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


Tag: concert

  • 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
  • Composing “Songs from a Quaker Heart”

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    What fun to hear the rehearsal of “Songs from a Quaker Heart” last night. This new music SATB chorus and piano is getting its premiere by the Arlington-Belmont Chamber Chorus, who commissioned it. The poems are by Marian Kaplun Shapiro, a fellow resident of Lexington, MA. So many of Marian’s poems are direct observation of…

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    Catbird singing
  • Carlisle Chamber Orchestra May 6, 2016

    Come hear the great group finish our second season tonight! I’ll be in the horn section. Carlisle Chamber Orchestra Friday May 6, 2016 8pm Carlisle Congregational Church 147 School St, Carlisle, MA Program Faure – Masques et Bergamasques Saint Saens – Piano Concerto No. 2 with Kadar Qian, Pianist, winner of Boston Pops and Boston Civic Young Artist…

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  • New Music Gathering in January 2016

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    2nd annual New Music Gathering at Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore, Maryland. Three bounteous days of concerts, panels, and networking. The theme was “Community” with a mix of composers and performers ready and willing to meet and potentially work together.

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  • Origins of “Walden at Evening”

    When I received a commission from IHS host Dan Phillips to write a piece for horn and chorus, I had to readjust my thinking about words for the chorus…

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