Jessica Wells Composer
She was the recipient of the 2025 AACTA Award for Best Original Score in a Documentary for her work on the film Mozart’s Sister, and received the 2024 Art Music Luminary Award (NSW).
Jessica’s concert works range from solo harp through to full symphony orchestra, and she has written music for film and theatre productions. Major projects for 2025 include a new Guzheng concerto for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, and her first full length ballet Butterfly Effect with West Australian Ballet.
Jessica also has extensive experience as orchestrator, arranger, producer and conductor for various concerts, films, theatre projects and album recordings.
Jessica Wells is one of Australia’s most sought after composers for concert and screen.
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MSO World Premiere - Concerto for Guzheng and Orchestra
The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, with soloist Mindy Meng Wang, performed the world premiere of Jessica’s Concerto for Guzheng and Orchestra on 16 April 2025.
Read Limelight Magazine’s ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review here.
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AYO performs 'Uplift'
‘Uplift’ opened the AYO Young Symphonists concert in Canberra on 19 April 2025. Congratulations to conductor Luke Dollman and the musicians for a terrific, exuberant interpretation!
The score for Uplift is available to purchase.
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'Cinemascope' for wind symphony now available to purchase
Score now available, published by Matt Klohs. Purchase here.
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Mozart's Sister Soundtrack Wins AACTA Award!
Jessica’s score for Mozart’s Sister wins Best Original Soundtrack for a Documentary at the 2025 AACTA Awards.
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Latest Release: Mozart's Sister Original Soundtrack now available on all streaming platforms
