Jules Buckley
Julian "Jules" Buckley (born 8 January 1980) is an English conductor, composer, and arranger.
Jules Buckley

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- Name
- Jules Buckley
- Born
- 8 January 1980
- Birthplace
- Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England
- Birth Name
- Julian Buckley
- Occupation
- * Arranger
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Fields
- traditional folk music
- Education
- Guildhall School of Music and Drama · Aylesbury Grammar School
- Languages
- English
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Julian "Jules" Buckley (born 8 January 1980) is an English conductor, composer, and arranger.
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Jules Buckley (born 1980) is a bandleader, composer and conductor, among other activities, of British nationality. The bandleader was born in Aylesbury. Jules Buckley was educated at Aylesbury Grammar School and Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
The work spans traditional folk music. Languages used include English.
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• Name — Jules Buckley • Born — 8 January 1980 • Birthplace — Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England • Birth Name — Julian Buckley • Genre — * Eclectic • classical • folk • jazz • film score • Occupation — * Arranger • conductor • composer • Current Member Of — Metropole Orkest, The Heritage Orchestra • Website — www.julesbuckley.com • Associated Acts — * Metropole Orkest • Heritage Orchestra • BBC Symphony Orchestra
Career
Career
In 2004, Buckley and producer/manager Chris Wheeler co-founded the Heritage Orchestra, with the intention of featuring an orchestra in a music club setting. In 2008, Buckley became principal guest conductor of the Metropole Orkest, a jazz and eclectic music orchestra based in Hilversum, in the Netherlands, and chief conductor from 2013. In 2020, he became Creative Artist-in-Residence with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and stood in as presenter of the BBC Radio 3 programme Classical Fix, in place of Clemency Burton-Hill, who suffered a brain haemorrhage in January 2020.
Collaborations
Collaborations
• Illustration — Buckley (behind) performing with Florence Welch and her band, Florence and the Machine, as part of BBC Proms in 2024 Buckley has worked with the WDR Big Band; José James and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Patrick Watson and the Orchestre National d'Île de France; and arranged and conducted Caro Emerald's album The Shocking Miss Emerald and Jacob Collier's album Djesse Vol. 1. Other collaborations have included projects with Gregory Porter; Tori Amos; Markus Stockhausen; Emilie-Claire Barlow; Michael Kiwanuka; Louis Cole; Jonathan Jeremiah; Basement Jaxx; Massive Attack; Arctic Monkeys; John Cale; Paul Weller; Emeli Sandé; The Cinematic Orchestra; Jamie Cullum; Cory Wong; Beardyman; Cory Henry; Snarky Puppy; Becca Stevens; Andrea Motis and Dizzee Rascal.
Notable recent performances
Notable recent performances
• August 2016: BBC Prom 49, with the Metropole Orkest, celebrating the music of Quincy Jones. • February 2017: National Symphony Orchestra, with Snarky Puppy at the Kennedy Center, Washington DC. • August 2018: BBC Proms with the Heritage Orchestra for a late-night Prom "New York Now", celebrating the changing soundscape of New York and featuring artists from that city, including Hercules and Love Affair. • June 2019: "Soundtrack of the 80s with Quincy Jones", with the Metropole Orkest at London's O2 arena. • August 2019: BBC Prom 45, with the Metropole Orkest in a homage to Nina Simone, with Ledisi and Lisa Fischer. • September 2019: BBC Prom 64 with the Heritage Orchestra and the Soul Mavericks, featuring Terra & Eddie, Sunni and Lagaet. • February 2020: Seattle Symphony Orchestra, "The Best of Quincy Jones", at Benaroya Hall, Seattle. • February 2020: BBC Symphony Orchestra, featuring Lianne La Havas, at the Barbican Centre, London. • August 2021: BBC Proms, with BBC Symphony Orchestra, featuring Moses Sumney. • September 2024: BBC Proms, with his orchestra and Florence and The Machine for "Symphony of Lungs"
Personal life
Personal life
Buckley was born and grew up in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire in the UK. He is the son of Keith Buckley (a doctor) and Joan Buckley, and attended Aylesbury Grammar School. Buckley started playing the trumpet aged nine at the Aylesbury Music Centre. He played in the Aylesbury Music Centre Dance Band and went on to study trumpet at the Guildhall School of Music in London, before changing to classical composition. His initial ambition was to be a jazz trumpeter, but at the Guildhall School his interests grew to include musical composition and conducting. He lives in Berlin, Germany.
