Pamela Marshall

Pamela J. Marshall studied composition at the Eastman and Yale schools of music. She writes for chamber ensembles, orchestra, chorus, solo voice (as singer and sometimes speaker), electroacoustic sounds, and occasionally mandolin. Her catalog includes improvisation designs as well as traditionally notated music. Her recent vocal projects have involved collaborations with several poets from eastern New England.

She has written for the Henning Ensemble, Triad Choral Collective, Middlesex Community College faculty ensemble, Arlington-Belmont Chamber Chorus, International Horn Society, South Beach Chamber Ensemble in Miami, Master Singers of Lexington (MA), Green Mountain Youth Symphony, Assabet Valley Mastersingers, and several Spindrift Commissioning Guild projects. In 2019 the Arlington Philharmonic premiered the orchestra version of Through the Mist. In 2018, she contributed Sweet Princesses (Birmingham 1963) to In His Own Words, a Martin Luther King memorial project produced by soprano Alexandra Whitfield and the Lexington Symphony Chamber Players. Her concerto Walden at Evening for hornist Jonathan Boen with choral accompaniment was commissioned by the International Horn Society for their Memphis symposium in 2013.

Ravello Records released a CD of her chamber music titled Through the Mist in 2015. Her mandolin music is recorded on Plucked String and Uncommon Strings CDs and chamber music on the Clique Track and Living Artist labels. Her Christmas arrangements for orchestra Traditional Christmas and Three Appalachian Carols have been played throughout the United States.

She believes firmly in the benefits and fun of improvisation and encourages reluctant classical musicians to try it. Her "20 Improv Ideas for Daily Music Practice,” delivered as emails, is available on her website.

Pamela is a composer/conductor in the new-music chorus Triad and a composer/performer in the Henning Ensemble. She plays horn in local orchestras, leads improv workshops, and does photography and web design. She has done the audio recording and graphic design for several projects, including her own nature soundscapes and Kathryn Rosenbach's solo piano performances.

Spindrift Music Company publishes her music and offers audio recording services at www.spindrift.com. Find information about her web design projects at prosperontheweb.com.