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


Tag: harp

  • Music for Flute in my Spindrift catalog

    Music for Flute by Pamela J. Marshall – that’s me. Several of these pieces are included on my album Through the Mist on Ravello Records. Solos Communing with Birds – inspired by my Costa Rica birding trip (recorded on Through the Mist album, performed by Susan Jackson) High Flight – for flute – musical expression…

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    Colorful image of keys on a flute
  • Through the Mist, musical rhapsody of New England lake

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    The imagery for Through the Mist is the lake in southwestern New Hampshire where my father built a cabin 40 years ago. The titles came after the music, as I make the connection to some part of my life.

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    Original eerie CD cover for the piece Through the Mist, not the CD that has the same title
  • Inspired by Composers Voice

    For me, the 15-Minutes-of-Fame project, part of Composer’s Voice, is the creative engine. The process…

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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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