Dena Jones has performed throughout the US and in Spain, Mexico, Italy and Canada. Dr. Jones focuses in performance and research of Spanish repertoire in addition to standard piano literature. She also is sought out as a collaborative, chamber pianist.

• Award for Excellence in Community Engagement - UTEP Department of Music (04/28/2023)
• Honors Recital - UTEP Department of Music (04/28/2023)
• Invited as a result of a juried process, Lecture-Recital "Ernesto Lecuona: The Cuban Gershwin" - The Rocky Mountain Music Scholars Conference (04/01/2023)
• 20 Years of University Service - The University of Texas at El Paso (03/02/2023)
• Faculty Marshall of Students - The University of Texas at El Paso (05/15/2022)
• Honors Recital - The UTEP Department of Music (04/29/2022)
• Outstanding Graduate Student in Performance - UTEP Department of Music (04/29/2022)
• Outstanding Senior in Music Performance - UTEP Department of Music (04/29/2022)
• El Paso Symphony Orchestra, Fifteen Years of Performance Service as Principal Keyboardist and former Pre-Concert Lecturer - The El Paso Symphony Orchestra (04/22/2022)
• Spring 2022 Arts and Humanities Career Enhancement Awards Ceremony - UTEP Liberal Arts (04/19/2022)
• Private Donation (in an award of $500.00) - HOLOS Piano Collective/UTEP Piano Student Organization (12/16/2021)
• Career Enhancement Award - Office of Research and Sponsored Projects (05/15/2021)
• Annual Scholarship Luncheon - Office of Scholarships (04/19/2020)
• Best Academic Paper, "Blurring the Border: Chávez, Copland and Pan Americanism" - 2019 Rocky Mountain Music Scholars Conference/UTEP (03/01/2019)
• Private Donation (in an award of $500) - HOLOS Piano Collective, the UTEP Piano Student Organization (12/15/2018)
• Promotion to Full Professor, Honored at the Newly Tenured and Promoted Faculty Dinner - The University of Texas at El Paso (11/09/2018)
• Private Donation (in an award of $500.00) - HOLOS Piano Collective, the UTEP Piano Student Organization (11/01/2017)
• Student Mariah Matos Nuñez Receives the Mary Lou Wade Collegiate Scholarship ($1,000.00) - El Paso Music Teachers Association (10/23/2017)
• Acceptance into the Master of Music in Piano Performance degree plan of study - The University of New Mexico (09/01/2017)
• Student Isaac Drewes Performs in UTEP Honors Recital - UTEP Department of Music (04/28/2017)
• Student Isaac Drewes wins Second Place ($750) in the 2016 UTEP Piano Competition - UTEP Piano Competition (01/30/2016)
• Gift to the UTEP Piano Area - Private Donation ($1500.00) through the Lanward Foundation to be used specifically for the 2016 UTEP Piano Competition. This competition is open to high school and collegiate piano students from the states of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Chihuahua and Sonora (12/13/2015)
• Presser Scholar - UTEP Department of Music (09/15/2015)
• College Marshall for the UTEP Liberal Arts College, 2015 Graduation Ceremony, University Recognition - UTEP College of Liberal Arts and Dean Witherspoon (05/16/2015)
• Reception honoring the 100@100 UTEP select faculty researchers -- those interviewed by KTEP's radio personality and faculty colleague, Keith Pannell - UTEP and KTEP (04/15/2015)
• Gift to the Piano Area ($1,200) - Private donation (10/15/2014)
• Gift to the UTEP Piano Area ($1,000) - The Woman's Club of El Paso (07/10/2014)
• Best Peer Leader - UTEP ESP (04/28/2014)
• First Place Winner, UTEPPC - UTEP Piano Competition (02/02/2014)
• Third Place Winner, UTEPPC - UTEP (02/02/2014)
• Outstanding Piano Graduate - UTEP Music Department (12/13/2012)
• Donation for the 1st Annual UTEP Piano Competition - UTEP Piano Area (11/01/2012)
• Invited Student Participation Through A Juried Process - Guillermo Gutierrez - International Music Academy, Pilsen, Czech Republic (07/01/2011)
