“I am ever grateful for all the experiences I was allotted at such a young age at Southern Miss and all the teachers that encouraged me.”
ALUMNUS
daland jones
ADVICE
“Be patient with your voice and not to rush the process but enjoy the process of learning about their instrument.” “Always give back to the younger generation. From teaching or mentoring to donating to an organization, your words of wisdom could be just what a young student needs to hear to get to the next step in their music career.”
“At Southern Miss, I had the opportunity to work with Opera Mississippi, a professional opera company at the age of 17. This collaboration allowed me to work along professional artists, coaches and stage directors and really get a true feel of what the life of a true opera singer was like. My teachers pushed me to really get out there and sing rather it was a masterclass, summer program, or competition.”
ABOUT A lyric baritone from Ripley, Mississippi, Daland Jones entered Southern Miss at the age of 16. He auditioned for and was accepted to the San Francisco conservatory where he completed his bachelor of music and went on to earn a Masters of Music from Manhattan School of Music. The youngest singer to win the William T. Gower Concerto Competition at The University of Southern Mississippi, he made his professional debut at the age of seventeen in Opera Mississippi’s production of Verdi’s La Traviata as Gastone. He is an alumnus of the Daniel Ferro summer opera program in Greve de Chianti, Italy, as well as the Aspen Festival of Music Opera Center. Having performed throughout the United States and internationally, he is now the Artist-in-Residence at the Bak Middle Shool of Performing Arts and a voice teacher at the Adriana Zabala Music and Voice Academy in West Palm Beach, Florida. Recently Jones was featured in the Whole Review Classical Magazine on his journey of fitness and singing.