Dean Nancy J. Uscher is pleased to announce the selection of Dr. Timothy Jones as Vice Dean of the UNLV College of Fine Arts. Dr. Jones is an associate professor in the School of Music. He assumes his role as Vice Dean July 1.
"We are delighted to have Dr. Tim Jones join us in the dean's office and know his wealth and breadth of experience will serve the College of Fine Arts extremely well," said Uscher. "I very much look forward to welcoming him to our team.”
Dr. Jones has served as the coordinator of percussion studies and History of Rock ‘n’ Roll at UNLV since 2003, successfully growing those programs to global recognition. He is passionate about student success and is recognized for his innovative teaching, creative research, and diverse talent as a percussion and drum set performance artist. He also currently serves as coordinator of the College of Fine Arts 100 first year experience classes.
Jones earned an Associate Diploma and a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies from the University of Adelaide, South Australia, and his MM and DMA in Percussion from UNLV.
As a performer, Jones has worked throughout the U.S., and in England, Scotland, Austria, Mexico, New Zealand, and Australia, advancing the percussive arts as a solo and chamber artist, giving lecture recitals and masterclasses, and performing at festivals. Past performance credits include the Las Vegas Philharmonic, the Amadeus Orchestra, the Las Vegas Opera, Mary Wilson, Andrea Bocelli, Michael Buble, Sarah Brightman, Josh Groban, Peter Cetera, Natalie Merchant, Don Rickles, the Irish Tenors, the Wild Celts, Mojo Risin’, Carl Fontana and many corporate events His performance CD and DVD credits include Hit Man DVD/CD (David Foster), Under a Desert Sky DVD/CD (Andrea Bocelli), Songs From The Drunk Tank (Wild Celts), Leaving Las Vegas (The Killers), A Tribute to Peggy Lee (Buddy Greco), Live at the Desert Inn (Brian Evans), four UNLV Marimba Band albums, a UNLV Rebel Steel album, UNLV Marimba Band at the Amargosa Opera House DVD, and several NEXTET recordings of new music.
As an author, his book Rock ‘n’ Roll Origins & Innovators is in its 2nd revised edition (Kendall Hunt 2018), and he has published articles in Percussive Notes, DrumScene, PercusScene, and Not So Modern Drummer. Jones also was recognized for his contributions to teaching and the Arts in 2008 with the College of Fine Arts 'Outstanding Teacher of the Year,' and in 2010 with the 'Outstanding Alumnus of the Year' awards.