• Inductee, Dena Kay Jones - Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honors Society (04/29/2011)
• First Place Winner, Natalia Garcia Ferreiro - El Paso Symphony Youth Orchestra (03/27/2011)
• Second Place Winner - Enrique Ponce - UTEP Department of Music (10/30/2010)
• Invited Student Participation Through A Juried Process - Natalia Garcia Ferreiro - International Music Academy, Pilsen, Czech Republic (07/01/2010)
• Invitation for Participation Through a Juried Process - Elena Castañeda - Texas Music Teachers Association (06/11/2010)
• First Place Winner - Guillermo Gutierrez - El Paso Symphony Youth Orchestra (03/28/2010)
• First Place Winner - Guillermo Gutierrez - El Paso Symphony Youth Orchestra (01/16/2010)
• Dedication and world premiere performance - Dena Kay Jones - El Paso Pro Música (01/08/2010)
• Grant Award for 38 Digital Keyboards - Dena Kay Jones (co-author) - UTEP Liberal Arts Deans Office and Department of Music (08/01/2008)
• Grant Award Chosen Through A Juried Process - Dena Kay Jones - Cultural Cooperation Between Spain's MInistry of Culture and United States Universities (07/15/2008)
• Inductee - Dena Kay Jones - Who's Who Among Executive and Professional Women (02/27/2008)
• Grant Award for Piano Rebuilds - Dena Kay Jones (co-author) - UTEP Offices of the Liberal Arts Dean, President and Department of Music (08/01/2007)
• Grant Award for DKL Renovation - Dena Kay Jones (co-author) - The Brown Foundation, Inc. (03/01/2007)
• Grant Award Through a Juried Process - Dena Kay Jones - University Research Institute (09/01/2005)
• Grant Award Received Through a Juried Process - Dena Kay Jones - Program for Cultural Cooperation and Sports and United States Universities between the Spanish Government and the University of Minnesota (06/01/2005)
• Inductee - Dena Kay Jones - Who's Who AMong America's Teachers - Austin, Texas (04/06/2005)
• Grant Award Through a Juried Process - Dena Kay Jones - University Research Institute (11/01/2002)
• Grant Award Through a Juried Process - Dena Kay Jones - Program for Cultural Cooperation and Sports and United States Universities between the Spanish Government and the University of Minnesota (09/09/2002)

• DMA in Piano Performance, The University of Arizona (2001)
• M.Mus. in Piano Performance, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (1995)
• BMus in Piano Performance, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (1993)

• Music - Performance-Orchestra Section Member - Pop Goes the Fort (07/03/2023-07/04/2023). EL PASO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION. EL PASO. Dena Jones.
• Music - Adjudicator, Clinician, or Consultant - The Ruby Holland Foundation International Music Competition (06/01/2023-06/15/2023). The Ruby Holland Foundation. Orlando, Florida, USA. Dena Jones.
• Music - Accompanist - "When I Am Laid" by Henry Purcell, harpsichord figured bass accompaniment (03/01/2023-03/02/2023). UTEP/Maestro Bohuslav Rattay. El Paso, Texas, U.S.A.. Dena Jones. Alicia Lieu. Graduate.
• Faculty Performances at UTEP - "For the Love of Britain and Spain" (01/29/2023-01/31/2023). UTEP Department of Music and The Royal College of Music (London). El Paso, Texas USA. Dena Jones. Madeleine Mitchell.
• Commercial - Production - "Losing" - original song and music video (01/05/2023). El Paso, Texas, USA. Dena Jones. Pablo Prieto. Undergraduate. Christopher Mack.
• Music - Performance, Other - Gala and Winners Performance (10/27/2022-10/29/2022). Solo and Collaborative Performance. The Ruby Holland Foundation. Orlando, Florida, USA. Dena Jones. Scott Pool. Trio Jeng. Katie Kear. Alvaro Gomez. Routa Kroumovitch. Michael Rickman. Assel Pierre.
