JAM Commissions

Celebrating 23 years, JAM (John Armitage Memorial Trust) has commissioned an immense number of works from some of the most important composer in the UK, influencing the classical music repertoire in the UK and around the world.

2024

(new commission)

Joseph Phibbs
SATB Choir · Organ · Brass quintet (20′)
To be premiered
6 July 2024 · St Nicholas Church, New Romney

(new commission)

John Frederick Hudson
Tenor · Horn · String Orchestra · Piano · Percussion (30′)
To be premiered
5 July 2024 · St Nicholas Church, New Romney

2024

Illumination

Isabelle Ryder
Organ · 2 Trumpets (6′)
To be premiered
20 March 2024 · St Bride’s Church, Fleet Street

2023

ONYX 23

Mark-Anthony Turnage
Brass Quintet (12′)
Premiered by Onyx Brass
21 March 2023 · St Bride’s, Fleet Street

The Sky Engine

Richard Peat · libretto by Timothy Knapman
Community Oratorio (60′)
Premiered by St Nicholas & Brookland Primary Schools (prepared by Rebecca Lodge Birkebaek) Canterbury Boys Choir (David Newsholme · conductor) London Mozart Players, Ruth Rogers · leader, Community Players, Rebecca Afonwy-Jones · mezzo-soprano, Julian Close · bass, Kudzanayi Chiwawa · narrator, Michael Bawtree · conductor.
July 14, 2023 · St Nicholas, New Romney

The Song I Came to Sing

Tara Creme
SATB divisi · Brass quintet · Organ (9′)
C0-winner of the 2022 Masterclass Series with VOCES8
Premiered by the Chapel Choir of Welwyn College, Cambridge, Michael Bawtree · conductor, Simon Hogan · organ, Onyx Brass
21 March 2023 · St Bride’s, Fleet Street

Evening Star

Christopher Churcher
SATB divisi unaccompanied (6′)
Co-winner of the 2022 Masterclass Series with VOCES8
Premiered by the Delaware Choral Scholars, Paul D Head · conductor
13 July 2023 · St Leonard’s, Hythe

2022

Concerto for Clarinet

Judith Bingham
String Orchestra · Clarinet solo (18′)
Premiered by the London Mozart Players, Nicholas Cleobury · conductor, Robert Plane · clarinet
July 15, 2023 · St Nicholas, New Romney

Up in the Morning Early

Janet Wheeler
Brass Quintet (5′)
Winner of the 2021 Masterclass Series with Onyx Brass
Premiered by Onyx Brass
23 March, 2022 · St Bride’s, Fleet Street

2021

Between the Stormclouds and the Sea

Jack Oades · text by Grahame Davies
SATB Choir · Organ · Brass quintet
Premiered by the Caritas Choir, Onyx Brass, Simon Hogan · organ, Paul Mealor · conductor
St Leonard’s, Hythe

2020

Piano Concerto

Paul Mealor
String Orchestra · percussion · piano solo (17′)
Premiered by the London Mozart Players, Michael Bawtree · conductor, John Frederick Hudson · piano
Virtual Premiere 15 August, 2020 · St Leonard’s, Hythe

2019

Soliloquy

Daniel Seleeb
SATB Choir · Organ · Brass quintet

Silent Shadows

James Aburn
String Orchestra (8′)
Premiered by the London Mozart Players, Michael Bawtree · conductor
13 July, 2019 · St Nicholas, New Romney

2018

Songs from the Marshes

Rory Boyle
SATB Choir · Organ · Brass quintet

2017

Voices of Vimy

Tom Harold and Stuart Beach (with text by Grahame Davies)
SATB divis Choir · Cello Solo (34′)

2016

The Shadows of War

Paul Mealor (with text by Grahame Davies)
SATB Choir · Strings · Percussion (20′)
A Mass to commemorate the centenary of the Battle of the Somme, 1916-2016

O Great Beyond

Thomas LaVoy
SATB divis Choir · Soprano solo (13′)

2015

The Voices of Our Ancestors

Thea Musgrave
SATB Choir · Organ · Brass quintet (30′)

2014

Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo

Giles Swayne
SATB Choir · Organ · Brass quintet · Percussion (18′)

2013

The Farthest Shore

Paul Mealor
SATB Choir · Organ · Brass quintet (40′)

2012

Body of Water

Julian Phillips
SATB Choir · Tenor · Organ · Brass quintet (15′)

2011

All Things Wear Silence

Philip Cashian
SATB Choir · Organ · Brass quintet (21′)

2010

Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal

Paul Mealor
SATB Choir (12′)

The Night's Untruth

Tarik O’Regan
SATB Choir · Organ · Brass quintet (16′)

Fundamental

Hannah Kendall
SATB Choir · Brass quintet (10′)

Fiery the Angels

Richard Peat
Baritone · Brass quintet (10′)

2009

Darwin

Steve Martland
SATB Choir · Organ · Brass quintet

2008

The Spacious Firmament

Gabriel Jackson
SATB Choir · Organ · Brass quintet (20′)

2007

Thoughts Scribbled on a Blank Wall

Adam Gorb
SATB Choir · Organ · Brass quintet

2006

My Heart Strangely Warm'd

Judith Bingham
SATB Choir · Organ · Brass quintet (14′)

2005

Fifth Continent

Paul Patterson
SATB Choir · Organ · Brass quintet (27′)

2004

Songs of the Garden

John McCabe
SATB Choir · Organ · Brass quintet

2003

The Far Theatricals of Day

Jonathan Dove
SATB Choir · Organ · Brass quintet

2002

No Answer

Timothy Jackson
SATB Choir · Organ · Brass quintet