About the Presenter
London based drummer, composer and educator JJ Wheeler is fast becoming worldrenowned across the various aspects of his musical career. Having graduated from the prestigious Royal Academy of Music (London) with Distinction he has quickly established himself as one of the busiest musicians around, embracing multiple facets of the music industry, using each to inform and improve the others, and winning multiple awards.
JJ regularly performs with a range of UKbased Pop, Soul and Jazz artists in London, Britain and abroad, with previous tours including gigs at Wembley Stadium, The Royal Albert Hall, Disneyland, BBC Proms, and festivals across Europe and Africa. Alongside this he has recently started recording sessions from his newly established home studio.
As a member of the Trinity Rock & Pop examiner panel, JJ has developed various videos, blog posts and other training material to complement the current syllabus. A keen educator he has a select cohort of private students in the UK and also runs workshops and masterclasses at home and abroad.
Through performance, workshopleading and examining JJ is frequently sought after worldwide, with recent itineraries including Thailand, India, Tunisia, Iceland, Norway, France, Australia, Faroe Islands, South Africa, Italy, Estonia, Spain, Sweden, Germany, Denmark and Russia.