Edward Elwyn Jones (born 27 April 1977) is a

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Life and work

Edward Elwyn Jones is a conductor, organist and choirmaster. As the Gund University Organist and Choirmaster at Harvard University, a post he has held since 2003, Jones directs the music program in Memorial Church, located in the midst of Harvard Yard, and leads the 180-year-old Harvard University Choir in its daily choral services, broadcasts, tours, commissions, and recordings. Recently appointed music director of Lowell House Opera, New England's longest-running opera company, Jones also serves as artistic director of the Harvard Radcliffe Chorus, and is a frequent collaborator with Yale's Schola Cantorum. He served as the guest conductor of the

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during the spring academic semester of 2024. As a conductor, he has guested with such organizations as the

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, Grand Harmonie, Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston,

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and the Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra. Jones studied music at the

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, where he was Organ Scholar of Emmanuel College. He was also the conductor of three university orchestras. Upon moving to the

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in 1998, Jones served firstly as Organ Scholar and then as Assistant Organist in the Memorial Church at

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. Jones was the Assistant Organist of Christ Church United Methodist on

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from 2000 to 2003, while earning a master's degree in orchestral conducting at

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. Jones has focused particularly on conducting

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, which he has pursued with the Harvard Early Music Society, Mannes Opera, Lowell House Opera Society, and the

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. In April 2003, Jones was appointed Gund University Organist and Choirmaster of the Memorial Church at

. In this position, Jones is the current director of the Harvard University Choir. Jones was appointed music director of Lowell House Opera ''in 2015.''

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Harvard University Choir
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