MusIc leader

John K Miles has led many creative music projects as a workshop leader and composer, working most recently for The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, ENO Baylis, The Anvil Theatre, The Roundhouse, The City of London Sinfonia and Create2learn.

Project Cv

Guildhall School of Music and Drama

Royal College of Art

Tutor on 'Map' collaboration between GSMD and RCA, at LSO St Lukes.

Tate St Ives and CYO

Tutor on 'Ben Nicholson' collaboration between Tate St Ives, GSMD and Cornwall Youth Orchestra.

CPD Trainer

Tutor on GSMD CPD training for music leaders.

Professor

Professor on the Leadership Masters Course.

World in Motion South (Connect Project).

A long running creative project based round a string ensemble, rhythm section, and wind section.

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Player and Leader Trainer (2008-11)

Providing music leader training for members of the orchestra and LPO freelance workshop leaders.

Player Link (2008)

An eclectic creative project working with members of the orchestra and primary schools.

Concert Link (2008-11)

A series of creative projects, linked to a concert of standard orchestral repertoire. Working with members of the orchestra, secondary schools, and primary schools.

The City of London Sinfonia

Concert Finale for the Essex-Jiangsu Festival

A creative vocal and instrumental project, inspired by 'Symphonic Poem' by Zou Jianping, commissioned for the concert finale of the Essex-Jiangsu Festival.

English National Opera

Gadaffi

An attendant youth education project to the opera 'Gadaffi' by Asian Dub Foundation

Aldeburgh

Aldeburgh Young Musicians

Skills Building with gifted and talented young musicians from East Anglia.

The Roundhouse

Music Production for Film

An open access scoring to picture project for 14-19 year olds. The project included playing and recording music live to picture and producing a computer generated soundtrack.

Music for the Moving Image

A studio based project for 16 - 25 year olds composing music for film

Anvil Arts

Transitions

An eclectic creative project incorporating 3 primary schools, 1 secondary school, professional jazz chamber ensemble, string quartet, visual artist, and electronics.

Commomore

A Latin based creative project incorporating community scratch band, amateur big band band, anvil choir, 3 primary schools, and professional ensemble.

Carnival

A creative project incorporating an entire primary school, professional double bass, vocal leader, percussion, saxophone, and capoeira.

Ruminations

An eclectic creative project based on the poet Rumi, incorporating 2 primary schools, community band, community choir, professional jazz chamber ensemble, string quartet, visual artist, capoeira, and electronics.

Cliddesdon 'Traditional Arts'

A creative project based around 'traditional arts'. Incorporating an entire primary school, professional double bass, traditional flutes, illimba, brazillian and world percussion, saxophone, guitar, folk violin, giant mask making and dance.

Be Amazed

An eclectic creative project, heavily influenced by Reggae and Ska, incorporating a community band, a professional band and a secondary school.

Portway '7 Continents'

A creative world music project incorporating an entire primary school (Portway Jr), professional double bass, traditional flutes, illimba, brazillian and world percussion, saxophone, guitar, mask making and dance.

+ (Plus)

An eclectic creative project incorporating 5 primary schools, 1 secondary school, supporting professional musicians, community instumental band and community vocal chorus.

Triangle of Slavery

A creative world music project incorporating an entire primary school (Anton Juniors), professional double bass, traditional flutes, illimba, brazillian and world percussion, saxophone, guitar, mask making and dance.

Create

Making Tracks

An eclectic creative music project with young offenders, as part of the 'Fathers Inside' programme at HMP Rochester.

Speak With My Voice

An eclectic collaborative music project, linking to a seperate creative writing project at Deptford Churches Centre (DCC). Working with people suffering from homelessness, alongside professional musicians.

Casa da Musica

Blue Pepper.

Interactive concerts at Portugal's premier concert hall in Porto with Jazz Sextet 'Blue Pepper'.

Blue Pepper Jazz Project

(Blue Pepper is run by 'Create2Learn').

"Blue Pepper" is a long running creative jazz project, based around a professional jazz ensemble.

Projects:

East London Creative Jazz Orchestra 2010-11

Working on several creative projects in collaboration with:
Jazz at Lincoln Centre faculty (2010 –11)
Robert Glasper (2010)
Culminating in performances at The Barbican Centre.

Epic 2002-3.

A year long project at Brecknock School, Camden.

Finsbury 2003-4

A year long project at Winton School, Islington.

Epic 2003-4.

A year long project at Torriano School, Camden.

Finsbury 2004-5

A year long project at Winton School, Islington.

Epic 2004-5.

A year long project at Hungerford School, Islington.

Hackney 2004-5

A year long project at several Hackney primary schools.

Laycock School 2004-5

Islington primary project involving whole school.

UBS 2005

Islington Project funded by UBS Bank.

Finsbury 2005-6

A year long project at Hugh Middleton School, Islington.

Finsbury 2007

A term long project at Hanover, Moreland and Canonbury Schools in the Finsbury area of Islington, London.

Southwark 2005-10

A four year long project, incorporating numerous Southwark primary schools.

Islington Transition projects 2007-10

Several week long 'transition' projects between Islington (London) primary and secondary schools. Each project incorporated a secondary school and 3 primary 'feeder' schools, composing and performing songs / instrumental pieces on the theme of transition.

Children's Music Workshop 'Midlands'

Midlands Folk Project

A folk music project based in Derbyshire incorporating several primary schools and a secondary school.

Spitalfields Festival 2004

Spacetime Project.

A project based in East London primary schools.

Beckford School

Beckford Jazz Project.

A long term eclectic jazz project running for three full years between 2003 - 6, in which each year group in the school participated in a separate week long creative project. The project has continued with large scale projects for year 3 in the summers of 2007-12.

Laycock School 2005-6

Laycock Jazz Project.

A year long eclectic jazz project in which each year group in the school participated in a separate week long creative project.

Music Leader 2006

Music leader Training.

Leading training sessions for community music workshop leaders.

East Staffordshire Borough Council

Music For The Masses

Leading music workshop training for local workshop leaders, incorporating numerous primary schools in the Burton Upon Trent area.

The Land

An eclectic world music project based around a professional ensemble, facilitating composition, improvisation and performance.

Projects:

Tower Hamlets 2008 - 12

Working with East London primary schools – Bonner, Globe, Bigland Green, Mowlem and Harry Gosling.

Sing Up Burton

Songs of the forest

A songwriting project with primary schools, using the local environment and history as inspiration, based in Burton Upon Trent.

Songwriting in Burton '09

A songwriting project with numerous primary schools in Burton Upon Trent, showcased at The Brewhouse Arts Centre.

B Sharp

Hear Here

A large scale creative community music project in Lyme Regis, incorporating local young people, trainee workshop leaders, St Michaels primary school, Woodroffe secondary school, and professional musicians, collaborating with singer songwriter Billy Bragg.

Peer to Peer

Working with trainee music leaders on performance based creative music projects in Bridport, Dorset.

Humanity

A large-scale creative community music project in Lyme Regis, incorporating local young people, trainee workshop leaders, Charmouth and Mrs Ethelston’s primary schools, Woodroffe secondary school, and professional musicians.

Generation Freedom

A large scale creative community music project in Lyme Regis, incorporating local young people, trainee workshop leaders, St Michaels primary school, Woodroffe secondary school, and professional musicians.

Amery Hill School

One World Orchestra

An eclectic creative world music project, incorporating Amery Hill School, 7 feeder primary schools and a professional 7 piece band, culminating in a performance at The Anvil concert hall in Basingstoke.