As arranger and orchestrator he worked on music composed by Mark Mothersbaugh and as performer he led a percussion section and provided several improvisations.
Jarvis worked on Ang Lee’s movie Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, released in 2016; his involvement on the project included transcribing, arranging and as percussionist.
More recently he recorded for the sound track of "The Pale Blue Eye" a film directed by Scott Cooper, starring Christian Bale.
"[4] Jarvis has performed and or recorded with composers musicians such as Milton Babbitt, John Cage and Steve Reich.
He has appeared as guest conductor on the San Francisco Symphony's New and Unusual Music Series with the New Jersey Percussion Ensemble.
[7] The Record described Jarvis's conducting of "Percussion Symphony" as "a masterful example of the conductors craft",[8] and praised the way he sculpted the melody in the medieval song by Guillaume Dufay.