Janet’s anthem was nominated to take part in the Twitter World Cup of Evensong Anthems and made it through the first vote into the final 64 of of competition. Head to head with Purcell’s Jehova, Quam Multi Sunt Hostes Mei it managed 37.5% of the vote but went out to the well-known piece.
Janet’s Imagine it! (originally written for NYCGB and O Duo) was part of a Saffron Walden Choral Society programme booked for Saffron Hall in July. It should have shared the programme with Orff’s Carmina Burana and Jonathan Dove’s Arion and the Dolphin, all of which is now on hold.
Janet is very pleased to have a commission from Sarah Tenant Flowers to write a piece for the wonderful Papagena. She is exploring texts for this.
Janet is very pleased to have been commissioned to compose an anthem for Requiem to Cancer – originally scheduled for the end of September 2020, but now postponed until 2021. She is delighted to support this very worthwhile cause, following in the footsteps of previous composers Will Todd and Cecilia McDowall.
In April Janet had been due to conduct Saffron Walden Choral Society and the Chameleon Arts Orchestra in Alec Roth’s A Time To Dance paired with the Bach Magnificat. SWCS hope to reschedule these wonderful pieces in due course.