Pedro Iturralde : Pequena Czarda

Bela Bartok : Three Hungarian Folk Songs from Csik

Jeremy Wall: Elegy for Trane

Chick Corea Arr. John Harle : Selection from "Children's Songs"

Peter DeRose arr. Rudy Wiedoeft : Deep Purple

John Williams: Escapades

Claude Debussy : Syrinx

John Williams: Escapades

John Williams: Escapades

Maurice Ravel : Pièce en forme de Habanera

Darius Milhaud: Braziliera from Scaramouche

Dave Heath : The Celtic

Michael Nyman : 'If' from 'The Diary of Anne Frank'

Rudy Wiedoeft: Valse Vanité

Phil Woods : Sonata For Alto Sax And Piano (First Movement)

In 2016, aged 17, Jess Gillam made history as the first saxophonist to win the Woodwind Final of the BBC Young Musician competition. She then reached the Grand Final and performed Michael Nyman's "Where the Bee Dances" with the BBC Symphony Orchestra at London's Barbican Hall to critical acclaim.

Engagements this season include the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Manchester Camerata, Northern Chamber Orchestra and Bath Philharmonia. Jess gives recitals throughout the UK, including a tour of Scotland and her debut at London's King Place, and collaborates with musicians including John Harle, Snake Davis and Steve Lodder.

Over the last year Jess has appeared as soloist with Southbank Sinfonia, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Sinfonia Cymru and made her BBC Proms debut at the Royal Albert Hall, performing with both the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the BBC Concert Orchestra. Recital highlights included performances at the Mananan, Beaminster, Swaledale and Cheltenham festivals.

Jess studies with Rob Buckland at the Royal Northern College of Music and is mentored by John Harle. As well as her passion for performance, Jess is keen to promote live music and she has been running an annual concert series in her hometown of Ulverston for the past six years.

"...highlights of the afternoon performance included Jess Gillam's soaring soprano saxophone in Peter Sculthorpe's Island Songs." The Guardian, 25 July 2017 (Ten Pieces Prom)

"A true inspiration, she frankly rocks." Huffington Post Entertainment, 9 May 2016 (BBC Young Musician Competition)