After moving to Salt Lake City, he founded the Holiday Pops Orchestra and Chorus and the Murray Symphony. Jim and Bonnie are active in the development of Young Musicians based in Evanston, Wyo. This organization has brought musical opportunities to over 3000 music students from Utah, Wyoming and Idaho. Following Jim's engagement with the Basin Pops Orchestra and Chorus, he will be working with the Idaho Falls Symphony. Basin Pops Orchestra and Chorus is funded and managed jointly by Uintah Arts Council of Vernal, and Basin Arts Council of Roosevelt.
All members are volunteers and they spend countless hours providing musical service to the Basin.
They live in Vernal, Roosevelt, Altamont, Duchesne, and all points between.