Honored for her “excellent musical instincts”, “great emotion, sensitivity, temperament” and “wonderfully committed playing”, Polish-American cellist Dr. Angelika Machnik – Jones has performed extensively as a recitalist, soloist and chamber musician throughout Poland, Germany and United States. As a soloist, she has performed with Delta Symphony Orchestra, Eastern Music Festival Symphony Orchestra, Oklahoma City University Symphony Orchestra, Oklahoma Community Orchestra, University of Oklahoma Civic Orchestra, University of Oklahoma Symphony Orchestra, Fort Smith Symphony and Fort Hays Symphony Orchestra. She has appeared in several music festivals including Lancut International Music Festival, National Orchestral Institute, Eastern Music Festival, Texas Music Festival and Mimir Chamber Music Festival. Mrs. Machnik-Jones performed on OETA - a local Oklahoma PBS television station and her performance was featured in the FOX 25 News. She was featured in Daily Oklahoman, Greensboro News, Jonesboro Sun and the City Wire in Fort Smith. As a guest artist, Dr. Angelika Machnik-Jones has presented masterclasses, lectures and recitals at Missouri State University, University of Arkansas, West Texas A&M University, Stephen F. Austin State University, Washburn University, and University of Central Oklahoma.

Angelika won several prizes both in Poland and United States. In Poland, she received the Fourth Prize in Bacewicz International Chamber Music Competition, playing with Pratum Trio. Since moving to United States, she received the First Prize in Delta Symphony Concerto Competition, Third Prize in Gordon Parks Concerto Competition. She was a winner of Eastern Music Festival Concerto Competition and Oklahoma City University Concerto Competition. Angelika also received Second Prize in Crescendo Music Awards and the First Prize in Oklahoma Community Orchestra Concerto Competition, and the First Prize in Hubbard Solo and Chamber Music Competition.

Known for her versatile and thought-provoking performances, Angelika Machnik-Jones has combined artistic mediums in order to achieve memorable experiences and bridge the gap between the artist and the audience. Her 2021 concert presented at the Oklahoma Contemporary in collaboration with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic, entitled “From Darkness”, took the audience on a journey from darkness to light. The intimate setting setting of the Te Ata Theatre, combined with lighting complimenting the music of Krzysztof Penderecki, Arvo Part, Peteris Vasks and poetry written by Machnik-Jones, created a unique multi-sensory experience. Since then, she has presented “From Darkness” on tours in Texas, Missouri, Kansas and Arkansas. In 2022 Angelika established the Soluna Concert Series, a chamber music concert series which explores the immersive nature of music and arts.

In addition to a multitude of special projects and concerts, Angelika holds a busy schedule as a member of the Oklahoma City Philharmonic, recitalist and chamber musician. She is a passionate pedagogue and entrepreneur. In 2013, Dr. Angelika Machnik-Jones founded the Oklahoma Conservatory of Music, which provides exemplary music education to almost twohundred music students. In January 2026, OCM became a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. In addition to her duties as Executive Director of OCM, she also teaches cello, chamber music and solfege. The cello students of the Oklahoma Conservatory of Music have been featured as National Finalists and South Central Division Alternate winners in the Music Teachers National Association Junior and Senior Strings Performance Competitions, as top chair winners with the Oklahoma All State Orchestra, and prize winners of Oklahoma City Philharmonic Young Musician Competition, Oklahoma Orchestra League Buttram and Keith Competition, Ad Astra Strings Competition and South Kansas Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition. OCM students were admitted to university programs at Eastman School of Music, Cleveland Institute of Music, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and Northwestern University Bienen School of Music. In 2020, Angelika was awarded the Private Studio Teacher of the Year by the Oklahoma Chapter of the American String Teachers Association.

Dr. Machnik-Jones holds degrees from University of Oklahoma, Southern Methodist University and Oklahoma City University. She also studied at the Stanisław Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdańsk, Poland, and the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf, Germany. Her doctoral dissertation, completed in 2021, concerns the research of the Grazyna Bacewicz and Feliks Nowowiejski cello concertos.