Julian "Jules" Buckley (born 8 January 1980)[2] is an English conductor, composer, and arranger.
[4] 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.
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.
[5] In 2018, Buckley and Metropole Orkest were awarded the Bremer Musikfest-Preis in special recognition of their contribution to the success of Musikfest Bremen.
[11] His initial ambition was to be a jazz trumpeter, but at the Guildhall School his interests grew to include musical composition and conducting.