WORKS
A list of James' original works.
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Solo
Kate's March (2009) for piano
Premiered by Kate Whitley, Cambridge University 2010
Musashi (2019) for marimba, vibraphone, woodblock and electroncis (1 performer)
Commissioned by Lewis Isaacs
Premiere TBC (2020)
Arrangements
A selection of James' extensive catalogue of arrangements is available via Sheet Music Plus. Click here to view.
Jazz Ensemble (including Big Band/Jazz Orchestra)
Armchair Traveller for small ensemble
Premiered by Vesperados, 2017
Ave de Paso for small ensemble
Premiered by Vesperados, 2013
Been Here Before for small ensmble
Premiered by Vesperados, 2012
Beyond Lies The Wub for quartet + string quartet, or small ensemble (2 horns)
Premiered by Waywiser/The Guastalla Quartet, Daylight Music, Union Chapel Feb 2018
Cathy's Mambo for small ensemble
Premiered by Vesperados 2016
Champion of the World for trio, or small ensemble
Premiered by Brady/Orman/McMurran Trio 2013
Chump Change for Jazz Orchestra
Premiered by the James Brady Jazz Orchestra at the David Mossman Jazz Orchestra Festival, Vortex Jazz Club April 2019
DARKMANS for Jazz Orchestra
Premiered by the James Brady Jazz Orchestra at the David Mossman Jazz Orchestra Festival, Vortex Jazz Club April 2019
Do The Dishes for Octet
Premiered by James Brady's Voyagers 2015
Dotty One for small ensemble
Premiered by Vesperados 2013
Ee-by-Gum for small ensemble
Premiered by James Brady Trio 2020
Empire of the Moon for quartet + string quartet, or small ensemble
Premiered by Vesperados 2014
Everybody Has A Plan (Until They Get Punched In The Mouth) for quartet + string quartet, or small ensemble
Premiered by Vesperados, 2017
Everywhere Is East for Quartet, Quartet + String Quartet or Jazz Orchestra
Premiered by Vesperados, 2016
Groove Manifesto for Jazz Orchestra
Premiered by the Cambridge University Jazz Orchestra, 2011
Hermeto's Hideaway for Jazz Orchestra
Premiered by the James Brady Jazz Orchestra, 2016
Hermeto's Tune A for small ensemble
Premiered by Vesperados 2017
Hermeto's Tune B for small ensemble
Premiered by Vesperados 2017
I Saw A Hawk for Octet or Jazz Orchestra
Premiered by Vesperados 2016
Istanbul for Quartet, Septet or Jazz Orhcestra
Premiered by the Tom Green/James Davison Big Band, 2013
Jambone Set for large ensemble or Jazz Orchestra
Commissioned by Sage Gateshead/PRSf
Premiered by the Jambone at the Gateshead International Jazz Festival, April 2018
Lamb Chops for small ensemble
Premiered by James Brady/Ed Rice, 2019
Manhattan for Octet or large ensemble
Premiered by James Brady's Voyagers, 2016
My Lagan Love for Octet
Premiered by James Brady's Voyagers, 2016
Night Owl for Quintet or Big Band
Premiered by Churchill Big Band, 2012
Peccadillo for quartet + string quartet, or small ensemble
Premiered by Vesperados, 2018
Picnic for small ensemble
Premiered by Vesperados, 2013
Production Line for small ensemble
Premiered by Highwalk, Spice of Life, 2016
Santiago for Big Band
Premiered by Churchill Big Band, 2011
Spring To Mind for small ensemble
Premiered by Highwalk, Spice of Life 2016
Stonebrow for quartet + string quartet, or small ensemble
Premiered by Waywiser/The Guastalla Quartet, Daylight Music, Union Chapel Feb 2018
Sunshine on Wood Street for small ensemble
Premiered by Highwalk, Spice of Life 2016
That's No Way To Say Goodbye for Jazz Orchestra
Premiered by the James Brady Jazz Orchestra at the David Mossman Jazz Orchestra Festival, Vortex Jazz Club April 2019
Large Ensemble/Orchestra
Beyond Lies The Wub (2020)
Premiere TBC
Chameleon (2010) for orchestra
Premiere TBC
Concertino Grosso (2007) for chamber orchestra
Premiered by the JRAM Conductor's ensemble, 2007
Engines (2011) for strings, organ and percussion
Premiere TBC
Together in Music (2020)
for flexible ensemble and fixed media
Ongoing work in close collaboration with East London Community Band and Matthew Hardy
Mvts I & II premiered 11 July 2020 at ELCB Digital Concert
Funeral Sentences (2011) dramatic scene for chamber ensemble + SATB choir + solo tenor + solo bass
Premiere TBC
Kyma (2006) for strings and percussion
Premiered by JRAM Symphony Orchestra, 2006
The Phoenix (2006) for Brass ensemble
Premiered by JRAM Brass Ensemble, 2006
Vocal
Auden Settings (2009) for tenor + piano
Premiered by Peter Aisher, Kettles' Yard 2009
Dunt (2019) SSAATTBB
Highly commended, echo Choral Composition Competition 2019
Premiere in 2021, by echo
I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day (2019) SATB
Premiered by Crouch End Singers, 2019
I Want To Go Skating (2019) SATB
Premiere TBC
My Lagan Love (2018) SATB
Premiered by Vintones, 2018
The Presence of Love (2017) SATB
Premiered by Vintones, 2017
Chamber
A Joyful Noise (2015) for soprano, clarinet, harp and double bass
Commissioned by the Hermes Experiment
Premiered at the Forge, 2015
Duo Dances (first set) (2019) for two violins
Commissioned by Mainly Two
Premiered at St David's Hall Cardiff, Jan 2020
Released on Turquoise Coconut Records May 2020
February Episodes (2004) for chamber ensemble
Workshopped by the Philharmonia Orchestra, 2004
I Went To The Shop And I Bought... (2020) for solo voice
Online premiere by Stephanie Lamprea, May 2020
I Went To The Shop And I Bought... (2020) for household ensemble (voice, treble recorder, trombone, double bass)
Written for the specific household of Mina, Sylvester, Uli and Rex
Online premiere forthcoming in June 2020
Microconcert (2007) for woodwind trio
Premiered by the Bedford Composers' Ensemble, 2007
Resonance (2007) for piano trio
Workshopped by the Rautio Trio, 2006