Composer B Chakoian Jones Releases New String Quartet on February 6
Nashville Parthenon
The Great Space is Jones’s First Studio Release,
Accompanied by Four Concerts Throughout 2026 in Nashville and Knoxville
Nashville, Tenn. (January 2, 2026) – Nashville composer B Chakoian Jones will release his string quartet, The Great Space, on February 6. The Great Space is the first studio release for Jones which will be accompanied by four performances in 2026. The album is currently available for pre-order.
Originally commissioned for performance in the Parthenon’s Naos room in 2019, the piece has grown into a simple thesis of spacial exploration through multiple mediums including music performance, dance performance, photography, and videography.
“With The Great Space, I seek to answer the questions of ‘What do we notice about the space we occupy in all our senses? Do we notice the little things? Do we step back and appreciate the grandeur of the spaces we occupy?’” said Jones.
Jones will bring performances to Nashville’s Parthenon on February 8 as part of the Echo Chamber Music Series followed by performances at Knoxville’s Laurel Theater on February 22, Nashville’s St. Paul’s Episcopal Church on March 24, and Nashville’s Arcade on April 11. Information for these concerts can be found Here.
Contemporary dancer Becca Hoback joins these performances, broadening the scope of the performance. Becca Hoback explores identity and the emotional body through contemporary dance theater.
About Benjamin Chakoian Jones: Benjamin Chakoian Jones is a composer, arranger, and bassist from Nashville, Tennessee. Jones is a founding member of the band Humming House, with which he actively toured beginning in 2011. Since 2015, Jones has been a regular member of Nashville-based chamber ensemble chatterbird. In addition to his creative endeavors, Jones is the founder and curator of The Nashville Chamber Music Series (NCMS), “a collective of composers, performers, and music lovers who wish to develop Nashville’s communal passion for classical and jazz music.” Through NCMS, Jones has worked to revitalize the capacity for classical music to be enjoyed on a casual and intimate level. As a composer, Jones’s works have been performed and recorded by groups including chatterbird, Intersection, Nashville Concerto Orchestra, Trio Siciliano, and ensembles through NCMS and Lockeland Strings series. In 2020/21, Jones worked with Intersection, Lesa Dowdy, and the Nashville Metro Archives’ Audiovisual Heritage Center to create People Places Things, a short film built around Nashville audiovisual archived footage. The film’s soundtrack was performed live to the film in the Naos room of the Parthenon. Additionally, Jones has worked with friend and producer Stephen Turney on a series of electroacoustic works including the soundtrack for Eliza Larson’s dance composition You Are Happy. More information can be found at his Instagram and TikTok.
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