The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, with soloist Mindy Meng Wang, performed the world premiere of Jessica’s Concerto for Guzheng and Orchestra on 16 April 2025.

Read Limelight Magazine’s ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review here.

‘Uplift’ opened the AYO Young Symphonists concert in Canberra on 19 April 2025. Congratulations to conductor Luke Dollman and the musicians for a terrific, exuberant interpretation!

The score for uplift is available to purchase.

Jessica’s score for Mozart’s Sister wins Best Original Soundtrack for a Documentary at the 2025 AACTA Awards.

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Jessica’s new work for harp and marimba, commissioned by the Hush Foundation, and written especially for Emily Granger and Claire Edwardes is featured on the “Magic Sky” album. Listen now.

New work “Otariidae” is featured on Karin Schaupp’s album of “Peaceful Australian Guitar Solos”. This track was also released by Karin as a single.

To celebrate her 50th birthday, Jessica and her team are presenting a concert at The Nielson Pier 2/3.

Jessica has brought together 12 of Australia’s top performers for one night only, to present a selection of Jessica’s chamber works including “Neptune’s Daughter” which accompanies a silent film, and “Seven Pieces for Wind Quintet” which previously hasn’t been played for 20 years!

Jessica has taken home the Luminary - NSW at the 2024 Art Music Awards for her sustained contribution to Australian music through composition and mentorship of emerging composers.

Each Wednesday in January and February 2024, Ensemble Offspring presents ‘Klange’ at the Art Gallery of NSW, to celebrate the Kandinsky exhibition. Jessica wrote a new work exploring the shapes and gestures of Kandinsky’s “Blue Painting 1924”, which brought the painting to life.

Hush Foundation’s new album “Nightlight” features songs from 6 Australian songwriters, performed by the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Jessica contributed a couple of arrangements to bring these songs to life for orchestra.

A Christmassy children’s show featuring letters to Santa from children everywhere, alongside music arranged and composed by Jessica Wells. Including favourite Christmas songs and original new music by Wells, this is a festive performance for the whole family.

The premiere of Jessica Wells’ new work “Hope is the thing with feathers” is the glorious finale for Gondwana Choirs’ 2022 ‘Voices of Angels’ concert.

“Dolor Ultimae Melodiae” (“Grief of the last song”) is Jessica Wells’ meditation on the ‘Amen’ of Mozart’s Lacrimosa, commissioned to be performed by Sydney Philharmonia Choirs alongside Mozart’s Requiem and other selected Mozart works in 2022.

Joined by Queensland band Topology In Brisbane, and leading guitarists Andrew Blanch and Vladimir Gorbach, Ensemble Offspring reignites two classics from the ‘90s by iconic Australian composers Sculthorpe and Westlake, alongside five new commissions from Wells, Wilcox and Davidson, reflecting on the cultural, climate and political situations Australia finds itself in today.

With original live video by Peachey and Mosig, this will be a multi-layered feast of music, ideas, lessons from the past and - with a little luck - hope for the decade ahead!

From Alicia: “Very excited to announce that I am one of the lucky recipients of an Australia Council for the Arts project grant. These funds will go toward the commission of 7 new bass recorder compositions by some of Australia’s best female composers, including Anne Elizabeth Boyd, Alice Chance, Holly Harrison, Jessica Wells, Fiona Hill, Amanda Cole and Lisa Cheney, for my recording/performance project ‘Bass Instincts’ in 2021.”

“In 2020 The Australian Voices will commission 22 (mostly) Australian composers on the theme Far and Near. In response to dark concert halls around the world, we are connecting to composers. Yes, these pieces will be performed one day - we don’t know when.”

“Clouds” is a new work for SATB voices which utilises the Latin names for clouds.

In 2020, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra introduces 50 Fanfares - a multi-seasons initiative which will see the Sydney Symphony commission and present the world premieres of new music by 50 Australian composers - including Jessica Wells.