Cory Jones is the contrabassoon and third bassoonist of the Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra. A native of North Carolina, he enjoys many opportunities to regularly sub with other groups such as the Durham Symphony and Durham Chorale Society, as well as the Carolina Philharmonic, Charleston (SC) Symphony, Greensboro Chorale Society, and Winston-Salem Symphony. His primary teachers have been Dr. David Kirby, Dr. Rebecca Libera, and Dr. Michael Burns. Cory recently graduated from the University of North Carolina Greensboro with a degree in Bassoon Performance. He enjoys cooking, teaching a small private studio, chamber music, and spending time with his Border Collie, Benna.