Joyful Music

Joy Jan Jones at Silver Maples

Join us for a mini-concert with Joy Jan Jones, followed by a Q&A from the audience. This event is open to the general public.

In addition to providing backup vocals for this year’s Song Fest headliner, Joy Jan Jones will visit Chelsea for one week in November to bring the joy of opera and jazz to our small town. Jones will visit the Chelsea School District choir classes and local retirement centers to inspire students and seniors alike. 

Joy Jan Jones

Jones is a versatile performance artist in high demand. She is an independent, multi-genre singer, instrumentalist, writer, producer, curator, model & actress. Based in New York City, she has been featured at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, New York Fashion Week & NYC’s annual Village Halloween Parade. She has been highlighted in TimeOutNY Magazine twice and became a contributor to Classical Singer Magazine in 2021, with her provocative and very personal article, “The Four Corners”. Joy produces live performance art pulling from several genres of music: Coltrane to Baroque, Gospel to German Lieder, and Yacht Rock to Ancient Chant.

Born & raised in Houston Texas, Joy has a Bachelor of Music in Performance from Sam Houston State University & a Master of Music in Performance from the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam, where she completed a graduate thesis & initial training in Music Therapy, working particularly with adolescents bereaving or living with neuro-divergent and/or neuro-developmental disorders, like herself. While in Potsdam, she won first place in the New York State MTNA vocal competition & first place in the Classical Singer vocal competition at the graduate university level. After graduating, she expanded her practice in music therapy to senior citizens, especially those suffering with dementia.