Great creative bravery and flair from the talented woodwind students Royal Academy of Music today. Looking forward to part 2 next week.

Warmest heart and feeling the festive joy in rehearsal at Bristol Recovery Orchestra BDP | Bristol Drugs Project ahead of the Winter Sharing this afternoon ✨ With the ever brilliant Jon James and team @Mattyharrison

A Christmas Cracker🎄🎧 Poor Haz has a cold, so Jon sees the year out with a festive mix of fave moments from recent gigs, including a Turkish love song, a contemporary carol, the compulsory Sleigh Ride & a Welsh classic. Enjoy the full podcast here: bravingthestave.buzzsprout.com/1013632/141806…

If you want to hear some insights into my winning piece for the Finzi Competition🎉🍾 (and some cheeky rough 🎹demos of it before The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge get their teeth into it), here's my chat with Jon James ⬇️ podbean.com/ew/pb-858v7-15…

📣 New podcast alert! 🎧 In this month’s podcast JJ & Haz take a step back from the orchestral stage & look at the more intimate world of chamber music, picking out their favourites & sharing how working in a chamber group can be so fulfilling. 👇#music bravingthestave.buzzsprout.com

This months podcast is the 1st in a series exploring different parameters of music. Jon James & Haz delve into fascinating rhythms, mining the works of Gershwin, Stravinsky, Bartók, Reich & more. Listen to the full podcast ‘Braving Rhythm’ 👉 bravingthestave.buzzsprout.com

Please share: Cardiff University School of Music CF Music Education/Addysg Gerdd CF @CSCJES CSC_ExpressiveArts EAS_ExpressiveArts @TyCerdd_org Jon James Community Music Wales | Cerdd Gymunedol Cymru Youth Music Network Music Teacher South Riverside Community Development Centre Anthem UPROAR Sarah Lianne Lewis

Delighted to hear the première of Richard Barnard's 'The Flaming Heart' sung so exquisitely by The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge under the inspired direction of Steven Grahl (pictured below with Richard and Trust Chair, Stuart Ritchie.)

Can a community music group improve #MentalHealth for asylum seekers and refugees in #Bristol? Our researchers will explore how members understand and experience their work with a local #Orchestra🎶 Project tinyurl.com/4cfdpc6h Dovetail Orchestra dovetailorchestra.org.uk

Latest 🎧podcast from JJ Jon James & Haz. What has harmony got to do with colouring-in books, killing kittens & how to yearn for something unattainable? How can Rachmaninoff change the weather with a chord? Here, both discuss their favourite harmonists bravingthestave.buzzsprout.com/1013632/149478…

Calling all young aspiring composers! #ArtsActive’s Young Composers Course (July 22 -25) will focus on learning to compose for a duo of guitar & violin. You’ll work with folk duo Filkins Drift & Dr Jon James Book your FREE place 🎟️➡️ artsactive.org.uk/en/events/even… #music #compose

Congratulations to @JonPJames, who was awarded the British Empire Medal as part of King Charles' Birthday Honours list this weekend 🎉 Don't miss his insightful pre-concert talks as part of our upcoming 2024/25 Orchestral Season 🎼 More info: buff.ly/4b1bvil

Recruiting now for BrisPreConservatoire!

And that's a wrap! 4 vids shot for Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra yesterday with their lovely marketing team. Pre-concert talks for a very exciting season coming up.

Calling music leaders in and around Bristol 📢 after 6 fantastic years Jon James is stepping down from the Bristol Recovery Orchestra, are you interested in getting to know and taking forward this amazing ensemble?

Want to learn new songs from other parts of the world? 🌎 #NationalLottery-supported Dovetail Orchestra is having their next music workshop led by their talented ensemble members. 🗓️ Free entry, 28 Sept at Bristol Beacon 🔗bit.ly/3THkQpI #Bristol National Lottery Good Causes

Saturday evening! 15 songs, from Sierra Leone to St Lucia. Plus samosas and solidarity. It's going to be beautiful, please join us!