College gets creative

Creative Writing Club And Competition

Novelist and memoirist Emily Winslow led weekly writing sessions for the whole community of students, Fellows and staf f She shared stor ytelling skills such as how to plot a novel, and how to write relevant and vivid descriptions The club launched this year ’ s shor t stor y competition with the theme Sci-Fi and Futurism It received a record number of submissions, judged anonymously by Emily and fellow writer, Tabitha Siklos. The four winners were Arabella Tedder, Deborah Omolegan-Obe, Ella Curr y and Kate Coghlan

Art Club

The Ar t Club established a committee this year and gained status as an of ficial JCSU club The club is led by Emeritus Fellow and Director of Studies, Jean Bacon, and welcomes students, Fellows and staf f in the Pavilion ever y Tuesday The numbers attending var y from week to week, from 10 to 26 people! Our Chapel session proved par ticularly popular. Ar t enthusiasts can now follow our work on Instagram @jesuscollegear tclub

HOOK, LINE AND LYRIC @JESUS

The College launched a new bi-annual songwriting competition called Hook, Line and Lyric @Jesus to encourage aspiring songwriters to submit their songs, meet fellow songwriters and get exposure and feedback from a panel of professionals (including judge Preye Crooks from Sony Music Enter tainment) The competition is open to all Cambridge University and Anglia Ruskin students in Cambridge, and it is suppor ted by the Centre for Music Per formance

The inaugural winners were announced as Iona Luke (1st year, Magdalene College) who won First Prize for her song Spinning. Second prize went to Eli Bre (PhD student, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute) for Ceasefire

Third prize was awarded to Aker Okoye (1st year, Jesus College) for Run

Architecture Space

A new initiative has been approved to create an architectural build space within College grounds for students to collaborate, design and build a pavilion from scratch ever y year from recycled materials (all of fers of useful building materials are welcome!)

Music Society

The Music Society arranged a full schedule of recitals from jazz, rock and pop to classical per formances by individuals and ensembles playing music by a huge range of composers including Beethoven, Vaughan Williams and many more. A Freshers’ Recital in October introduced the audience to the incoming music talent and the annual David Crighton concer t by the JCMS Orchestra brought out the crowds