Jill Jarman
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Dr Jill Jarman is a contemporary classical composer and jazz pianist. Her compositions reflect these genres, effortlessly merging the boundaries between both.
Jill Jarman conducts and co-composes music for recording sessions including work with the Royal Philharmonic orchestra for events such as the Commonwealth Games, and BAFTA premiered film, The Troop. The recipient of two Arts Council awards, Jill Jarman founded an experimental string quartet with graduates from Trinity College and toured extensively with her acclaimed jazz quartet Storm Warning, (album ‘Spirit Level’, Zinc records).
A passionate advocate for music education, Jill Jarman creates and runs a series of workshops for choirs, and is composer-in-residence at the Judd School. Educational pieces include Transitions (premiered 2012) for youth orchestras and primary instrumentalists, and numerous ensemble pieces for mixed ability age groups.
Jill Jarman gained a PhD by Composition from the University of Surrey, with research interests linking science and music, studies into listening preferences in young children, and the promotion of contemporary classical music in the UK.
Her Polychords of limited transposition bring a new harmonic device to the body of musical knowledge.[1]
Works About Environment
- Soundwaves of light: An orchestral tapestry based on the light frequencies of the stars in the sky
- H2O: An orchestral work imitating the molecular behaviour of water
Commission Works
- Revelation: Written for the 2013 London festival of contemporary church music
- Resonance: A solo cello piece exploring the science of cymatics
- Double concerto for Percussion and Violin with string orchestra
- Mass for St Georges