{"id":64,"date":"2009-07-31T02:10:03","date_gmt":"2009-07-31T09:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/samsalek.net\/upload\/greg\/?page_id=64"},"modified":"2016-07-07T00:07:46","modified_gmt":"2016-07-07T07:07:46","slug":"cv","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gregoryknowles.com\/?page_id=64","title":{"rendered":"CV"},"content":{"rendered":"

JOHN GREGORY KNOWLES<\/h1>\n

Curriculum vitae<\/em><\/h1>\n

Education<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1974 -1976\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Royal Northern College of Music (Manchester, UK)
\nGRSM –\u00a0 Music performance majoring in percussion
\n1980 \u2013 81\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tuition in percussion in USA<\/p>\n

Tutors:<\/strong><\/em>
\nNew York\u00a0 – Dave Samuels, Dave Freidman (Spyragyra)
\nLos Angeles \u2013 Emil Richards, Vic Feldman (Steelydan),
\nBill Kraft (L.A. Philharmonic)<\/p>\n

Professional experience<\/strong><\/em>
\n1977 \u2013 1985\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Solo percussionist \u2013 Fires of London, contemporary chamber music ensemble: composer Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (Master of the Queen\u2019s Music). Toured extensively including South America, Australia, USA and Europe. Further information @ www.maxopus.com<\/a> .<\/p>\n

Other composers: Elliot Carter, Hans Werner Henze, Wittold Lutislavsky. Mark Anthony Turnage, Oliver Knussen,<\/p>\n

Michael Niman, Mauricio Kagel, James MacMillan, John Taverner and Harrison Birtwhistle<\/p>\n

1986 – 1991\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BBC Symphony Orchestra working with David Atherton and Pierre Boulez. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with Ashkenazy, London Sinfonietta and The Nash Ensemble recently recorded Bartok First Rhapsody for violin with Shlomo Minz and London Philharmonic Orchestra. English National Opera (Mark Elder) and Royal Opera House Covent Garden (Edward Downs).<\/p>\n

1991 – 1992 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Principal percussion Munich Symphony Orchestra and 2001 Principal timpani Orquest de Cadequez in Madrid with\u00a0 Sir Neville Marriner. Ensemble Intercontemporain, Paris, Klaus Huber.<\/p>\n

1992\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Principal timpani with Trevor Pinnock and Roger Norrington<\/p>\n

playing Baroque music recordings and US tour.<\/p>\n

1993\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Appearance at Montreux Jazz Festival with B&W artists<\/p>\n

Teaching experience<\/p>\n

1993 \u20131995\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RNCM visiting tutor and external examiner. Birmingham School of Music as Head of Department. Co-ordinator of Trinity Music School board exams and external examiner.<\/p>\n

1996 – 2005\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Presenter and percussionist of children\u2019s TV series How Do You Do? and various other educational TV programmes for BBC TV.\u00a0 Watch series for BBC education.<\/p>\n

Recording work<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Publishing contracts with E&S publishing ( Simon Cowell ), Eaton Music and recording contract with Chrysalis Records.<\/p>\n

Partner in Amsterdam based record label ‘Koko’ producing dance music.<\/p>\n

1995 \u2013 2007\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Many different movie sound tracks TV shows, West End shows\u00a0 and recording artists. Harry Potter John Williams. Band of Brothers Michael Kamen More recently Spygame, Lord of the Rings trilogy, Evelyn Glennie, Nigel Kennedy and Borat.<\/p>\n

Recodings with Evelyn Glennie – Rhythm Song, Wind in the Bamboo, Light in Darkness and Greatest Hits Classic Kennedy with Nigel Kennedy.\u00a0 Close working relationship with Howard Shore and Alexandre Desplat most recently on Eastern Promises and\u00a0 The Golden Compass respectively.<\/p>\n

Compositions<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Main work has been in Production Music having produced CDs for KPM\/EMI, Music House and Boosey and Hawkes . Most recent credit on NBC TV series \u2018Monk\u2019. Orchestrator on Beautician and the Beast, Paramount Pictures. TV documentaries for ITV and ITN, including Noriega, Rhodes and Princess Di Alone.<\/p>\n

Non musical<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

2001-2004<\/p>\n

Awarded PG dip counselling from TVU Ealing<\/p>\n

2006<\/p>\n

Wexford Opera Festival in Ireland playing principal percussion<\/p>\n

Present<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Playing cimbalom on Dickensian with Debbie Wiseman. Cimbalom on forthcoming film release ‘Pete’s Dragon’. Successful run of The Winter’s Tale at Royal Opera House June 2016 playing Hackbrett and Dulcimer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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