ono Grant started his musical career more than 20 years ago, making his early mark as a composer, producer and performer with a multitude of bands including the eccentric jazz/lounge outfit “Jaymz Bee and The Royal Jelly Orchestra”, Pop-poet “John Southworth” and the outrageous bebop-rappers “The Shuffle Demons”.

Since then, Jono has built a diverse portfolio of work that spans many genres and all forms of media. He is best-known today for his TV work, having scored more than 300 episodes for numerous series, including Teletoon/MTV's "Undergrads", Family Channel's “Radio Free Roscoe” and YTV's “Captain Flamingo”, which earned a 2006 Gemini nomination for best original score in an animated series.

He is also a respected film composer, earning a Genie nomination in 2000 for his first score, "Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang”, and following up with a variety of feature projects that include composing additional music for the CBC bio-pic "Trudeau" and ABC's "Trump: The Unauthorized Biography".
 
Most recently, Jono composed and produced the soundtrack for the new animated series "The Dating Guy" on Teletoon and composed underscore for Sony PlayStation's 2010 hit video-game "Modnation Racers”.
 
Jono works mainly out of his personal studio, Victory Drive Recording, located in Toronto's Leslieville. Featuring state-of-the-art equipment and an abundant collection of eclectic and vintage instruments
(a multi-instrumentalist, Jono often performs the scores he writes and produces); Victory Drive is a destination for performing artists as well as film and television producers.
 
Among those artists is Toronto-based jazz composer and saxophonist Richard Underhill, with whom Jono has co-produced three albums, including Underhill's Juno award-winning "Tales from the Blue Lounge”. Jono has also worked in various capacities with a diverse roster of talents, including Kim Stockwood, Big Rude Jake, The Tea Party and many others.
 
Jono studied composition, harmony and music theory privately with teacher/music analyst Michael Leibson and is well versed in writing and arranging for all types of music and ensembles.
 
From old-school tape-and-razor blade editing to the latest techniques in modern sound design, Jono is skilled in all forms of music production.
 

And when he’s not at work, you might find Jono sampling his kids or experimenting with stop-motion animation using Playdough.