Jon Keliehor

Jon Keliehor is an American born composer and percussionist living in Glasgow. His music for contemporary dance, ballet, theatre and film has produced a unique catalogue of percussion based composition. He has created works for London Contemporary Dance Theatre, Royal Ballet, Lindsay Kemp Theatre, Theatre of Lies, DanzaHoy, Cornish College of the Arts. He is the director of Luminous Music, a company that originates innovative percussion performance and educational projects. His recent music can be found on various recordings, most notably The Beginning of Time, Fables of Forests and Light, Return to the Time of Dreams, Class V, Celestial Nile, Create Music, Ocean of Dreams, East Meets West, Trance Gong for Gamelan Pacifica, Adrift and Afloat for Gamelan Naga Mas - available from Luminous Music. Born in 1941, Jon Keliehor was an original member of the 1960's West Coast pop band The Daily Flash and Bodine. He was a member of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra and associate musician, tutor and composer at London Contemporary Dance Theatre