Composer/Musical Director for Let It Snow, Regent Hall, London, December 16th 2017
Jude composed, co-divised and acted as musical director for the Skills segment of YMT's annual Let It Snow concert.
Arranger/Orchestrator for Christmas in the City, Ulster Hall, Belfast, December 10th 2017
Jude arranged music for Irish flautist, Eimear McGeown and performers including Anthony Boyle, Fra Fee and Niamh Perry, and the Schola Cantorum. Composer Conor Mitchell conducted the Ulster Youth Orchestra. Proceeds to Cancer Fund for Children, Atlantic Youth Trust, Engineers without borders and Pieta House.
Musical Director & Arranger/Orchestrator for Hapag Lloyd Cruises on MS Europa Nov-Dec 2017
Jude recently returned from working as a guest Musical Director aboard Hapag Lloyd's MS Europa. He lead his arrangements and orchestrations for United Theatricals shows as the ship sailed from Tenerife to Panama, via the Caribbean.
Musical Director/arranger for the inaugural performance at Pizza Express Live, Holborn, with Frances Ruffelle, August 2017
Jude MD'd, and provided arrangements for Frances Ruffelle in the inaugural performance at the new Pizza Express Live in Holborn, London, on Sunday 4th September 2017. Guest starring Victoria Hamilton-Barritt.
Selected for New Musicals Inc.'s New Voices, Los Angeles, July 2017.
Jude and his primary American collaborator, David Gomez, were selected to workshop parts of Malinche: A Musical Legend in July 2017, as part of NMI (New Musical Inc.)'s New Voices programme.in Los Angeles.
Composer for Alice in Wonderland, Storyhouse, Chester, UK, May-August 2017
Jude was commissioned to write a new score for Alice in Wonderland, to open the brand new Storyhouse in Chester, UK, which ran from May-August 2017. The show transferred to the revamped Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre for the second half of the run.
Composer for Moving Stories: A Benefit for UNHCR, Theatre Royal Haymarket, West End, 26 February 2017
Jude's recently composed the music for UNHCR's Moving Stories. Mel Giedroyc hosted a benefit in aid of the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) featuring work by Richard Bean, David Edgar & Phil Porter. Performances from Rufus Hound, Anna Jane Casey, Natalie Casey, Denise Gough, Edward Bennett & Lisa Dillon.
WINNER! Remixed Award, New York City Center, (Encores Off-Center), Summer 2016
CLICK ABOVE TO HEAR JUDE'S WINNING PIECE! Jude's reimagining of Alan Menken & David Spencer's 'Stop and See Me' (Weird Romance) won him the coveted Remixed Award at New York City Center (2016). Live premiere: Wednesday 27th July at City Center for an audience including Alan Menken & Jeanine Tesori. 'Stop. See.' was performed live by a cast of 20 members from NYCC's production of Runaways.