“Giles opens the piece testing out an obstacle course, only to begin racing through it at greater and greater speeds...but velocity doesn’t diminish the precision here, as the saxophonist nails the various details with unflinching exactitude.”
— Review of "Mundiglossia" for Best Contemporary Classical on Bandcamp | Peter Margasak
“Giles’...shivery, theremin-like timbre is breathtaking…a crystalline, oboe-like tone.”
— New York Music Daily | Lucid Culture
“...insanely clever...”
— ClassicFM, United Kingdom
“...agility like a singer in the high register...Atmospheric, melodious, nearly dreamlike impressions...finely nuanced playing...”
— Badische Zeitung, Lörrach
“Giles’ saxophone danced and lamented, alternating radiant high tones with warm, deep tones, sonorous vibrato nuancing the pronounced lyrical passages...full of crystal clarity.”
— Südkurier, Waldshut-Tiengen
“Splendid performer with a bright future...[who brings to the stage] a wonderful life and spirit.”
— Charles Wuorinen, Pulitzer Prize Winning Composer
“...at once sensitive, nuanced, brash, and daring; all depending on the demands of the music.”
— David Ludwig, Composer at the Curtis Institute of Music
“...unfaltering rhythmic precision and razor sharp playing...”
— Michael J. Maccaferri, clarinetist | eighth blackbird
“...exemplary...highest virtuosity and exceptional musicality based on solid scholarship paired with fine instinct.”
— Maestra Marzena Diakun, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
“Nuanced playing with all the colors of the orchestra, strong in expression...[Giles’] interpretation went far beyond the quiet language of the compositions he played.”
