale University in 1978, Dr. Henry Jones was a free-lance
vocal coach and accompanist in New York City for ten years, during which time his
credits include choral performances at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, vocal recitals
at Lincoln Center, musical director of a gymnastic exhibition at Madison Square Garden,
and Broadway and Off-Broadway shows, including Evita, Jerome Robbins' Broadway, and
The Fantasticks. He received his D.M.A. in piano (1994) from Louisiana State University
in Baton Rouge, and was Associate Professor of music and head of piano at Minot State
University in North Dakota, where he also taught second-year music theory. At Missouri
Southern State University in Joplin, Dr. Jones was Assistant Professor of music and
head of piano, and taught music appreciation. Currently at Southeastern Louisiana
University in Hammond, Dr. Jones teaches piano and related courses. He is a member
of Pi Kappa Lambda, the College Music Society, the National Guild of Piano Teachers,
the Music Teacher's National Association, and the American College of Musicians. Dr.
Jones was a winner of the L.S.U. Symphony Concerto Competition, and nominated several
times for best musical director by the Manhattan Association of Cabarets. His wife,
Stacey Davis Jones, is a highly-acclaimed cabaret performer, and his three children,
ages ten, fifteen, and twenty, will soon be world-famous musicians, scientists, and
athletes.