About
Tilly Jones (b.2001) is a young, dynamic composer and multi-instrumentalist from Lismore, NSW, Australia. Studying at the Northern Rivers Conservatorium for over a decade, Tilly has many accomplishments. These include performances of her works by the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Southern Cross Soloists, Muses Trio, Lismore Symphony Orchestra and commissions by the Australian Broadcasting Cooperation, Northern Rivers Conservatorium, Lismore Lantern Parade, RealArtWorks, Evans Head Living Musem and the Austin-based Cinema Touching Disability Film Festival. She has performed with renowned artists such as James Morrison, Richard Gill, Sean O’Boyle, Jane Rutter, David Helfgott, and Tobias Brieder. Tilly has received numerous awards including the 2020 Youth Off the Streets Sony Scholarship, and the 2022 ADFAS Byron District Young Musician of the Year award, which saw her works performed by members of the Southern Cross Soloists at the 2022 Bangalow Music Festival. In August 2022, she composed ‘Resounding’ for a short ABC documentary about the impacts of 2022 flooding on the Northern Rivers Music community.
Tilly graduated from Southern Cross University in 2024 with a Bachelor of Contempoary Music, and is planning to study an Honours degree in 2027. She has been mentored in the past by Elena Kats-Chernin through the AIR Women in Music Program.
She composes in several styles for a variety of instruments, including jazz, classical, world, and fusion. Outside of music, Tilly is passionate about disability inclusion within the music industry
Tilly is truly a spirited pioneer in her field of music, and she always delivers excellence in her work. With a bright future ahead of her, she is committed to create more ripples of positivity through her music. The rest is unwritten.
Awards & Mentorships
Australian Decorative And Fine Arts Society (ADFAS)
2022
Young Musician of the year.
Ensemble Offspring
2022
Hatched Home Academy Mentorship
AIR Women in Music
2022
Mentorship Program - with Elena Kats-Chernin AO
Screenworks
2021
Screen composing Bootcamp Participant
International Composition Competition - Top 10 Finalist
Able Artist Foundation
2020
Sony Scholarship
Youth Off The Streets
2020
Scholarship
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
2020
Work Experience
Commissions
Vicki Brooke - Muses Trio
2025
Suite for Stella - Performed and recorded by the Muses Trio
ABC and Northern Rivers Conservatorium
2022
Resounding (for the 2022 Northern Rivers Flooding Event)
RealArtWorks
2019
Camera Obscura
Lismore Lantern Parade and Northern Rivers Conservatorium
2018
Rivers of Light
Marciac
Cinema Touching Disability Film Festival
2018
Casual Librarian Assistant
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
2025
Librarian, Ensemble Assistant, Admin Assistant
Cataloging of over 1,500 items
Creation and maintenance of Youth Jazz Orchestra Library, including folder system
Editing and creation of sheet music for ensembles and teachers
Communications with staff, students, parents and stakeholders on a regular basis, including rehearsal and concert schedules
Enrolment processing
Administration of Resounding project, including composition, rehearsal and concert schedules, stage plans.
Completion of various tasks for Executive Director
Northern Rivers Conservatorium
2021 - 2025
General Assistant
Flowers of Peace
2019 -
Social Media
Typesetting - see work on IMSLP
Concierge
General Assistant, including liasing with composers and performers such as Elena Kats-Chernin, William Barton, John Schuman, Graeme Bell, Ross Edwards, Peggy Polias, Cyrus Meurant, Little Pattie, Nina Ferro
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