• Music - Competition - Video Recorded Audition (09/14/2022-10/02/2022). SongStudio: Renee Fleming at Carnegie Hall. El Paso, Texas, USA. Dena Jones. Cristina Jones.
• Music - Performance, Other - Orfeo Music Festival (07/04/2022-07/18/2022). Solo pianist and chamber pianist. Orfeo Summer Music Festival and Academy and Vipiteno/Sterzing, Italy. Vipteno/Sterzing, Alto Adige/Sudtirol, Italy. Dena Jones.
• Music - Competition - 2022 Washington International Competition for Strings and Composition (05/27/2022-05/28/2022). Friday Morning Music Club Foundation Washington International Competition. Washington D.C., USA. Dena Jones.
• Faculty Performances at UTEP - VISION THROUGH SOUNDS: The LIfe and Music of Joaquin Rodrigo (04/01/2022-04/01/2022). UTEP Department of Music/UTEP Piano Area/UTEP Office of Research and Sponsored Projects. El Paso, Texas, U.S.A.. Dena Jones.
• Music - Performance, Other - VISION THROUGH SOUNDS: The Life and Music of Joaquin Rodrigo (1901-1999) (03/01/2022-03/03/2022). Solo Performance/Narration/Discussion. UTEP Career Enhancement Award (2021). Colorado Spring, Colorado, USA. Dena Jones. Julie Harrison.
• Music Performance - Symphony Orchestra Member, Principal - Keyboardist (01/01/2022-12/31/2022). Southwest Retina Consultants Chair. El Paso, Texas, U.S.A.. Dena Jones.
• Faculty Performances at UTEP - Faculty Recital (10/29/2021-10/29/2021). The University of Texas at El Paso. El Paso, TX. Phillip Hill. Diana Esparza. Dena Jones. Hiram Rodriguez. Lindsey Macchiarella.
• Music - Performance, Other - "La Rosa y El Sauce," by Guastavino; "Laudamus Te from the Gloria" by Vivaldi; "Fix Me Jesus" arr. by Jacqueline B. Hairston; "Quia Respexit from the Magnificat" by J.S. Bach; "Bagatelle No. 25 in A Minor, WoO 59, 'Fur Elise" and "Polonaise in C Major, Op. 89" by Beethoven; "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" by J.S. Bach; "Romance No. 1 from Op. 94 for Oboe and Piano" by R. Schumann; "Rima" for Voice and Piano by Turina; "Suite Argentina, I. Candombe de la solapa and V. Ojo de tormenta" by Jorge Mockert (07/08/2021-07/09/2021). In-Resident Soloist and Chamber Musician. Orfeo Music Festival 2021 - Princeton Session. Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America . Dena Jones. Trio Jeng. Jamie Reimer. Stephen Key. Pool. .
• Other - Orfeo Summer Music Festival 2020 (07/06/2020-07/20/2020). Solo and Collaborative Pianist, Master Clinician and Professor of Piano. Larisa Jackson, Music Director. Vipiteno/Sterzing, Italy. Dena Jones.
• Music Performance - Partial Chamber Recital - Classical Drinking with Erik Unsworth and Friends (02/08/2020-02/08/2020). Dona Ana Arts Council and Dry Point Distillers. Mesilla, NM. Dena Jones. Erik Unsworth. James Shearer. Celeste Shearer. Shaun Mahoney. Andrew Smith. Christopher Reyman. Allan Kaplan. Ricky Malachi. Zeke Mesa. Giovanni Maldonado. Undergraduate. Moises Espino. Undergraduate.
• Music Performance - Partial Chamber Recital - Classical Drinking with Erik Unsworth and Friends (02/08/2020-02/08/2020). Dona Ana Arts Council and Dry Point Distillers. Mesilla, NM. Shaun Mahoney. Dena Jones. Erik Unsworth. James Shearer. Celeste Shearer. Andrew Smith. Christopher Reyman. Allan Kaplan. Ricky Malachi. Zeke Mesa. Giovanni Maldonado. Undergraduate. Moises Espino. Undergraduate.
