Ms Jenna Donnelly


Ms Jenna Donnelly
NameMs Jenna Donnelly
Job titleSenior Lecturer in Songwriting & Commercial Music
Research institute
Primary appointmentSound & Screen
Email addressj.donnelly@mdx.ac.uk
ORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0009-0000-4040-9001
Contact categoryAcademic staff

Biography

Biography

Jenna is a platinum-selling composer, songwriter, producer and performer signed to Peer Music/Galactic Music Ltd. She has written for, or performed as an artist on, major label releases (Sony, Universal and Warner) and composes for primetime TV shows (ITV, The Voice). Her successes include two #1 albums in Japan with star Namie Amuro ('Fashionista', 'Just You And I') and US Billboard #1 hit 'Let The World Be Ours Tonight' by Deborah Cox. Jenna was also pleased to be part of the biggest-selling live DVD in Japanese pop music history, 'Finally'. More recently, Jenna co-wrote 'Breaking The Dawn' for Kis-My-Ft2's Live Tour DVD, selling over 300,000 copies.

As well as her work in Pop Music, Jenna is one half of musical-theatre writing duo Donnelly & Maltby, who have enjoyed numerous touring shows across the UK and Europe. Their most recent show, 'The Battle of Boat', was premiered by the National Youth Music Theatre to great critical review.

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REVIEW | Performing Popular Music [Book review]

Doyle, J. 2020. REVIEW | Performing Popular Music [Book review]. IASPM Journal. 10 (1), pp. 89-90. https://doi.org/10.5429/2079-3871(2020)v10i1.9en

Mixing and recording a small orchestral ensemble to create a large orchestral sound

Doyle, J. 2019. Mixing and recording a small orchestral ensemble to create a large orchestral sound. in: Hepworth-Sawyer, R., Hodgson, J., Paterson, J. and Toulson, R. (ed.) Innovation in Music: Performance, Production, Technology, and Business Routledge.
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