Jim Scully is a composer, performer and educator in the fields of contemporary classical music, electroacoustic music and jazz studies. He has been contributing his diverse talents to the music scene in Bakersfield, California for over 20 years.
Scully has received awards and grants from American Composers Forum, ASCAP and The University Research Council of the California State University. He has also had works commissioned by Nicolas Deuson, Rachel Arnold, Ashley Addington and Dr. Keith Calmes and his music has been described as "riveting and magical" and "the craziest sounds heard out of a guitar". Various pieces have been performed at venues throughout the United States, including the National Convention of the College Music Society, Electro-Acoustic Juke Joint on the campus of Delta State University in Cleveland, Mississippi, the Lilypad in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the United Parish Church of Brookline in Massachusetts, The Bakersfield Jazz Festival, The Pacific Coast Collegiate Jazz Festival in Berkeley, California and aboard the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California as part of the Music Association of California Community Colleges Conference. Other performances of his works have been hosted by the Bakersfield Symphony New Direction Concerts, CSU Bakersfield Jazz Coffeehouse Concerts, UC Irvine Composers’ Concert, Bakersfield Student Composers’ Concerts and CSU Bakersfield Theatre for New Voices.
Jim currently lives in Bakersfield, California with his lovely wife and vocalist Jennifer Neil and their three sons Aidan, Maxwell and Dylan.