Ivors Academy Award
for Choral Composition
All Shall Be Well wins the Ivors Composer Choral Award!
Read the Classical Music article here.
Upcoming Performances
Musica Intima perform ‘In Winter’s House’ in their Christmas programme of the same name.
Scottish Ensemble ‘In Winter’s House’ featured in their Concerts by Candlelight series.
The Fourth Choir perform ‘All Shall Be Well’ in their 10th anniversary concert.
Londinium perform ‘Evergreen’ in their Christmas concert.
The Gesualdo Six and conductor Owain Park present ‘Lux Aeterna’, featuring ‘I take thee’, composed for the ensemble in 2020.
WORLD-PREMIERE Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Choirswill perform the world premiere of A Plastic Theatre, with text by Katie Schaag (24 March).
Premiere for Phoenix Chorale‘s Horizons concert series: “a journey to far-flung places via their cultures and landscapes, illustrated through tall tales and folk melodies from around the world, with a chance to discover award-winning Dubai-based British composer, Joanna Marsh with the 4th in our all-female commissioning series.”
Performing on of my works? Get in touch, and I’ll add your concert to my diary.
Listen and watch
In the press
BBC Proms Debut!
My 20-minute piece SEEN will be performed by the BBC Singers, Glen Scott (electronics) and Soi Jeannin in a programme of contemporary composers alongside Daniel-Lesur. This is for the BBC Singers’ late-night Prom on Thursday, 7th September. Tickets are available here.
Front page feature on Gulf News
Review: Seen and Heard International
Joanna Marsh’s All Shall Be Well (‘Without love we may not live’) presents a contemporary slant on radiance, Marsh’s harmonies and textures bright – shining, even.
Review: Limelight Magazine
A particular highlight is I take thee by Joanna Marsh (b.1970), its undulating breath-like movement a beautiful metaphor for life itself.
Read More
Interview: BBC Music Magazine
Interview in BBC Music Magazine (Nov issue) ahead of the premiere of Another Eden commissioned by the wonderful United Strings of Europe – 28th October, Kings Place.
Feature: Gramophone Magazine – Another Eden
Gramophone‘s Video of the Day features an excerpt of my new commission, Another Eden, reflecting on the erosion of the Earth’s beauty, scored for six strings of the United Strings of Europe with movement and acrobatics from members of Gandini Juggling. Watch here.
