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The King's Foundation have announced their first-ever 35 Under 35, a group of young makers and change-makers who advocate for the change His Majesty The King wants to see in the world.

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Jack will be joining a quartet of classical experts presenting Medici TV's live coverage of Switzerland's Verbier Festival this summer. The 2025 Festival runs 16th July - 3rd August.

This follows the 2024 Festival, where Jack hosted artist Q&As in front of live audiences. His guests included Lily and Sascha Maisky, and Thomas Quasthoff.

Jack's children's seaside musical, Gulls & Buoys, continues to be rolled out more widely through summer 2025.

In 2024, it visited three counties, four schools and nine classes, Years 3 - 6.

Classes learn a brand new musical inside of six weeks. Jack trains a team of show mentors, professional musicians and workshop leaders who visit for weekly sessions. Parents, staff and students across the school collaborate to build the sets and costumes. Jack then joins for the dress rehearsal and final performance, accompanying on the piano. 

Jack is grateful for the kind support of the GLF Schools Foundation, The Tasso Foundation and RMG Associates in making this possible.

Jack has curated a special playlist for Gramophone Magazine to mark 80 years since Victory in Europe Day.

He also presented a special hour on Magic Radio's Magic Classical, available on catch up via Rayo.

The paperback edition of Jack's debut book will be released in September 2025.

'Raising The Roof' provides a colourful and accessible introduction to classical music. It is illustrated by Michele Bruttomesso.

Published by Templar Books / Bonnier Books, it is currently available in hardback worldwide.

 Jack was honoured to join the voting panel for the 2025 BRIT Awards.

He also sat on the judging panel for the 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 Awards.

A global youth music project Jack devised and helped lead has enjoyed a year-long journey around the world.

The Commonwealth Music Relay saw an original song 'carried' by young musicians around the 56 countries of the Commonwealth, marking the Commonwealth's 'Year of Youth'. A new song, 'Symphony', has been co-written by young people from all of the Commonwealth regions, supervised by Jack and hit songwriters Pam Sheyne and Richard Harris, and has travelled the globe with new variations, cover versions and interpretations recorded by young people in each nation. 

There have been hundreds of video submissions already, including contributions from Uganda, Cameroon, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, Malta, Nigeria, Antigua and Barbuda, St Helena Island, Canada, The Falkland Islands and the UK.

 Among several public performances were an airing at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Samoa.

The project is delivered by the Commonwealth Resounds, the Commonwealth's official music organisation.