Dr. Shane Jones has studied and performed around the globe, including in Brazil, China, Mexico, Trinidad/Tobago, Puerto Rico, West Africa, and across the United States. He serves as Director of Percussion/Associate Professor of Music at Utah Valley University and Associate Editor of World Percussion for the Percussive Arts Society. As a popular/contemporary musician, Shane has performed on Broadway as drummer/percussionist for the musical 1776 at 54 Below. He was the percussionist for Tina – The Tina Turner Musical National Tour in Utah, drummer for the off-Broadway premier of the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning rock musical Next to Normal and the regional tour of Cabaret. He is percussionist and Director of Production for Khemia Ensemble, an internationally performing group dedicated to promoting contemporary classical music.
Shane is a proud Yamaha Performing Artist and endorser of Innovative Percussion sticks and mallets, REMO drumheads, and Zildjian cymbals.