Biographie
Michelle Jones is a Grammy® Nominated artist and producer, instrumentalist, composer, recording artist, educator, and producer/host of "Note-Worthy with Michelle Jones" (tv talk show). Scores of stringed instruments come alive in her talented hands when performing on international stages as band leader to the string ensemble Violectric: Classic Musicians Who Rock®. Audiences are electrified time and time again by her versatility of style and custom arrangements ranging from classical to heavy metal to rock 'n' roll. She plays a variety of violins and violas to achieve these styles, and performs regularly on some of the world's greatest stages.
Most recently, she is serving as a Governor for the Florida Chapter of the Recording Academy (Grammys®) and was nominated for two Grammys for the 2025 Awards in the categories, "Best Children's Music Album" and "Best New Age, Ambient or Chant Album. She served as Producer, Songwriter, Arranger, vocalist and violinist on Chris Redding's album, "Visions of Sounds" and performed on the theremin on Alice Cooper's "Rock for Children - Solid Rock Revival" alongside Slash, Darryl 'DMC' McDaniels and Rob Halford (Judas Priest). She is also producing her first signed artist, Robert Kerr, an accomplished violinist, composer, and arranger. His first album will be out in 2025 featuring his complex arrangements of popular Disney movie/animation music.
She has recorded, toured and performed as a special guest with Wayne Newton since 2018. Jones and Violectric performed as featured entertainment for Tim Burton and The Neon Museum's Boneyard Ball in Las Vegas, alongside The Killers and Clint Holmes with his band in October 2019. Jones arranged, recorded and performed a special medley with Violectric for this event for Burton, to which he is quoted as saying, "You wrote that just for me? It was absolutely beautiful! Thank you!" Also in 2018, she recorded with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Jon Anderson (lead singer from YES) on his newest album, "1000 Hands." Jones recorded alongside many GRAMMY® award-winning and nominated musicians, including Chick Corea, Robby Steinhardt (Kansas), Jean-Luc Ponty, Pat Travers, Jonathan Cain (Journey), Tower of Power, Michael Winslow, and others. In June 2018, Jones performed a solo sold-out show in Las Vegas at the Neon Museum's NE10 Studio and helped raise over $186,000 for the restoration of the Hard Rock Café Neon Guitar Sign. She performed with Violectric for the lighting party at Las Vegas' Neon Museum in March 2019, an event covered by international news media around the globe. In May 2017, she toured Japan through five cities on a sold-out solo tour. She is also a regular special guest at Comic-Con and national conventions.
Jones is the President and Band Leader of Violectric, Inc., a string ensemble with live percussion that plays exclusive arrangements of classic and modern rock music on their exclusive Violuminescence LED electric instruments with LaserBows. Violectric performs compositions from AC/DC to Metallica to Led Zeppelin, and has appeared, recorded and toured around the world with most every major name act in the business from opera to heavy metal. Violectric is an Official SiriusXM Radio Artist (their music is programmed and heard every day), an iHeart Radio Artist, and is with Viacom networks. They have opened for acts including John Legend, Josh Groban, SIA, Twenty-One Pilots, Sting, Adam Levine, David Foster, Huey Lewis and the News, Kristin Chenoweth, Katharine McPhee, Kool and the Gang, and Rascal Flatts. Violectric has also been selected as the first Artists in Residence for the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in Orlando, Florida, including live concerts and educational workshops with the Dr. Phillips Center Advent Health School of Art and Wellness.
Jones produces and hosts "Note-Worthy with Michelle Jones," a talk show dedicated to one artist/act per show that airs on several networks and streaming services. Recorded in a live format, Jones has an in-depth discussion and conversation with each guest, uninterrupted for approximately 15 minutes, followed by a special short performance or video featuring that guest. During the discussion, guests are encouraged to share their passions for life and overall well-being in their lives. Guests featured in the inaugural season include GRAMMY® Award Winners, Music Directors and Artistic Directors from celebrity touring and stage acts, award-winning performing artists, best-selling authors, and a variety of professionals in the entertainment industry (managers, publicists, agents, etc.) The focus is not only on the people the audience see/hear in a show, but also on each of the roles that make a show possible. Everyone has a passion in life; many are blessed to be able to make their passions their careers. This show is dedicated to their "Note-Worthy" stories.
