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Composer Residency Concert 2026
Programme for the Composer Residency Concert at the VOCES8 Centre, London on Friday 6 November 2026, where six new works from JAM's 2026 residencies at Littlestone, Sound Under the Hand for piano and Into the Bellows for accordion, are performed by Associate Artists Thomas Kelly and Ryan Corbett. Inside are a welcome from John Frederick Hudson, quotes from the residencies, the running order, notes and biographies for Margarida Gonçalves, Zhenyan Li, Will Frampton, Noah Max, Elif Karlıdağ and George W. Parris, the full list of JAM commissions since 2002 and the supporters.
In this publication
Cover: Composer Residency Concert, 6 November 2026, VOCES8 Centre, London | 1 |
Welcome from the Artistic Director | 3 | John Frederick Hudson, Thomas Kelly, Ryan Corbett, Paul Mealor LVO, Jonathan Dove CBE, Judith Bingham OBE, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Gabriel Jackson
Quotes from the Residencies | 4 |
Programme: Composer Residency Concert | 5 | Margarida Gonçalves, Zhenyan Li, Will Frampton, Noah Max, Elif Karlıdağ, George W. Parris, Thomas Kelly, Ryan Corbett, John Frederick Hudson
Thomas Kelly, Associate Artist, piano | 6 | Thomas Kelly, John Frederick Hudson
Ryan Corbett, Associate Artist, accordion | 7 | Ryan Corbett, JAM Sinfonia
Littlestone: Margarida Gonçalves | 8 | Margarida Gonçalves, Thomas Kelly, Karen Marshall, Rambert School of Dance, Royal College of Art, English Chamber Orchestra
The Tides, The Bones: Zhenyan Li | 9 | Zhenyan Li, City of London Sinfonia, Rough for Opera, Ensemble Modern, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra
In Tension: Will Frampton | 10 | Will Frampton, Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Psappha Ensemble, Ligeti Quartet, The Keeling Curve
Blindness: Noah Max | 11 | Noah Max, Jorge Luis Borges
April 18 in Five Studies: Elif Karlıdağ, with text | 12 | Elif Karlıdağ, English National Opera, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Society, Presteigne Festival, Three Choirs Festival
Cockle: George W. Parris | 13 | George W. Parris, The Carice Singers, Sestina Music, The ORA Singers, VOCES8, BBC Singers
Sound Under the Hand: piano residency, Littlestone, April 2026 | 14 | Thomas Kelly, John Frederick Hudson, Elif Karlıdağ, Margarida Gonçalves, Will Frampton
Into the Bellows: accordion residency, Littlestone, May 2026 | 15 | Ryan Corbett, Paul Mealor LVO, John Frederick Hudson, George W. Parris, Zhenyan Li, Noah Max
Commissioned by JAM: new music since 2002 | 16 | Sarah MacDonald, Jago Thornton, Timothy Jackson, Julien Durand, Joseph Phibbs, Marisse Cato, Paul Mealor, Stephen McNeff, Steve Richer, John Frederick Hudson, Isabelle Ryder, Christopher Churcher, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Richard Peat, Tara Creme, Janet Wheeler, Judith Bingham, Jack Oades, Daniel Saleeb, James Aburn, Rory Boyle, Thea Musgrave, Giles Swayne, Julian Phillips, Philip Cashian, Hannah Kendall, Tarik O'Regan, Steve Martland, Gabriel Jackson, Adam Gorb, Paul Patterson, John McCabe, Jonathan Dove
President, Creative Team, Trustees and Partners | 18 | Paul Mealor LVO, John Frederick Hudson, Elliot Teo, Sarah Armitage, Edward Armitage BEM, Charles Cochrane, Timothy Jackson, Patricia Rolfe, Arts Council England
Supporters | 19 |
