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


Tag: chorus

  • Arlington-Belmont Chamber Chorus

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    The poster for the premiere of Songs from a Quaker Heart is beautiful! Now that I’ve finally removed it from the Spindrift front page, I thought I’d “save” it in this blog post. Music for a Spring Evening – PDF version

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    Poster for 2017 concert by Arlington-Belmont Chamber Chorus
  • New music so far this year

    I’ve been creating a lot of new pieces this year. I get a boost from reviewing past work!

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  • Marketing a new Choral Piece

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    New choral music for Christmas, arrangements of unusual Christmas songs, seems like an easy sell. Doesn’t every choral director need something fresh for the regular December concert?

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    Painting by Bouguereau showing angels playing music for the Virgin Mary
  • Shepherds and Angels for chorus

    Shepherds and Angels is a new choral piece that I wrote last fall. It’s got several American Christmas songs arranged for SATB (soprano,alto,tenor,bass), violin, harp, and tamborine. I think it’s a great addition to the harp-based Christmas repertoire, with an emphasis on Appalachian and New England tunes. I’m looking for choruses who might like to…

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  • Birds and Spiders

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    Watching snow geese in Vermont is my idea of a good time, so why does my choral music gravitate to spiders?

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