• Music Performance - Partial Chamber Recital - Classical Drinking with Erik Unsworth and Friends (02/08/2020-02/08/2020). Dona Ana Arts Council and Dry Point Distillers. Mesilla, NM. Christopher Reyman. Dena Jones. Erik Unsworth. James Shearer. Celeste Shearer. Shaun Mahoney. Andrew Smith. Allan Kaplan. Ricky Malachi. Zeke Mesa. Giovanni Maldonado. Undergraduate. Moises Espino. Undergraduate.
• Other - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (1942) by Joaquín Rodrigo (10/14/2019-10/24/2019). Concerto Soloist. UTEP Department of Music. El Paso, Texas, U.S.A.. Dena Jones. Lowell Graham.
• Faculty Performances at UTEP - 2019 Faculty Recital: Très Novelletes by Francis Poulenc (09/06/2019-09/06/2019). UTEP Department of Music. El Paso, Texas, U.S.A.. Dena Jones.
• Other - Orfeo Summer Music Festival 2019 (07/07/2019-07/18/2019). Solo and Collaborative Pianist, Master Clinician and Professor of Piano. Larisa Jackson, Music Director. Vipiteno/Sterzing, Italy. Dena Jones. Alina Windell. Bradley Thompson. Clarence Padilla. Ilan Schneider. Jamie Reimer. Michael Dean. Michael Rickman. Trio Jeng.
• Music - Performance, Other - Happy Birthday, Maestro Rodrigo! (1901-1999) (07/02/2019-11/22/2019). Piano Area/UTEP. El Paso, Texas, U.S.A.. Dena Jones. Lauren Martinez. Undergraduate. Brisa Soto. Undergraduate. Pablo Prieto. Undergraduate. Andrea Davis. Graduate. Cristina Rascon. Undergraduate. Christina Ramirez. Undergraduate. Alex Ancil. Undergraduate.
• Faculty Performances at UTEP - 2018 Faculty Recital: From "Tres Evocaciones," 'Tarde en el parque' (Afternoon in the Park) for solo piano by Joaquin Rodrigo and "Ordner seg" (It'll Be Alright) for flugelhorn and piano by Oystein Baadsvik (09/07/2018-09/07/2018). UTEP Department of Music. El Paso, Texas, U.S.A.. Dena Jones. Nancy Taylor.
• Music - Performance, Other - Black on Brown: African Influence on Latin American Guitar Music, "Fandango" by Luigi Boccherini, arranged for guitar, harpsichord and castanets (09/01/2018-10/17/2018). UTEP Chicano Studies Program and UTEP African American Studies Program. El Paso, Texas, U.S.A.. Dena Jones. John Siqueiros. Felipa Solis.
• Music - Performance, Other - Orfeo Summer Music Festival Solo and Chamber Performances (07/09/2018-07/19/2018). Orfeo Music Festival 2018. Vipiteno/Sterzing, Italy. Dena Jones. Bradley Thompson. Ilan Schneider. Madeleine Mitchell. Michael Dean. Michael Rickman. Trio Jeng.
• Music - Performance, Other - Cinema Magic Concert (05/03/2018-05/03/2018). UTEP Department of Music. El Paso, Texas, U.S.A.. Dena Jones. .
• Music Performance - Partial Chamber Recital - "Sonata 'Saint Mark' for Trumpet and Piano by Tomaso Albinoni and "Elegy, Op. 3, No. 1" by Sergei Rachmaninoff, Arranged for Horn and Piano by Kilp/Krasnican (03/07/2018-04/07/2018). The UTEP Department of Music. El Paso, Texas, U.S.A.. Dena Jones. Kenneth Capshaw. Richard Lambrecht.
• Music Performance - Full Chamber Recital - The Great American Trio plays the Music of James Grant and Tom Cleary (09/01/2017-05/08/2018). New Mexico State University Department of Music. Alamogordo, New Mexico, U.S.A.. Dena Jones. Celeste Shearer. James Shearer.
• Music Performance - Full Chamber Recital - The Great American Trio plays the Music of James Grant and Tom Clary (09/01/2017-05/06/2018). UTEP Department of Music and Piano Area. El Paso, Texas, U.S.A.. Dena Jones. Celeste Shearer. James Shearer.
