CGE 2023-24 Mentor
Jenni Watson
Approach and style
Jenni Watson is a Saxophonist, Composer, and multi-instrumentalist (UK).
Bringing her predominantly Classical music background together with a
love of many wide-ranging styles, she merges several genre boundaries
and is popular for composing in an aesthetic, emotional and accessible
style.
With several albums to her name, as performer and/or composer, she
continually explores new avenues, with a passion for bridging technicality
with musicality in her melodic content.
Increasingly her works explore the marriage of her acoustic multi-
instrumental recordings with an exploration into electronic manipulation
and found sound.
Commissions and projects
The demand for new Saxophone repertoire from Jenni continually
increases, with regular commissions from across the international
Saxophone community, including recently for the online USA-based
Saxophone Academy, Arizona & Pennsylvania State Universities, UK
classical charts-rating Vandoren artist Huw Wiggin, the renowned Apollo
Saxophone Quartet, and large scale works for Yamaha Australia Artist Erin
Royer.
Jenni has been approached for several commissions that reflect on aspects
of climate change awareness or societal changes, often focusing on giving a
positive take-away, most notably Gone Tomorrow (for Pivot duo, on coastal
erosion), Bleaching (for Erin Royer, on coral bleaching), and the full album
Adjusting Parameters (for Erin Royer & 40 Consortium members, on various
aspects of societal change).
Selected works have been broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and Scala Radio, and
can be found in the British Library. Her arranging talents were also utilized
in the Channel 4 programme “Orchestra United”.
#lockthesaxdown
2020 saw the creation of #lockthesaxdown with Selmer/ Vandoren/
KeyLeaves Artist Emma McPhilemy. #lockthesaxdown is a social media
series which has so far seen over 80 players from 14 countries take part in
performing selections of Jenni’s music, with a wealth of direct feedback
citing the high level of motivational help it provided for players across all
ages and abilities, engaging in music that players emotionally connected to.
The series subsequently led to an album (Unlocked), funded by a successful
Kickstarter campaign.
All works and more info can be found at www.jenniwatson.com
Jenni Watson is a Saxophonist, Composer, and multi-instrumentalist (UK).
Bringing her predominantly Classical music background together with a
love of many wide-ranging styles, she merges several genre boundaries
and is popular for composing in an aesthetic, emotional and accessible
style.
With several albums to her name, as performer and/or composer, she
continually explores new avenues, with a passion for bridging technicality
with musicality in her melodic content.
Increasingly her works explore the marriage of her acoustic multi-
instrumental recordings with an exploration into electronic manipulation
and found sound.
Commissions and projects
The demand for new Saxophone repertoire from Jenni continually
increases, with regular commissions from across the international
Saxophone community, including recently for the online USA-based
Saxophone Academy, Arizona & Pennsylvania State Universities, UK
classical charts-rating Vandoren artist Huw Wiggin, the renowned Apollo
Saxophone Quartet, and large scale works for Yamaha Australia Artist Erin
Royer.
Jenni has been approached for several commissions that reflect on aspects
of climate change awareness or societal changes, often focusing on giving a
positive take-away, most notably Gone Tomorrow (for Pivot duo, on coastal
erosion), Bleaching (for Erin Royer, on coral bleaching), and the full album
Adjusting Parameters (for Erin Royer & 40 Consortium members, on various
aspects of societal change).
Selected works have been broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and Scala Radio, and
can be found in the British Library. Her arranging talents were also utilized
in the Channel 4 programme “Orchestra United”.
#lockthesaxdown
2020 saw the creation of #lockthesaxdown with Selmer/ Vandoren/
KeyLeaves Artist Emma McPhilemy. #lockthesaxdown is a social media
series which has so far seen over 80 players from 14 countries take part in
performing selections of Jenni’s music, with a wealth of direct feedback
citing the high level of motivational help it provided for players across all
ages and abilities, engaging in music that players emotionally connected to.
The series subsequently led to an album (Unlocked), funded by a successful
Kickstarter campaign.
All works and more info can be found at www.jenniwatson.com