Legendary British pianist Martin Jones will be in residence at the University of Delaware on Wednesday, Nov. 16, for a series of public events that are part of the New Music Delaware initiative.

Following are the events scheduled on campus. All will be held in Gore Recital Hall of the Roselle Center for the Arts.

• Piano master class led by Jones, 1:25 p.m. to about 2:45 p.m., free and open to the public. The master class is funded in part by the University Cultural Activities and Public Events Committee.

• Colloquium with Jones and four composers of some of his newest works, 6-7 p.m., free and open to the public.

• Concert of new and traditional compositions performed by Jones, 8 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults; $10 for UD faculty/staff/alumni and seniors; and $5 for students. Tickets are available at the door, with only cash or checks accepted.

The concert will feature new works for solo piano, all of which have recently been released on Jones' new CD for the PnOVA Recordings piano series, in addition to works by Mendelssohn, Debussy and Rachmaninoff.

The new works were composed by Byron Petty, Mark Hagerty, Christopher Cook, Kent Holliday, Jennifer Margaret Barker and Bruce Mahin. Four of the composers will attend and participate in the colloquium before the concert.

Barker is professor of music theory and composition at UD and is co-chair of New Music Delaware.

More about Martin Jones

Jones has been one of Britain's most highly regarded solo pianists since first coming to international attention in 1968, when he received the Dame Myra Hess Award.

That same year, he made his London debut at the Queen Elizabeth Hall and his New York debut at Carnegie Hall, and ever since has been in demand for recitals and concerto performances on both sides of the Atlantic.

He is a prolific recording artist, and a retrospective of his works was released this spring by Nimbus Recordings in celebration of his 75th birthday.

His performance repertoire, in addition to encompassing most of the standard works for piano, includes unusual concertos such as the Busoni Concerto, which he performed with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Norman Del Mar.

He has also championed the music of British composers and has performed concertos by Britten, Benjamin, Mathias, McCabe and Lambert.