Event Detail

Percussionist Rebecca Lloyd-Jones presents her first DMA recital: 

Program:
Betsy Jolas - Études Aperçues (1992)
Vanessa Tomlinson - world premiere (2019)
Theocharis Papatrechas- world premiere (2019)
Kaija Saariaho - Six Japanese Gardens (1993-95)

About Rebecca: 
Australian born percussionist Rebecca Lloyd-Jones is a diverse musician who is passionate about percussion performance, research and education. She has worked extensively with the Queensland, Melbourne, Sydney and Darwin Symphony Orchestra, The Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) and served as a musician in The Australian Defence Force.

Rebecca has performed at several focus days for the Percussive Arts Society International Convention, has attended the Roots and Rhizomes program at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Canada, and has also presented at the 2017 Transplanted Roots Research Symposium. In 2019, Rebecca was a guest artist at the VI Semana Internacional de Improvisación held in Ensenada, and will also be a guest tutor at the Festival de Música Nueva, Ensenada.

Based in San Diego, Rebecca is a doctoral candidate at UCSD under the guidance of Distinguished Professor Steven Schick. In Australia, Rebecca graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts completing her Honours Degree, under the tutelage of percussionist Peter Neville and is also an alumnus of the Higher Degree Research Department at Queensland Conservatorium completing her Masters of Music Research Degree with Dr. Vanessa Tomlinson.