Pam Marshall's notes about composing music, teaching, improvising, music software, nature


Author: PamelaM

  • How to Plan a Sound Installation for the IAWM SNM Anderson Prize

    For several years, I’ve been the coordinator for the composition contest of the International Alliance for Women in Music, called Search for New Music by Women Composers, or SNM. Our Ruth Anderson Prize is for a commission to do an installation. To help composers figure out how to think about making a viable proposal, I…

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  • ISIM in Toronto May 2016

    I’m excited to be participating in the International Society for Improvised Music conference, aka ISIM.  Dates are May 12-15 at Wilfrid Laurier University with locations in Waterloo and Toronto, Ontario, CANADA.  I’ll be in an ensemble with trumpeter and improviser Jim Sherry. I’m eager to see the full program schedule. Will you be there too?

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  • 20 Improv Ideas for Daily Music Practice

    Have you wished you could improvise, but didn’t want to start out “in public”? Sign up for my “20 Improv Ideas” email e-course to get regular improv practice ideas in your inbox. You’ll get an email every two days with a practice suggestion to develop your improv creativity and techniques.

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  • Books for Free-Style Improv

    If you’re interested in improv and you like to read  as well as play the music, like me, check out these improvisation guide books:

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  • Soundscapes Symposium at Yale

    Check out Soundscapes at Yale on Saturday March 5, 2016. It’s a one-day symposium on sound art and creative recording practices.

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