Jon Scoville has composed music for Alwin Nikolais, Murray Louis, Tandy Beal, Laura Dean, Sara Rudner, Stephen Koester, Douglas Neilsen, the Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company, Donna White, Hovik Ballet (Oslo), Oakland Ballet, Pickle Family and Moscow Circuses, and Teatro Armazém in Rio.

His music has been on NPR, Radio Free Europe, Radio Belgrade, Paris’ Théâtre de la Ville, Fête à Aix, Kyoto’s American Center, Tokyo’s Seibu Theatre, festivals in Verona, Pamplona and Santander, concerts in Athens, Rio, Brno and Sarajevo. He has also created music for gallery installations on three continents and corporate work for LucasFilms, Capitol Exhibits, and Digital Equipment Corp.

Jon has received grants from Meet the Composer/West, California Arts Council Composer Fellowship, Utah Arts Council, and the Santa Cruz Arts Commission. He co-authored a book, Sound Designs, on the construction of percussion instruments. He founded and directed a 25-member band SAMBA GRINGA, playing the percussion music of Brazil, New Orleans, and Felton, which performed at the ‘02 Winter Olympics, the Park City Film Festival and numerous other festivals and venues in Utah.

Currently Jon is the Director of Music in the Dept. of Dance at the University of Utah. His music is available at www.albertsbicycle.com and at cdbaby.com