The NABRA Choir premiered all works from my album, A Plastic Theatre, at the Dubai Opera House. What a treat to hear all the pieces performed by this wonderful choir! Take a look at the photos from the performance below. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Nabra Chamber Choir (@nabrachoir)
Read MoreThe reviews are in for my most recent album, A Plastic Theatre! BBC Music Magazine awarded it four stars in their April 2025 edition, a full Arts Desk review was released in March 2025, and Gramophone Magazine released their review in February 2025, alongside a Video of the Day feature for In Winter's House, performed by The Lyons Mouth…
Read MoreGuy Suavé has reviewed Ensemble Altera's 2024 disc, Dazzling Light, featuring Evening Prayer. What particularly captivated me on this album were the works by composers born after the 1960s. Joanna Marsh's (born 1970) Evening Prayer (2019) is characterized by various contrapuntal devices that, theoretically, could be disturbing: cross-chromaticisms, superpositions of bitonal chords (E major above D major), frictions of…
Read MoreDelightful news this week: my piece, Batter My Heart, has been nominated for a prestigious Ivor Novello Composer Award. The piece is a setting of John Donne’s powerful sonnet and was written to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the dedication of Lincoln’s Inn Chapel, where Donne served as Dean from 1621 until his death in 1631. Some of you may remember…
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The Grammy Award-winning Phoenix Chorale are due to premiere my new work No Final Shore this May. Read more about the commission here.
Read MoreThe Choir of St John's College Cambridge premiered a new commission, Refugee, on Saturday, January 20, 2024. The piece is based on a poem by Malcolm Guite and is the second piece of a Triptych commission for Joanna. This recording was captured during the Epiphany Carol Service. The third piece, Still to Dust, with an environmental theme, will be premiered…
Read MoreI'm freshly back at my desk in Dubai feeling extremely effervescent today, having hung out with some exceptionally brilliant musicians this week, aka the Choir of St John's College, Cambridge and new Director of Music, Christopher Gray. You can hear the world premiere of the first of three pieces I am writing for the choir this year, The Hidden Light at A Service for Advent with Carols,…
Read MoreA new commission for Choir of Lincoln's Inn was premiered on 18th October in a evensong to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the dedication of the New Chapel in 1623, conducted by Nick Shaw. The piece, Batter My Heart is a setting of John Donne's sonnet, who was a Reader of Divinity there from 1616). The work will be…
Read MoreThe Gesualdo Six have just released their new single 'In Winter's House' ahead of their 'Morning Star' album launch. Stream and buy the album here and listen to the recording on YouTube here.
Read MoreThe Scottish Ensemble recently performed the string arrangement of In Winter's House. Take a look at The Guardian's four-star review of their concert here.
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