.svg){kind=icon}
Residencies by the sea, six new voices
JAM ran two composer residencies in 2026, both in Littlestone on the Kent coast. In April, three composers spent a weekend writing for pianist Thomas Kelly. In May, three more spent a full week writing for accordionist Ryan Corbett. This concert brings all six pieces to London for the first time: three world premieres for piano and three London premieres for accordion.
Piano, with Thomas Kelly
A residential weekend at the instrument itself: resonance, pedalling and colour explored in direct dialogue with the pianist who would premiere the music. Each composer left with a new five-minute work for solo piano, workshopped in London since and heard in public for the first time on 6 November.
Accordion, with Ryan Corbett
A full week on the Marsh writing for an instrument that breathes. The three works were premiered at JAM on the Marsh in July and come to London for the first time in their finished form, each around fifteen minutes long.
Programme
Six new works in one sitting: three world premieres for piano and three London premieres for accordion. Running order to be confirmed.
Solo piano
Solo accordion
Performers
Thomas Kelly
Britten Fellow at the Royal College of Music and JAM's Artist in Residence in 2025, Thomas is a virtuoso with a rare instinct for new music. He led the April residency at the keyboard and gives all three piano works their world premieres.
Ryan Corbett
The first accordionist ever chosen as a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist and a Royal Over-Seas League Gold Medallist, Ryan has played Wigmore Hall and the Konzerthaus Berlin. He gives the three accordion works their London premieres after first performances at JAM on the Marsh in July.
Six new voices
Three wrote for piano in April, three for accordion in May. Each spent a week at Littlestone with the performer, and each brings a new work to London on 6 November.
Elif Nur Karlıdağ
Turkish-British composer working across concert music, opera and installation, often with live electronics and voice. Commissions include English National Opera, the Philharmonia Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Society.
Margarida Gonçalves
Portuguese composer, conductor and concert curator based in London, trained at the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal College of Music. Recent work includes the Panufnik Composer Scheme and a commission from the English Chamber Orchestra.
Will Frampton
Composer of acoustic and electronic music, performed by BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Psappha and the Ligeti Quartet and broadcast on BBC Radio 3. One half of the violin and electronics duo The Keeling Curve.
Zhenyan Li
London-based Chinese composer and Dizi player whose music draws on the storytelling of East Asian theatre. Her work has been performed by Ensemble Modern, the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the London Symphony Orchestra.
George W. Parris
London-based composer with a particular love of choral music and theatre, performed by the BBC Singers, ORA Singers and VOCES8. Narrative sits at the front of everything he writes.
Noah Max
Composer of seventy works including four quartets, three operas and a symphony, heard from the Royal Festival Hall to Carnegie Hall. Winner of the 2021 Clements Prize for his string trio Sojourn.
Hear where this concert comes from.
Five works written on earlier JAM residencies, recorded and filmed by JAM. Press play here, or watch the full film on YouTube.
The VOCES8 Centre
Home of the VOCES8 Foundation, the Centre is the Wren church of St Anne and St Agnes on Gresham Street, a short walk from St Paul's. Rebuilt after the Great Fire and restored after the Blitz, it is now one of the City's most loved rooms for voices and chamber music: intimate, warm and clear. A fitting London home for six new works.
Write with us.
Only available to newsletter subscribers!
