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Year in Review 2025
JAM's Year in Review 2025 marks the charity's 25th anniversary, a year of 12 concerts, 7 free events, 3 exhibitions, 3 theatre performances and a Composer Residency, from Music of Our Time on 26 March to JAM on the Marsh, 3 to 13 July, curated by Edward Armitage BEM around Mealor @50 and The Belle Epoque. Inside are reports on the festival, residency, community projects, JAM Digital and JAM Virtual, the list of JAM commissions since 2002, 2026 season highlights and the supporters.
In this publication
Cover | 1 | John Frederick Hudson
25th Anniversary of JAM: Celebrating 25 Years of New Music, Community, and Creative Discovery | 3 |
Music of Our Time | 4 | Sarah MacDonald, Chapel Choir of Selwyn College Cambridge, Onyx Brass, Simon Hogan, Claire Seaton, Philippe Durrant, James Emmerson, Timothy Jackson, Paul Mealor, Joseph Phibbs, Alan Bullard, Laura Heneghan, Eoghan Desmond
Composer Residency | 5 | Zsolt Balint, Nien Chin Chai, Sophia Hurst, Paul Mealor LVO, John Frederick Hudson, Thomas Kelly, Beibei Wang, Wendy Carrig
JAM on the Marsh | 6 | Edward Armitage BEM, Paul Mealor, BBC Singers, Ferio Saxophone Quartet, Sofi Jeannin, Britten Sinfonia, John Frederick Hudson, Chapel Choir of Selwyn College Cambridge, Onyx Brass, Robin Walker, Sarah MacDonald, Thomas Kelly, Daniel Cook, The King's Singers, Jonathan Dove, James Aburn, Zsolt Balint, Marisse Cato, Nien Chin Chai, Dani Howard, Sophia Hurst, Barry Mills, Steve Richer
JAM on the Marsh: theatre, cabaret, visual arts and awards | 7 | Changeling Theatre, Rebecca Afonwy-Jones, John Frederick Hudson, Wendy Carrig, Daniel Lehan, Marc Christmas, Brinley Hughes, Matthew Jukes, Alex Wright
Our Community: A Year of Impact | 8 | Rebecca Lodge Birkebaek, Sunflower Singing
Art Projects, Sixth Form Futures Development and Volunteer Engagement | 9 | Jillian Bain Christie, Wendy Carrig, Daniel Lehan, Penny Graham, Sian Edwards, Claudia Ott
JAM Digital: A Free Global Composers' Resource | 10 | VOCES8 Foundation, Sacconi Quartet, Onyx Brass, Francesca Massey
JAM Virtual | 11 | John Frederick Hudson, Edward Armitage, Gareth Kay, Thomas Kelly, Rebecca Afonwy-Jones, Chapel Choir of Selwyn College Cambridge, Onyx Brass, Sarah MacDonald, JAM Sinfonia, Igor Yuzefovich
JAM Commissions 2002 to 2025 | 12 | Marisse Cato, Stephen McNeff, Paul Mealor, Joseph Phibbs, Steve Richer, John Frederick Hudson, Jago Thornton, Isabelle Ryder, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Richard Peat, Tara Creme, Christopher Churcher, Judith Bingham, Janet Wheeler, Jack Oades, Daniel Saleeb, James Aburn, Rory Boyle, Tom Harold, Stuart Beach, Thomas LaVoy, Thea Musgrave, Giles Swayne, Julian Phillips, Philip Cashian, Tarik O'Regan, Hannah Kendall, Steve Martland, Gabriel Jackson, Adam Gorb, Paul Patterson, John McCabe, Jonathan Dove, Timothy Jackson
Mission of JAM | 13 |
2026: Highlights of the 2026 Season, Creative Team and Trustees | 14 | Paul Mealor LVO CStJ FRSE, John Frederick Hudson, Edward Armitage BEM, Sarah Armitage, Karen Gambrell, James Aburn, Anthony White, Charles Cochrane, Timothy Jackson, Patricia Rolfe, Wendy Carrig, Tristan Fewings, Susan Pilcher
Supporters | 15 |
