'A versatile operetta-to-rock score by Jen Green'
Mark Lawson (The Guardian) on Jeremy Corbyn: The Motorcycle Diaries
Mark Lawson (The Guardian) on Jeremy Corbyn: The Motorcycle Diaries
'Stunning orchestrations throughout'
Broadway World on Van Winkle: A Folk Musical
Broadway World on Van Winkle: A Folk Musical
Jen is a London based composer, orchestrator and arranger. Credits as arranger/orchestrator include Battle of Britain at 75 (BBC Radio 2), Baku 2015: 1st European Games (European Olympic Committee), Tim Rice: A Life in Song (Senbla Productions), Elaine Paige Farewell Tour (SJM Concerts), From Hackney to Hollywood: The Don Black Songbook (Senbla Productions), Dance 'Til Dawn (additional orchestrations, UK tour & Aldwych Theatre), JFK: Minute by Minute (BBC Radio 2), Van Winkle - a folk musical (studio cast recording, SimG Productions), The Dambusters 70 Years On (BBC Radio 2), 12 Hours to Please Me (BBC Radio 2/BBC 4), Mercury Musical Development 20th Anniversary Gala (Novello Theatre), A Musical Night of Queen (Royal Liverpool Philharmonic), Titanic: Minute by Minute (BBC Radio 2), The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Singalong (Royal Albert Hall), Levittown (touring – The Netherlands), Macmillan Centenary Gala (London Palladium). Jen has arranged for vocal groups including the Wellensian Consort, the New London Children's Choir and the Starling Singers.
Assistant orchestrator credits include Classical Favourites (Audio Network), Opera Favourites (Audio Network), I Can't Sing! The X-Factor Musical (London Palladium), National Theatre: 50 Years on Stage (National Theatre/BBC 2), Symphonic Coldplay (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra).
As a theatre composer, Jen works regularly with Skewbald Theatre. Recent projects include Gargantua (Orchard Youth Theatre/NT Connections) and African Storytelling (Orchard Youth Theatre). She is currently working on the sell-out show Jeremy Corbyn - the Motorcycle Diaries. Jen writes musical theatre in partnership with Caroline Wigmore. Their show The Bachelor Girls was commissioned by Youth Music Theatre UK as part of their Summer 2015 season, and will be performed by Weston College in Spring 2016. Jen and Caroline are delighted to be working on a new piece The Legend of White Bear Lake for YMTUK's 2016 season.
Jen read music at Worcester College, Oxford, where she studied composition with Robert Saxton, and holds an MA in Musical Theatre from Goldsmiths, University of London. She is an alumni of Book, Music and Lyrics, a weekly workshop for the creation, crafting and ongoing development of musical theatre writing and is delighted to be a recipient of an Emerging Excellence Award from Help Musicians UK.
Assistant orchestrator credits include Classical Favourites (Audio Network), Opera Favourites (Audio Network), I Can't Sing! The X-Factor Musical (London Palladium), National Theatre: 50 Years on Stage (National Theatre/BBC 2), Symphonic Coldplay (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra).
As a theatre composer, Jen works regularly with Skewbald Theatre. Recent projects include Gargantua (Orchard Youth Theatre/NT Connections) and African Storytelling (Orchard Youth Theatre). She is currently working on the sell-out show Jeremy Corbyn - the Motorcycle Diaries. Jen writes musical theatre in partnership with Caroline Wigmore. Their show The Bachelor Girls was commissioned by Youth Music Theatre UK as part of their Summer 2015 season, and will be performed by Weston College in Spring 2016. Jen and Caroline are delighted to be working on a new piece The Legend of White Bear Lake for YMTUK's 2016 season.
Jen read music at Worcester College, Oxford, where she studied composition with Robert Saxton, and holds an MA in Musical Theatre from Goldsmiths, University of London. She is an alumni of Book, Music and Lyrics, a weekly workshop for the creation, crafting and ongoing development of musical theatre writing and is delighted to be a recipient of an Emerging Excellence Award from Help Musicians UK.
