Composer's Resource

JAM has been supporting classical music and the multi-arts in the UK since 2000. This Composer’s Resource is collection of 53 videos, free to view. As a digital guide we hope this is a help to composers of all ages, backgrounds and skills to improve their writing.

CHORAL

with VOCES8

Choral Masterclass Series

20 Videos

1. Problematic Ending Consonants · CHORAL MASTERCLASS SERIES with VOCES8

1:50

2. Voices Need to Breathe

2:12

3. Vocal Spacing

2:03

4. Vocal Spacing & Range

2:09

5. Dynamics in Low Vocal Register

1:32

6. Dynamics in High Vocal Register

2:21

7. Vocal Accompaniment

2:49

8. Voicing Chords

1:38

9. Overlapping Alto & Tenor Voices

1:36

10. Vocal Texture

2:28

11. From Whence Cometh Pitch?

2:37

12. The Importance of Inner Voices

1:54

13. Text Setting & Word Stress

1:36

14. Word Divisions

2:10

15. Text Setting & Meaning

3:18

16. Clarity of Notation

2:59

BONUS: Top Tips Composing for Sopranos

2:09

BONUS: Top Tips Composing for Altos

2:54

BONUS: Top Tips Composing for Tenors

1:54

BONUS: Top Tips Composing for Basses

2:05

BRASS QUINTET

with ONYX BRASS

Brass Quintet Masterclass Series

5 Videos

1. Composing for the TUBA

10:22

2. Composing for the TROMBONE

11:54

3. Composing for the HORN

13:31

4. Composing for the TRUMPET

12:50

5. Three Examples on Brass Quintet Writing

6:36

ORGAN

with FRANCESCA MASSEY

Organ Masterclass Series

6 Videos

1. Introduction & Overview of the Organ

5:40

2. Keyboard Range, Attack & Articulation

3:46

3. Whistle 'Stop' Tour of Sounds

13:54

4. Registration, Pistons, Crescendo & Sustain

5:31

5. Pedals on the Organ

7:26

6. Five Brief Example on Organ Writing

13:51

STRING QUARTET

with SACCONI QUARTET and JOHN FREDERICK HUDSON

String Quartet Masterclass Series

22 Videos

1. Introduction to String Quartet

1:54

2. Range

4:13

3. Clefs

4:09

4. Key Considerations

4:00

5. Introduction to Bowing

2:25

6. Basics of Bowing

1:31

7. Advanced Bowing: Sound and Articulation

9:36

8. Bowing: the visual physicality and theatre

2:57

9. Bowing: Notation

1:44

10. Arco vs Pizzicato

2:34

11. Double Stops

4:07

12. Double Stops Expanded

2:07

13. Harmonics: Where to begin

6:08

14. Texture

2:50

15. Timbre & Special Effects

5:36

16. Mutes

3:29

17. Preparing Parts

3:10

18. Nothing Is Wrong Unless It Is Not What You Want to Hear

5:24

19. Top Tips for Violin

2:33

20. Top Tips for Viola

1:27

21. Top Tips for Cello

1:52

22. In Conversation with the Sacconi Quartet

5:17