Music of Our Time

An exhilarating evening of contemporary British music

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Today’s most compelling British voices —

music written for now, experienced live.

About Us

For over 25 years, JAM has commissioned and championed new British music, creating opportunities for composers to have their work heard on the concert stage.

Music of Our Time sits at the heart of that mission, bringing together world premieres, recent commissions and works from JAM’s Call for Music, performed by outstanding musicians in one of London’s most resonant spaces.

British Voices

Shaping the sound of British music

NEW MUSIC

Bold works written for the present moment

World Premieres

New works heard for the first time

Live in Concert

Music experienced live, together

Concert Information

26 March 2026

Thursday

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7pm

(doors open 6:30pm)

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St Bride's Church

Fleet Street, London

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Booking Closed

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Format: General admission, open seating

Programme highlights: World premieres, recent JAM commissions and selected works from our 2025 Call for Music, featuring choral, brass and organ music by some of today’s most compelling British composers.
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Running time: Approximately 70 minutes

JAM's opening season concert, Music of Our Time at St Bride's Church, London. Supporting new music and composers for 25 years.

Programme

Salva Nos (Fanfare in Extremis) (2')

Janet Wheeler
2025 Call for Music

hope is the thing with feathers (3.5')

Aditya Sharma
2025 Call for Music

Aurora (7')

Steve Richer
2025 JAM Commission

Flight (5')

Brian Inglis
2025 Call for Music

Four Birds and a Fly (9')

Edmund Jolliffe
2025 Call for Music

A Humble Light (4')

Paul Mealor
2025 JAM Commission

Flight (7')

Stef Conner
2025 Call for Music

Between the Stormclouds and the Sea (20')

Jack Oades
Text: Grahame Davies
2021 JAM Commission

Performers

The Chapel Choir of Selwyn College, Cambridge
Sarah MacDonald, conductor
Onyx Brass
Simon Hogan, organ
Sam Madden, tenor
Grahame Davies CVO, narrator

Discover the 25+ years of JAM comissions

Commissions

Paul Mealor: A Humble Light

Stephen McNeff: Violin Concerto

Joseph Phibbs: Seven Songs of Nature

Marisse Cato: -ligand-tendon-

Steve Richer: Aurora

Years

JAM has been commissioning and supporting the compositional landscape and arts in the UK.

46+

Commissions

15+ hours of music. From Bingham and Dove to Mealor, O’Regan and Turnage.

55+

Composer Videos

Video library of music and practical resources, free to access, with over 150,000 online views.

200

New Voices

JAM has premiered over 200+ works by early-career composers, shaping the future of British music.