Michael D. Jones, Sr. is a native of Hampton, Virginia. He is an honors graduate of Norfolk State University earning a Bachelor's of Science degree in Public School Music. His major instrument of study was the piano and minor instruments were the trombone and organ.
Michael has been a music educator for twenty-eight years. He was the assistant band director and choral director at Toano Middle School; choral director at Norview Middle School; adjunct jazz band director at Christopher Newport University; elementary general music teacher at Bethesda and Scroggs Elementary Schools and currently serves as Director of Choirs at Culbreth Middle School in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Michael was the 2015-2016 Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools District Teacher of the Year; 2018 WRAL Teacher of the Week and inducted into the 2022-2023 Who's Who in America.
Michael is an award winning film composer, composing music for all film scoring genres and has composed original music for plays and musicals. Michael has composed music for the Raleigh Little Theatre (2023, Last Stop on Market Street) and the Cary Arts Center (2023, Miss Nelson is Missing)
Visit Michael's YouTube Channel for score filmography:
2023 Second Place Award International Horror Hotel
2021 Honorable Mention Horror Hotel
2019 Fifth Place Award International Horror Hotel
2017 Best Score Christian Film Festival
2017 Honorable Mention Indie Gathering Film Festival
2016 Honorable Mention Indie Gathering Film Festival
2015 Second Place Award Scary Scoring Competition (Orchestral manuscript score submitted)
2015 Second Place Award International Horror Hotel Film Score
2014 Award Winning Film Score Indie Gathering Film Festival
2013 Second Place Award International Horror Hotel