Jasmine Morris

Jasmine Morris is a British composer based in Upstate New York. Her work spans a range of genres, including concert music, opera, and sound installation. She is particularly interested in literature as a conceptual model for composition, often using poetry as a means of disassembling conventional musical forms. Her sound is characterized by a focus on spectral timbres, spatialization, and the intersection of acoustic and electronic sound.

One of her key works, Crystalline (2020), was written for the BBC Concert Orchestra and commissioned following her first-prize award in the senior category of the BBC Young Composer of the Year. She has since been supported by several full-tuition scholarships, including the Sage Fellowship at Cornell University, as well as awards from the Royal College of Music, such as the Kirby Laing, Victor Dahdaleh Foundation, and Noel Coward Foundation scholarships. Her work Liquid History for solo violin and electronics won first prize in the Royal College of Music Contemporary Music Competition and was later realized as a large-scale sound installation at Tower Bridge.

Morris’s compositional development has been shaped by artist residencies and institutional collaborations. Her work So-ōn (2025), for string quartet and electronics, was developed and performed at the Venice Biennale as part of the Biennale Musica College programme, where she worked under the direction of Caterina Barbieri. She has also held residencies with Britten Pears Arts and the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, resulting in major works including an operetta (2022) premiered at the Aldeburgh Festival and the Barbican Centre.

Her music has been commissioned and performed by leading ensembles and institutions across Europe and the United States, including members of the London Symphony Orchestra, Manchester Collective, the Viktoria Mullova Ensemble, the JACK Quartet, and the Riot Ensemble. Her work has been presented at international festivals such as the Rainy Days Festival and IRCAM’s Manifeste Festival. She has also created site-specific and installation works, including Magnolia Galaxy, commissioned for the Kew Gardens Blossom Festival.

Morris is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts in composition at Cornell University (2024–2028). She holds a Bachelor of Music in Composition (2024) from the Royal College of Music and previously attended the Purcell School.