Directors

Jon has worked for a variety of different theatres and producers with many directors and co-directors, including:

Other Collaborations

In 2013 Jon was invited to join the creative team behind The Enchanted Forest, the award-winning autumn son et lumière show in Perthshire, co-composing the music and sound with RJ McConnell and also, subsequently, Rachel Cullen.

With Hilary Brooks he has been associate and assistant musical director on shows including Dundee Rep's productions of Sweeney Todd and Sunshine on Leith, and a re-mount of Glasgow Girls at Glasgow's Citz.

Jon first worked professionally in theatre alongside members of the Cauld Blast Orchestra (formed in 1989 for the Communicado show Jock Tamson's Bairns), including Anne Wood, Iain Johnstone, Steve Kettley & Mike Travis, playing with the latter in his bands EH15 and Uncharted Territory.

Outwith theatre, other collaborations include performing and recording with The Pearlfishers' David Scott, Carol Laula, and Wendy Weatherby amongst many others.

Awards

In the Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland which have been held since 2004, Jon has been personally nominated four times in the category Best Use of Music and Sound, has won with Best Ensemble and Best Production for A Christmas Carol with the National Theatre of Scotland, and has seen 35 nominations or awards over all categories for shows he has been involved with.

In 2020 The Signalman won three out of its four nominations: for Best Production, Best New Play and Best Male Performance.

Dundee Rep's productions of Sunshine on Leith and Sweeney Todd won the TMA award for Best Musical in 2007 and 2010 respectively.

Jon studied music at the University of Reading where he was awarded the Peter Wishart Prize, and went on to receive an M.Mus in Theory and Analysis, studying with Jonathan Dunsby.

He was awarded a music scholarship to Ipswich School where he was also the inaugural Burton Scholar.

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