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🎵 Composer | 🪈 Dizi player | 🎂 Baker @zhenyan_cakes

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Six Composers, One Evening of Bold New Music

Earlier this year, six composers were given time, a room on the Kent coast and a world-class player at their side: Associate Artists Thomas Kelly (piano) and Ryan Corbett (accordion), with Paul Mealor LVO and John Frederick Hudson as tutors.

This concert is the proud culmination of this residency programme. All six composers will be there, along with Thomas and Ryan. Join us to celebrate the artistry that happens when JAM support meets bold new ideas.

Date and Time: Friday 6 November 2027 · 7pm
Venue: VOCES8 Centre, Gresham Street, London EC2V 7BX

Programme:
Elif Karlıdağ @elifkarlidag_: April 18 in Five Studies
Will Frampton @willframptonmusic: In Tension
Margarida Gonçalves @margarida.goncalves01: Littlestone
Noah Max: Blindness Op. 68
Zhenyan Li @zhenyan___: The Tides, The Bones
George W. Parris @georgewparris: Cockle

Thomas Kelly @thomaskellypiano · piano
Ryan Corbett @ryan.accordion · accordion

General Admission £25 / Students £10 / U-18’s Free

Book your tickets now. Link in Bio. @jamconcert_uk

#Classical #NewMusic #Contemporary #Piano #Accordion

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Super grateful for a whirlwind month travelling for 3 premieres at Raffles Hotel Singapore 🇸🇬 (private commission 🤐), @glyndebourne and @lsostlukes alongside 3 weddings of the dearest and bestest 🥰🤗

See photos for the WILD juxtaposition between Singapore and south of France 🫨📸

Vv thankful for beautiful friends, family and artists 💛

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Zhenyan Li’s The Tides, The Bones meditates on the circular nature of tidal patterns, and the cycle of life and death.

Watch accordionist @ryan.accordion bring this piece to life in its premiere performance as part of JAM’s Composer Residency.

Catch the full performance on JAM Virtual now. Link in bio.

Film 🎥 @grthk
Audio 🔈 @edwardarmitage
Producer 🎬 @johnfrederickhudson

#JAMVirtual #NewMusic #Accordion #ContemporaryClassical #WorldPremiere

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marry your best friend 💞 ~ 01/08/2026

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AN AUTUMN OF NEW MUSIC
Three events, three ways to experience new music:

🎭 The Lost Boy | 11–19 September | St Asaph · London · Kent
A gripping new opera by composer @jagothornton and librettist @anastasiabeej exploring identity and belonging. This three-city tour is the proud result of a longstanding collaboration between JAM and the North Wales International Music Festival @nwimfestival

⛪ JAM in Scotland | Friday 23 October | St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh
A concert of choir, organ and brass works, pairing JAM’s finest commissions with historical favourites, and set in the magnificent acoustics of St Giles Cathedral. Featuring the @euchamberchoir , conducted by @oadesjack, Master of the Music at St Giles.

🎹 Composer Residency Concert | Friday 6 November, 7pm | VOCES8 Centre, London
@thomaskellypiano and @ryan.accordion perform bold new works from JAM’s two composer residencies: with every composer on the programme alive, present and ready to meet you.

Visit our website for tickets and more information. Link in bio.
#NewMusic #Opera #ClassicalMusic #ContemporaryClassical #London

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Calling all pianists 🎹 interested in contemporary music ‼️

Are you interested in new repertoire by new composers? We've compiled a list of six piano pieces by some of today's most exciting composers 💫

Head to our 🌐 and learn about all of these composers - alongside over 150 others 🔥

Know any pianists who might be interested? Share this post with them 👀

🎶 @zhenyan___ @sophi_lozina @__nobuto__ @angelasmusic @sam.rudd.jones @minzuo.lu
📸 @roxani_chatzidimitriou

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JAM VIRTUAL: The festival, wherever you are

Now live with nineteen concert films from JAM on the Marsh 2026, free to watch on demand until 6 September.

▪ Piano Recital: Thomas Kelly & John Frederick Hudson, four hands, one piano
▪ Ravel & Debussy: JAM Sinfonia with Cyrill Ibrahim, conducted by Joshua Ballance
▪ Black Dyke Band: conducted by Prof Nicholas Childs
▪ Into the Bellows: Ryan Corbett premieres three new works for accordion

World-class music, rooted by the sea: captured in stunning video and sound.
Link in bio → jamconcert.org/jam-virtual

#JAMVirtual #JAMontheMarsh #ClassicalMusic #BlackDykeBand #ThomasKelly

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A solo violin line, flung from orbit: Zhenyan Li's movement of the Exoplanets suite presents the desolation of an orphan planet

🌑 @zhenyan___, OGLE-2016-BLG-1928 🌑

Performed in March at @hackneyempire under the baton of @micah__gleason, featuring @ruthfunnellviolin

📽 Dale Wightman

Video design by Louis Price

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And that's a wrap! Red gowns around to celebrate @royalacademyofmusic's PhD class of 2026 🥳🥂

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End of an Era.

It feels surreal and nostalgic to finally mark the end of a (big) chapter in my life. I’m so grateful for all of the support my family, my doctoral supervisor, the @royalacademyofmusic research department, and my friends gave during my 5 years of embarking on this research project.

It’s a unique experience to dedicate my life to something so specific for such a long time, and it was special to celebrate it with so many dear friends who have also gone through the same journey. Congratulations PhD Class of 2026! We’ve done it 🥳🎉

[Image Description: A collage of photos of Isaac at the graduation ceremony, including a solo photo of Isaac in the doctoral gown holding a bouquet of crochet flowers, photos with family members and fiancée, photo with supervisor, photos with fellow PhD graduands and staff members, and a photo of the bouquet of crochet flowers, LEGO minifigure, cat keyring, and cards]

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So happy to share that I have just completed my first studio album recording - Moments & Eternity. This album is about TIME - it is a wide scenario - it contains emotions, life, poetry, drama, and death etc… All of those, will live forever! The repertoire I have chosen for this album is all about those life experiences. At the same time, I’m grateful to have my friend and composer Zhenyan Li (@zhenyan___ ) featuring a new work for this album.

I’m very lucky to have @deuxellesrecords team Matt and Andrew for pushing me beyond my limits to get the best possible results! As well as to all the sponsors to make this project possible! Thank you all so much!

Very looking forward to my first album release in 2027 @deuxellesrecords .

#debutalbum #momentsandeternity #bochengwang #pianist #studiorecording @rampianodepartment

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