• Music Composition - Major Work, Performance - The Great American Trio plays the Music of James Grant and Tom Clary (09/01/2017-04/27/2018). New Mexico State University Department of Music. Las Cruces, New Mexico, U.S.A.. Dena Jones. Celeste Shearer. James Shearer.
• Music Performance - Full Chamber Recital - Love and War: Cantos de Amor Y Guerra (01/01/2017-10/27/2018). UTEP Department of Music and UTEP Piano Area. El Paso, Texas, U.S.A. . Dena Jones. James Logan. David Ross. Stephen Nordstrom. Nancy Taylor. Kellie Rattay.
• Music Performance - Full Solo Recital - Lecture Recital, VISION THROUGH SOUNDS: The Life and Work of Joaquín Rodrigo (1901-1999) (03/11/2023). The Newcomb Department of Music at Tulane University. New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A.. Dena Jones. Douglas Humphreys.
• Music - Adjudicator, Clinician, or Consultant - Master Class (also considered a Recruiting Endeavor) (03/11/2023). Newcomb Department of Music at Tulane University. New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A.. Dena Jones. Laine Hei. Undergraduate. Izzy Blaire. Undergraduate. Lucy Li. Undergraduate.
• Music - Adjudicator, Clinician, or Consultant - The Irma Kluck Baroque Competition (02/25/2023). The El Paso Music Teachers Association (EPMTA). El Paso, Texas, U.S.A.. Dena Jones.
• Music - Performance, Other - VISION THROUGH SOUNDS: The Life and Music of Joaquin Rodrigo (1901-1999) (11/18/2022). Solo Performance/Narration/Discussion. Illinois School for the Visually Impaired (ISVI). Jacksonville, Illinois, USA. Dena Jones. Denise Kehrlikar.
• Music - Adjudicator, Clinician, or Consultant - El Paso Music Teachers Association, The Irma Kluck Baroque Competition (03/26/2022). The University of Texas at El Paso Piano Area. El Paso, Texas, USA. Dena Jones.
• Faculty Performances at UTEP - Stained Glass (10/22/2021). UTEP Department of Music. El Paso, Texas, U.S.A.. Dena Jones. Andrew Smith.
• Faculty Performances at UTEP - CD Release Concert, Sultry and Eccentric: The Music of James Grant (09/18/2021). UTEP Department of Music/UTEP Piano Area. El Paso, Texas, U.S.A.. Dena Jones. Celeste Shearer. James .
• Music Performance - Full Chamber Recital - CD Release Concert, Sultry and Eccentric: The Music of James Grant (09/17/2021). NMSU Department of Music. Las Cruces, New Mexico. Dena Jones. Celeste Shearer. James Shearer.
• Faculty Performances at UTEP - Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor, WoO 59, 'Fur Elise' and Polonaise in C Major, Op. 89 by Beethoven (09/03/2021). Faculty Recital. UTEP Department of Music. El Paso, Texas, United States of America. Dena Jones.
• Music - Performance, Other - Celebrating Black Composers (03/06/2021). Organizer, Moderator and Performer. Opera UTEP. El Paso. Cherry Duke. Abeni Merriweather. Undergraduate. Jessica Broaddus. Undergraduate. Consuelo Gonzales. Undergraduate. James Logan. Stephen Hunter. Tawanda Chabikwa. Dena Jones. Isabella Ramirez. Undergraduate. Andrew Smith.
• Other - "A Piano Professor's Covid-19 Quarantine Experience (Spring 2020)" (07/15/2020). Self-Promotion on FaceBook. El Paso, Texas. Dena Jones.
• Other - HOLOS Piano Collective (06/30/2020). Informational Video. self-promoted. El Paso, Texas. Dena Jones.
• Music Performance - Full Chamber Recital - Classical Drinking with Celeste Shearer (04/11/2020). Doña Ana Arts Council New Music Series/Dry Point Distillers. Las Cruces, New Mexico, U.S.A.. Dena Jones. Celeste Shearer.
