Open for proposals
Closes 4 January 2027

Call for Artists

Show your work at JAM on the Marsh, 14 to 18 July 2027. We are looking for exhibitions, installations and ideas from artists for public spaces across Romney Marsh. Free to apply, and you keep everything you sell.

What's On

On now and coming up

Private View
Supporters only
26 November · 5pm · Marsh Academy Leisure Centre
Private View
Photographs by Marsh Academy sixth form students and lanterns from our autumn workshops. Free for invited supporters: confirm your place with the code in your invitation.
More info
Sarah MacDonald
New carol
Score now published · Hear it live this December
Christmas hath a beauty
Sarah MacDonald's new carol, setting Christina Rossetti, is JAM's second annual Christmas commission. See the score, buy copies for your choir, and hear it live in London, Edinburgh and Canada this December.
See it and hear it live
Call for Artists
Open now
Closes Monday 4 January 2027 · Free to apply
Call for Artists
Show your work at JAM on the Marsh, 14 to 18 July 2027. We are looking for exhibitions, installations and ideas from artists in any artform, and you keep everything you sell.
How to apply
Composer Residency Concert
Thank you
6 November · VOCES8 Centre, London
Composer Residency Concert
Thank you to everyone who came. Pianist Thomas Kelly and accordionist Ryan Corbett gave six new works from the 2026 residency their first performances at the VOCES8 Centre in London.
More info
Call for Music
Now closed
Closed 19 October · Decisions by end of January
Call for Music 2026
Thank you to everyone who submitted. The panel is now reading every score, and the selected works will be premiered at St Bride's, Fleet Street, in March 2027.
 
What happens next
Music of Our Time 2027
Save the date
23 March 2027 · 7pm · St Bride's, Fleet Street
Music of Our Time 2027
Paul Patterson at 80 with his The Fifth Continent, alongside the world premieres chosen from this year's Call for Music.
 
About the concert
Listen

Hear the music we bring into the world.

Every piece we commission or bring into the world is recorded and filmed. Press play and start with a premiere from the festival.

World premiere · Festival 2026
Outside the Lines
John Frederick Hudson · piano
 
 
Thomas Kelly · St Leonard, Hythe · 9 July 2026
0:00 / 7:27
Watch on YouTube
Full recordings on JAM's YouTube channel
Recent premieres
JAM Virtual
01
Outside the Lines
John Frederick Hudson · 2026
John Frederick Hudson & Thomas Kelly, piano
7:27
02
Between the Stormclouds and the Sea
Jack Oades · 2021
Chapel Choir of Selwyn College, Cambridge · Onyx Brass · Simon Hogan, organ · Sarah MacDonald, conductor · Grahame Davies, narrator
33:07
03
Aurora
Steve Richer · 2025
Chapel Choir of Selwyn College, Cambridge · Sarah MacDonald, conductor
6:23
04
Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal
Paul Mealor · 2025
Chapel Choir of Selwyn College, Cambridge · Sarah MacDonald, conductor
15:47
05
Murmurations
Jago Thornton · 2024
London Mozart Players · Simon Blendis, leader · Nicholas Cleobury, conductor
12:40
06
Evening Star
Christopher Churcher · 2023
Delaware Choral Scholars · Paul D Head, conductor
6:49
07
Fast Drones with Slow Lines
Cameron Biles-Liddell · 2023
Sacconi Quartet
12:18
Read

Programmes to read

Every programme JAM prints is here to read online, from new music concerts to the summer festival.

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Community Impact

Free to take part. Changing our community.

Lino cut, clay, collage, lantern making and singing on Romney Marsh, led by professional artists, free of charge, for people who might never otherwise try.

94 places
filled across seven free art projects since 2025
69%
came back for another project
92%
reported a positive impact on their mental wellbeing
Clay creations workshop
"I am 81 and live on my own, so meeting other local people and working on the same creative activity is very enjoyable socially."
Collage participant, 2026
Support Us

Every commission, every free workshop and every concert exists because of our supporters.

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What people say

In their words.

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Since its inception, JAM has fostered the most positive and supportive view of new music.

Judith Bingham OBE
Judith Bingham OBE
Composer
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A remarkable milestone of championing new music and fostering artistic innovation. Their work continues to inspire and elevate both artists and audiences.

Tarik O'Regan
Tarik O'Regan
Composer
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For 25 years JAM has been at the forefront of promoting the works of young composers, many of whom are now household names.

Sarah MacDonald
Sarah MacDonald
Director of Music, Selwyn College, Cambridge