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Discography
• Year — Production — Cooperation — Label • 2006 — The Heritage Orchestra (CD) — Heritage Orchestra — Brownswood Recordings • 2006 — Secret Garden — Natalie Williams — East Side Records • 2006 — The Beauty Room — Kirk Degiorgio — Peacefrog • 2006 — Baby, I'm Yours (Single) — Arctic Monkeys — Domino Recording Co • 2007 — If You've Found This it's Probably Too Late — Arctic Monkeys — Domino Recording Co • 2007 — Smoke and Mirrors — Tom Richards Orchestra — Candid Records • 2007 — Sky Breaks — Heritage orchestra — Brownswood Recordings • 2007 — Brianstorm — Arctic Monkeys — Domino Recording Co • 2008 — Live at the Albert Hall — The Cinematic Orchestra — Ninja Tune • 2008 — Junkyard Gods — Two Banks of Four — Sonar Kollectiv • 2008 — Slipway Fires — Razorlight — Mercury • 2008 — Wake Me 5.30 — Two Banks of Four — Sonar Kollectiv • 2008 — Black Symphony (CD) — Within Temptation and Metropole Orkest — Roadrunner Records • 2009 — Blackbud — Blackbud — Independiente • 2009 — Heimspiel — Die Fantastischen Vier — Sony BMG • 2009 — Utopia – An Acoustic Night at the Theatre — Within Temptation — Roadrunner • 2009 — Black Water Transit (movie) — Directed by Tony Kaye — Capitol Films • 2009 — Heritage Orchestra Feat. DJ Yoda Prokofiev Concerto for Turntables and Orchestra — Heritage Orchestra feat DJ Yoda — NonClassical • 2010 — What's a Guy Gotta Do — Jonathan Jeremiah — Island • 2010 — Moke & Metropole Orkest (CD) — Moke and Metropole Orkest — Pias • 2010 — Alive 'till I'm Dead (CD) — Professor Green — Virgin Records • 2010 — The Answer EP — Unkle — Surrender All • 2010 — Where Did the Night Fall — Unkle — Surrender All • 2010 — El Encuentro (CD) — Dino Saluzzi, Anja Lechner and Metropole Orkest — ECM • 2011 — At Your Inconvenience (CD) — Professor Green — Virgin • 2011 — A Solitary Man — Jonathan Jeremiah — Island • 2011 — Tangent — Trish Clowes — Basho • 2011 — A Little Brighter — Pete Lawrie — Island • 2011 — Basement Jaxx vs. Metropole Orkest (CD) — Basement Jaxx and Metropole Orkest — XL Recordings • 2011 — Tim Minchin and the Heritage Orchestra – Live at The Royal Albert Hall (DVD) — Tim Minchin and Heritage Orchestra — Universal Pictures UK • 2012 — No Beginning No End (CD) — Jose James — Blue Note • 2012 — In Motion No.1 (CD) — The Cinematic Orchestra — Piccadilly Records • 2012 — Adventures in Your Own Backyard (CD) — Patrick Watson — Secret City Records • 2012 — Our Version of Events (CD) — Emeli Sandé — Virgin • 2012 — Through the Night — Ren Harvieu — Island • 2012 — Gold Dust (CD) — Jonathan Jeremiah — Universal • 2012 — The Beauty Room II — Far Out Recordings • 2012 — Home Again (CD) — Michael Kiwanuka and Metropole Orkest — Polydor • 2012 — Clown — Emeli Sandé — Virgin • 2012 — See You on the Ice — Carice van Houten — EMI • 2012 — Flavor (CD) — Tori Amos — Deutsche Grammophon • 2012 — Gold Dust — Tori Amos — Deutsche Grammophon • 2012 — No Beginning No End — José James — Blue Note Records • 2012 — Tangled Up — Caro Emerald — Grandmono • 2013 — The Shocking Miss Emerald (CD) — Caro Emerald — Grand Mono • 2014 — Fireflies (feat. Tom Parker) — Richard Rawson — Island • 2014 — Laura Mvula and Metropole Orkest — Laura Mvula — RCA • 2014 — Growing up in Public — Professor Green — Virgin • 2015 — Sylva (CD) — Snarky Puppy and Metropole Orkest — Impulse! Records • 2015 — Clear Day — Emilie-Claire Barlow and Metropole Orkest — Empress Music Group • 2016 — Classic House — Pete Tong and Heritage Orchestra — Universal • 2017 — Ibiza Classics — Pete Tong and Heritage Orchestra — Universal • 2018 — Djesse Vol. 1 (CD) — Jacob Collier and Metropole Orkest — Hajanga Records • 2018 — What Heat — Bokanté and Metropole Orkest — Real World • 2019 — Chilled Classics — Pete Tong and Heritage Orchestra — Decca Records • 2019 — Melkweg — Jameszoo and Metropole Orkest — Brainfeeder • 2023 — This New Noise — Public Service Broadcasting (band) and the BBC Symphony Orchestra — Test Card Recordings • 2024 — nothing — Louis Cole and Metropole Orkest — Brainfeeder • 2024 — Starship Syncopation — Cory Wong and Metropole Orkest — Roundwound • 2026 — Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally — Harry Styles — Erskine Records, Columbia Records • 2026 — With Every Breath I Take — Cécile McLorin Salvant — Nonesuch Records

The Heritage Orchestra performing at the concert Pete Tong Presents Ibiza Classics, Leeds Area, 6 December 2019. The conductor, Jules Buckley, is in the foreground with his back to the camera; Pete Tong is at the back of the orchestra, in the centre.
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Florence + The Machine with Jules Buckley His Orchestra - BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall - Wednesday 11th September 2024
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Awards
In February 2016, the Snarky Puppy album Sylva, featuring Buckley and the Metropole Orkest, won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album. At the end of 2016, Classic House with Pete Tong and the Heritage Orchestra reached No. 1 in the Album Charts. In 2020, the song "All Night Long" by Jacob Collier, featuring Take 6 and the Metropole Orkest, won an award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocal at the 62nd Grammy Awards. In 2018, Buckley and Metropole Orkest were awarded the Bremer Musikfest-Preis in special recognition of their contribution to the success of Musikfest Bremen.
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- 1.Grammy award-winning Jules Buckley returns to Aylesbury to lead former students' tribute concert in memory of inspirational bandleader and mentor Nick Care. Wendover News. 19 January 2023.
- 2.Jules Buckley. www.schott-music.com.
- 3.Classical Fix. BBC Radio 3.
- 4.BBC presenter recovering from brain haemorrhage. BBC News. 2020-08-15.
- 5.GRAMMY Award Results for Jules Buckley. GRAMMY.com. 2019-11-26.
- 6.Whitehouse, Richard. Prom 49: Quincy Jones Prom – Metropole Orkest/Jules Buckley with Richard Bona, Jacob Collier, Laura Mvula, Alfredo Rodríguez, Cory Henry. The Classical Source. 22 August 2016.
- 7.Prom 45: Mississippi Goddam: A Homage to Nina Simone. The Classical Source. 21 August 2019.
- 8.BBC. Moses Sumney Meets Jules Buckley and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Proms. 21 August 2021.
- 9.Meet the Maestro: Jules Buckley. Rhinegold. 16 November 2023.
- 10.Grammy award for Aylesbury Grammar School alumni Jules Buckley. Bucks Herald. 31 August 2016.
- 11.Beek, Michael. Jules Buckley: the inimitable conductor, composer and arranger serving up an infectious mix of classical, pop and jazz. Classical Music. 29 June 2021.
- 12.Facing the music: Jules Buckley. The Guardian. 29 August 2016.
- 13.Sampson, Annabel. Why Jules Buckley is the conductor with the Midas touch bringing pure gold to the Proms. The Tatler. 11 September 2024.
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