Chelsea Tinsler Jones

Chelsea Tinsler Jones (b. 1990) is a Utah-based percussionist with a unique portfolio career as a freelance performer, arts administrator, and music educator. She is the Artistic Administrator of the Moab Music Festival and Percussionist/Director of Operations of Khemia Ensemble, a nationally-touring contemporary classical chamber music group that has commissioned and premiered over 60 works, presented over a dozen university residencies, and released two studio albums.

Chelsea also performs regularly with Utah Symphony, Ballet West, and Steelworks Steelband. Notable freelance appearances include the White Christmas National Tour, Johnny Mathis, Right on Cue (Broadway tracks), Video Game Awards, Paducah Symphony (KY), AEPEX Contemporary Performance (MI), Rochester Symphony (MI), New Britain Symphony (CT), Nutmeg Symphony (CT), Adrian Symphony (MI), and the Artful Living Musical Theater Company (CT).

A music educator to students of all ages, Chelsea is an Instructor of Music at Utah Valley University and has maintained a private percussion studio since 2009. Her debut etude book, Level Up! 15 Sequential Duets for the Developing Snare Drummer, is published by Tapspace. She received her MM in Percussion Performance and Chamber Music from the University of Michigan, a BM in Percussion Performance and Music Education from the Hartt School, and a Certificate in Arts Management from the University of Massachusetts–Amherst.

Chelsea Tinsler Jones’s Music

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