Gigi Jones

Have been playing viola since I was 7 and have played in numerous orchestras throughout my years.

John Schuster ( Father) my high school music teacher and mentor

Cazadero Music Camp (5 yrs to 17yrs old) and music viola counselor

Private Lessons with David Smiley SF Symphony violist

1970-1973Marin Youth Orchestra 2nd chair

1970-1973 Orchestra Piccola 2nd chair under the direction of Hugo Rinaldi

Holy Names College Orchestra 1972-1973 Vern Sellin conductor

Applied to SF State accepted but family illness prevented so…

1973-1974 Earned my Cosmetology License

1974 attended College Music Dept. at Foothill College

Foothill College violist String Quartet and Orchestra

DeAnza College Orchestra Violist fill in

Ridgewood Symphony, NJ.

Adelphi Chamber Orchestra NJ now known as Adelphi Orchestra

String Quartets NJ

Church Performances in & around Wyckoff, NJ

2012 Back surgery (set me back)

2014 & 2016 Viola Section leader and conductor support for Mitch Schuster (brother ) guest conductor at Cazadero Music Camp

2017 Knee surgeries (set me back)

2022 Moved to Colorado