Commissioning Timeline
Celebrating 25 years of musical innovation and artistic collaboration.
Since 2000, JAM has commissioned over 250 new works, championing composers at every stage of their careers. This timeline traces a quarter century of creativity—an evolving story of voices, ideas and partnerships that continue to shape the sound of British music today.
25
Years
JAM has been commissioning and supporting the compositional landscape and arts in the UK.
45+
Commissions
15+ hours of music. From Bingham and Dove to Mealor, O’Regan and Turnage.
50+
Composer Videos
Video library of music and practical resources, free to access, with over 100,000 online views.
2025
Paul Mealor: A Humble Light
A new Christmas carol performed December 2025 in London.
Stephen McNeff: Violin Concerto
Violin solo, String orchestra, Harpsichord, Percussion (20′)
Co-commissioned and premiered by the London Mozart Players. Fenella Humphreys · violin solo
21 November 2025 · St Martin in the Field, London
Marisse Cato: -ligand-tendon-
String Septet (5′)
Premiered by JAM Sinfonia
Igor Yuzefovich · leader
12 July 2025 · St George · Ivychurch
Steve Richer: Aurora
Choir (5′)
Premiered by the Chapel Choir of Selwyn College (Cambridge), Sarah MacDonald · conductor
11 July 2025 · St Leonard, Hythe
Joseph Phibbs: Seven Songs of Nature
Choir · Organ · Brass Quintet (20′)
Premiered by the Chapel Choir of Selwyn College (Cambridge), Onyx Brass and Simon Hogan (Organ)
26 March 2025 · St Bride’s Church, Fleet Street, London
2024
John Frederick Hudson: Wild Earth Blazing
Tenor · Horn · String Orchestra · Piano · Percussion (42′)
Premiered by Mark Padmore CBE · Ben Goldscheider · London Mozart Players · Nicholas Cleobury (conductor)
5 July 2024 · St Nicholas Church, New Romney
Jago Thornton: Murmurations
String Orchestra (9′)
Premiered by the London Mozart Players · Nicholas Cleobury (conductor)
5 July 2024 · St Nicholas Church, New Romney
Isabelle Ryder: Illumination
Organ · 2 Trumpets (6′)
20 March 2024 · St Bride’s Church, Fleet Street
2023
Mark-Anthony Turnage: ONYX 23
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
Tara Creme: The Song I Came to Sing
SATB divisi · Brass quintet · Organ (9′)
C0-winner of the 2022 Masterclass Series with VOCES8
Premiered by the Chapel Choir of Selwyn College, Cambridge, Michael Bawtree · conductor, Simon Hogan · organ, Onyx Brass
21 March 2023 · St Bride’s, Fleet Street
Christopher Churcher: Evening Star
SATB divisi unaccompanied (6′)
Co-winner of the 2022 Masterclass Series with VOCES8Premiered by the Delaware Choral Scholars, Paul D Head · conductor13 July 2023 · St Leonard’s, Hythe
2022
Judith Bingham: Concerto for Clarinet
String Orchestra · Clarinet solo (18′)
by the London Mozart Players, Nicholas Cleobury · conductor, Robert Plane · clarinet
July 15, 2023 · St Nicholas, New Romney
Janet Wheeler: Up in the Morning Early
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
Jack Oades: Between the Stormclouds and the Sea
(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
Paul Mealor: Piano Concerto
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
Daniel Seleeb: Soliloquy
SATB Choir · Organ · Brass quintet
James Aburn: Silent Shadows
String Orchestra (8′)
Premiered by the London Mozart Players, Michael Bawtree · conductor
13 July, 2019 · St Nicholas, New Romney
2018
Rory Boyle: Songs from the Marshes
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
Paul Mealor: The Shadows of War
(with text by Grahame Davies) S
ATB Choir · Strings · Percussion (20′)
A Mass to commemorate the centenary of the Battle of the Somme, 1916-2016
Thomas LaVoy: O Great Beyond
SATB Choir · Organ · Brass quinteSATB divis Choir · Soprano solo (13′)t
2015
Thea Musgrave: The Voices of Our Ancestors
SATB Choir · Organ · Brass quintet (30′)
2014
Giles Swayne: Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo
SATB Choir · Organ · Brass quintet · Percussion (18′)
2013
Paul Mealor: The Farthest Shore
SATB Choir · Organ · Brass quintet (40′)
2012
Julian Phillips: Body of Water
SATB Choir · Tenor · Organ · Brass quintet (15′)
Judith Bingham: The Hythe
11 Solo Strings (11′)
Premiered by Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
4 July 2012 at the City of London Festival
2011
Philip Cashian: All Things Wear Silence
SATB Choir · Organ · Brass quintet (21′)
2010
Paul Mealor: Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal
SATB Choir (12′)
Tarik O’Regan: The Night's Untruth
SATB Choir · Organ · Brass quintet (16′)
Co-commissioned by VocalEssence, Philip Brunelle, conductor
Hannah Kendall: Fundamental
SATB Choir · Brass quintet (10′)
Richard Peat: Fiery the Angels
Baritone · Brass quintet (10′)
2009
Steve Martland: Darwin
SATB Choir · Organ · Brass quintet
2008
Gabriel Jackson: The Spacious Firmament
SATB Choir · Organ · Brass quintet (20′)
2007
Adam Gorb: Thoughts Scribbled on a Blank Wall
SATB Choir · Organ · Brass quintet
2006
Judith Bingham: My Heart Strangely Warm'd
SATB Choir · Organ · Brass quintet (14′)
2005
Paul Patterson: The Fifth Continent
SATB Choir · Organ · Brass quintet (27′)
2004
John McCabe: Songs of the Garden
SATB Choir · Organ · Brass quintet
2003
Jonathan Dove: The Far Theatricals of Day
SATB Choir · Organ · Brass quintet
2002
Timothy Jackson: No Answer
SATB Choir · Organ · Brass quintet