Jones is also a composer, and has scored and recorded music for several short films and full-length documentary films and television and radio commercials that have aired nationally and internationally. She worked with acclaimed film producer Robin Cowie (The Blair Witch Project and others) to compose and record the music with her band Violectric for Sea World Parks' and Busch Gardens' "Howl-O-Scream" event held nationally at several locations. The multiple compositions were included in all of the theme parks, advertisements, and short films related to the event. As a recording artist, Jones has composed and/or recorded on many albums, soundtracks for television and films, advertisements, and video games internationally.
Jones has performed professionally with numerous artists and symphony orchestras, including the world-renowned Mantovani Orchestra. As Principal Violin with the Mantovani Orchestra, she has performed multiple tours of Asia to sold-out audiences in prestigious venues, including The People's Hall of Congress in Beijing, China. She is a featured rock violin soloist who performs regularly with orchestras, including Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, Brevard Symphony Orchestra, Encore Performing Arts, and Florida Pops Orchestra. She is currently Concertmaster of the Florida Pops Orchestra and Encore Pops Orchestra, and Section Violin and Viola with the Walt Disney World Orchestra. She also has served as either Concertmaster or Associate Concertmaster, or section violin/viola with several other touring Broadway musical productions over the past two decades. Jones was Concertmaster of Basilica of the National Shrine of Mary, Queen of the Universe Orchestra from 2000-2010. She is also currently a solo violinist and ensemble leader for Disney's Fairytale Weddings and Honeymoons.
Her style is not limited to classical as she also arranges and performs violin, viola, 5-string, vocals, percussion and keyboard with the international touring group Classic Albums Live based in Toronto, Ontario. With Classic Albums Live, Jones has performed in Toronto's world-famous Massey Hall and many other renowned concert halls. She is versatile with genres from classic rock to pop, from punk to heavy metal. Music includes albums by artists: The Beatles, The Eagles, David Bowie, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Aerosmith, Rolling Stones, Black Sabbath, U2 and others.
Jones continues to perform and tour internationally with artists, and has performed shows with Mannheim Steamroller, Page and Plant (Led Zeppelin), Pink Floyd, Frank Sinatra, Jr., Josh Groban, Fernando Varela, Michael Bolton, Peter Cetera and Chicago, Dennis DeYoung and Styx, The Beach Boys, Brian Wilson and Pet Sounds, Smokey Robinson, Beyonce and Destiny's Child, Anne Murray, Bernadette Peters, Sarah Brightman, Itzhak Perlman, Joshua Bell, and many others.
Through Violectric, Jones created and established an Educational Programs Series with interactive workshops and live concerts with students, and has performed multiple concerts at schools and universities across the USA and at the Shekou International School in China. Jones is an active voting member and Florida Chapter Board Member of The Recording Academy (GRAMMY®s), an official mentor with GRAMMY U (education division of The Recording Academy), Music Teachers National Association (MTNA), American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada (AFM), and Central Florida Musicians' Association (CFMA). She also serves as the Chair of the Education Committee for the Florida Chapter of the Recording Academy (GRAMMY®s). Violectric Education Programs have been featured on local and national television broadcasts (including PBS), and the members have been recognized for their philanthropy and commitment to education. Her dedication to philanthropy has earned her four President's Volunteer Service Awards (gold and bronze) from Presidents Obama and Trump in recent years for her many hours of volunteerism in the Central Florida Community and beyond.
As an active member of the American Federation of Musicians, Jones has served as an international delegate and on the International Diversity Committee, Youth Diversity Committee (chair), International Musician Committee and the Good and Welfare Committee. She is also an active member of the Central Florida Musicians' Association where she has served on the Recording Committee, Diversity Committee and Executive Board. Jones attended Converse College for music and graduated from Rollins College with degrees in business and management.