• Music - Adjudicator, Clinician, or Consultant - 10th Annual Dennis Alexander Piano Competition, Adjudicator (03/07/2020). Albuquerque, New Mexico. Dena Jones.
• Music - Performance, Other - Nancy Taylor Faculty Recital, Collaborative Pianist (03/04/2020). UTEP Department of Music. El Paso, Texas, U.S.A.. Dena Jones. Nancy Taylor. James Logan. Andrew Smith.
• Other - Erik Unsworth with the Great American Trio (01/25/2020). Invited Solo and Collaborative Pianist, Full Recital. Ruidoso, NM. Dena Jones. Erik Unsworth. Celester Shearer. James Shearer.
• Music Performance - Full Solo Recital - Classical Drinking with Dena Kay Jones (11/09/2019). Dona Ana Arts Council/Dry Point Distillers. Mesilla, New Mexico, U.S.A.. Dena Jones.
• Other - Music Live @ Lunch presents "A Tribute to Joaquín Rodrigo on His 20th Memorial Anniversary (1901-1999)" (09/10/2019). Soloist and Chamber Pianist. Associate Director Shiloh Roby. Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A.. Dena Jones. Trio Jeng. Joshua Pifer. James Meade.
• Other - CCM Preparatory and Community Engagement Presents "A Tribute to Joaquín Rodrigo on his 20th Memorial Anniversary (1901-1999) (09/09/2019). Soloist and chamber pianist. University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music. Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A. . Dena Jones. Trio Jeng. Joshua Pifer. James Meade.
• Other - La Música de Joaquín Rodrigo (1901-1999) en conmemoración del aniversario de su muerto, acaecida el 6 de julio, 1999 (The Music of Joaquín Rodrigo (1901-1999) in Commemoration of the Anniversary of His Death, July 6, 1999 (07/03/2019). Invited and accepted performance - soloist, chamber pianist and piano professor mentor. Fundación Victoria y Joaquín Rodrigo (The Victoria and Joaquín Rodrigo Foundation). Madrid, Spain. Dena Jones. Trio Jeng. Joshua Pifer. Lauren Martinez. Undergraduate. Brisa Soto. Undergraduate.
• Other - The American Church in Paris presents United States Music Faculty and Students (06/30/2019). Invited and accepted performance "United State Music Faculty and Students" - soloist, chamber pianist and piano professor mentor. Atelier Concerts. Paris, France. Dena Jones. Trio Jeng. Joshua Pifer. Genevieve Kallmeyer. Undergraduate. Lauren Martinez. Undergraduate. Brisa Soto. Undergraduate.

• Spanish Annual Newsletter of Activities Ediciones Joaquin Rodrigo y Fundacion Victoria y Joaquin Rodrigo (2022), Dena K. Jones.
• Performance Anxiety Faculty Panel Orfeo Music Festival Webinar Series (2022), Dena K. Jones.
• "A Piano Professor's Pandemic Perceptions and Master Class" Orfeo Music Festival Webinar Series (2022), Dena K. Jones.
• Sultry & Eccentric: The Music of James Grant Summit Records DCD 781 (2021), Celeste Shearer, Dena K. Jones, James Shearer.
• Spanish Annual Newsletter of Activities Ediciones Joaquín Rodrigo y Fundación Victoria y Joaquín Rodrigo (2019), Dena K. Jones, Lowell E. Graham.
• Program Notes for the "Heroic" Piano Concerto by Joaquín Rodrigo (1901-1999) UTEP Department of Music (2019), Dena K. Jones.

• "Women in Music and Guidelines to Pedaling" (2023), Volume Western Hills United Methodist Church, Dena K. Jones.
• Creativity, Imagination, and Patience: the Ever-Evolving Combination (2021), Volume Online, Dena K. Jones.
• The Piano Works of Joaquín Rodrigo: An Evaluation of Social Influences and Compositional Style (2019), Volume 436 Fox Fine Arts Music Bldg., Dena K. Jones.
• "Selections from Vedem Songs" PERFORMANCE (2018), Volume Columbus, Mississippi, Dena K. Jones, Cherry C. Duke, David E. Ross.

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