Jez Wiles
Jez has performed with orchestras including the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO), orchestra of the Royal Opera House, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Aurora Orchestra, the Ulster Orchestra and English National Opera. He has played on musicals in London including Hamilton, The Lion King, Wicked, Legally Blonde, Hair, The Lord of The Rings, The Bodyguard, Stephen Ward, The Scottsboro Boys, In The Heights, Beautiful, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown and Elf. His work has taken him on tour in the U.S. with Imogen Heap, Japan with the LSO, Australia with the Royal Ballet and the UK with Tim Minchin and The Heritage Orchestra. Jez has played on TV with Gareth Malone and on film and TV such as Beyond The Sea, Pan, Dad's Army, Downton Abbey, Antman, Shazam, The Flash and The Man from U.N.C.L.E.. He has performed on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury with Tony Christie, in London and Paris with Quincy Jones, recorded albums with Foy Vance, Brian Eno, Leo Abrahams, Rosabella Gregory and Daniel Mulhern, played live with Lisa Stansfield, Goldie, The Leisure Society, Gareth Lockrane's Big Band, Andrew Poppy’s Sustaining Ensemble, Evelyn Nallen’s Zero Gravity, John Etheridge‘s Zappatistas, Matt Calvert's Typewritten Ensemble and was a member and then bateria director of Paraiso School of Samba in London between 2002 and 2015.
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Qualifications
Associate of the Royal Academy of Music, MA in Music Industry Management and Artist Development, DipRAM, Bmus Perf
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Memberships
Associate of the Royal Academy of Music
Teaching
Jez has worked with orchestra outreach departments such as LSO Discovery and City of London Sinfonia, devised creative composition workshops, frameworks and written music in partnership with schools and in healthcare settings, taught and directed samba groups on the street and at the flag handover ceremony for in the 2012 London Olympic Games and given classes at Royal College of Music, Royal Academy of Music, Trinity Laban and The Academy of Contemporary Music.
