Michael Giles

A native Iowan, Mike Giles is a vibrant and accessible musician.  He is in constant demand as a performer and clinician, and stays active as an improviser and writer.  He has fused his varied skill set and diverse musical background into a unique perspective that he shares successfully in the classroom and on the stage.  His dedication to discovering and developing inventive approaches to teaching and performing has established him as a recognizable voice.  He is devoted to educating students and expanding the jazz audience through imaginative programming.  

Giles has appeared as a soloist in front of a giant marching band, wedged into assorted orchestras, at community bandshells, alongside an opera legend, situated beside a bunch of percussionists, with an electronic music guy running a joystick, in gymnatoriums for school assemblies, amongst visitors at art museums, in contemporary classical settings, on the floor with grade school kids, mainstage at national jazz festivals, within a choir of trombones, and in concert halls throughout central Europe and Russia.  He leads the saxophone studio and the jazz program at Iowa State University.  Learn more at www.creativemusicstuff.com