The premiere recording of A Soldier's Memory:

Conductor - Hector Guzman
Ensemble - Irving Symphony Orchestra
Composer - Christian James Jesse
Premiere Date - 11/3/2018 @ Irving Arts Center

Program Notes:
After each tour of duty, every soldier has a range of emotions and thoughts racing through his or her head as the make the trip home. A Soldier’s Memory explores a few of those emotions including feelings of heroism, memories of being reunited and PTSD flashbacks. I wanted to share my love and support of our nation’s military by telling a more realistic story rather than an idealized victorious celebration. Coming from a family of many veterans, I am honored to write a piece remembering our nation’s veterans’ stories. A Soldier’s Memory was commissioned by Maestro Hector Guzman for the Irving Symphony Orchestra as part of the SMU-Irving Symphony Orchestra Student Composer-in-Residence program for the 2018-2019 Concert Season. A Soldier’s Memory premiered on November 3rd, 2018 at the Irving Arts Center by the Irving Symphony Orchestra conducted by Maestro Hector Guzman.

Purchase Score Here: https://christianjesse.com/a-soldiers-memory

A Soldier's Memory - November 3rd, 2018 Premiere

everyday (12-30-18) slow ice crack / creak / snap

"Wonder" Emotion (Film Cue)

My standalone audio submission to the Eric Whitacre x Scoring with LABS Choir film competition. 

To view with video visit: https://youtu.be/WERGk2uTgh8

"Space" (Choir Film Cue)

Premiered Date:

April 8th, 2019 at Caruth Auditorium, SMU in Dallas, TX
Vln I: Tristan H. 
Vln II: Katya S.
Vla: Danny J.
Vc: Maddie M.
DB: Jeff T.

Program Notes: 
I wanted this piece to emulate the sun’s cycle. Each subsection within the piece is labeled with stages of the sun’s nightly movement, beginning with the sun setting. The piece, like many of my string works, takes major influence from Aaron Jay Kernis and his famous string quartet/orchestra piece, Musica Celestis.

Musica Solem - April 8th, 2019 M.M. Recital Premiere

The premiere performance of "Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis," an SATB div. choir, organ, string quintet, and percussion composition. This work was my SMU graduate thesis project.

Premiered on: 4-8-2019, Caruth Auditorium, SMU, Dallas, TX
Premiered by: SMU choirs & SMU Syzygy ensemble
Conducted by: Dr. Lane Harder
Composed by: Christian James Jesse (b.1994)

https://christianjesse.com/magnificat-nunc-dimittis

Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis - April 8th, 2019 M.M Recital Premiere

Sara Teasdale (1884-1933):
Heaven-invading hills are drowned
In wide moving waves of mist, 
Phlox before my door are wound
In dripping wreaths of amethyst.

Ten feet away the solid earth
Changes into melting cloud, 
There is a hush of pain and mirth,
No bird has heart to speak aloud.

Here in a world without a sky,
Without the ground, without the sea, 
The one unchanging thing is I,
Myself remains to comfort me.

Recording Date: May 3rd, 2019
Vocalists: Julia D., Hannah C., Emmie A., Austin Z., Christian J., Zack D., Christopher R.

White Fog

Score information: www.manfredoniamusic.com/ave-maria

Premiered by the St. Francis High School "Dei Cantati" Choir in Traverse City, MI. Conducted by Scott Carter.

Copyright Tony Manfredonia (BMI) 2019

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Before I began composing, I spent my time as a vocalist. Born and raised in a Catholic household and son of a music director, I would often sing Schubert's Ave Maria for various masses or services. Even now as a music director in Charlevoix, MI, the piece is much-requested for parishioners' funerals. Even the other well-known versions — Caccini, Bach/Gounod, etc. — have been close to my upbringing, and close to my heart.

To give back to the world of sacred music, I composed my own Ave Maria for SATB Choir & Organ (piano version available). This piece was not commissioned by any specific ensemble. I simply wrote it to write it, as it's been on my "composer bucket-list" for as long as I can remember. However, I am grateful to my volunteer choir at St. Mary's in Charlevoix for workshopping it as I composed it, as well as the St. Francis High School students in Traverse City, MI, for giving it its world premiere.

"Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen."

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Ave Maria: for SATB Choir and Organ

Virtual hip-hop group True Damage was born when K/DA’s lead rapper Akali (Soyeon of (G)I-dle) sought to bring together five up-and-coming artists in an ambitious, genre-defying collaboration. Thanks to the raw talents of Ekko (Thutmose, Duckwrth), Senna (Keke Palmer), and Qiyana (Becky G), the group struck a charged balance between their roots in trap, hip-hop, EDM, and R&B. Produced by selective hitmaker Yasuo, they forged a glitchy, cinematic anthem—a team project that incorporated each artist’s signature into the heart of the track.

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GIANTS

True Damage - GIANTS (ft. Becky G, Keke Palmer, SOYEON, DUCKWRTH, Thutmose)

Christian J. Jesse (b. 1994) is an composer, arranger and sound engineer that resides in Milwaukee, WI. Christian has a M.M in Music from SMU, where he studied with Dr. Robert Frank & Dr. Kevin Hanlon. Christian received his B.A in Music Compositon and B.M. in Recording Industry from University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh. Christian specializes in choral and orchestral work and is working towards a freelance career in Composition, composing for video games, animation, choir, and orchestra. In addition to freelance composing, Christian recently started Jesse Music Company with his wife, Abbigail.