Clifton Jones
About the Arranger - - -
Clifton Jones is currently the Associate Director of Bands for Bastrop I.S.D. in Bastrop, Texas. A native of Houston, Texas, he grew up in Sugar Land, Texas. His early music influences were from playing clarinet and saxophone in the band programs of the Ft. Bend I.S.D. schools in Sugar Land. He studied music theory and composition with Dr. William Thornton at Trinity University in San Antonio; later composition studies were with Dr. Michael Horvit at the University of Houston, and arranging with Shelly Berg at San Jacinto Jr. College. Mr. Jones is a member of the Austin Symphonic Band in Austin, Texas, for which he has had many valuable opportunities to write and arrange (several works are dedicated to the band and its director, Richard Floyd); he is a past member of the San Antonio Municipal Band. In addition, he is a member of the Texas Music Educators Association and Texas Bandmasters Association. He also works on the railroad as a volunteer with the Austin Steam Train Association.
The Work(s) & Arrangements of Clifton Jones
Band
Alpha Patrol March From Whom All Blessings Flow God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen Il Est Ne Latin American Dances We Three KingsOrchestra
Angels We Have Heard on High Christmas Suite for Strings Dreydel Song, The Go Tell it on the Mountain Il Est Ne In Dulci Jubilo Infant Lowly, Infant Holy Overture on a Housetop Silent Night / Away in the Manger We Three Kings What Child is This?