{"id":807,"date":"2025-10-13T05:39:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T09:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/?page_id=807"},"modified":"2025-10-20T09:35:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T13:35:06","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns-0756495c\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns alignfull has-1-columns has-desktop-equal-layout has-tablet-equal-layout has-mobile-collapsedRows-layout has-vertical-unset has-light-bg\"><div class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns-overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"innerblocks-wrap\">\n<div id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column-6e902b2a\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column has-light-bg\">\n<div id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns-e37edc14\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns has-1-columns has-desktop-equal-layout has-tablet-equal-layout has-mobile-equal-layout has-vertical-unset\"><div class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns-overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"innerblocks-wrap\">\n<div id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column-7030cb7b\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-812086cc77b6c6a8ed7578c441c8f944\" style=\"color:#070731\">Music for your concerts<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"is-style-boxed wp-block-themeisle-blocks-posts-grid\" id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-posts-grid-9b5c9145\"><div class=\"is-grid o-posts-grid-columns-3\"><div class=\"o-posts-grid-post-blog o-posts-grid-post-plain\"><div class=\"o-posts-grid-post\"><div class=\"o-posts-grid-post-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/poetry-themed-music-by-pamela-marshall\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2019-11IMG_3324.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Poetry-Themed Music by Pamela Marshall\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2019-11IMG_3324.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2019-11IMG_3324-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2019-11IMG_3324-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2019-11IMG_3324-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2019-11IMG_3324-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2019-11IMG_3324-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"o-posts-grid-post-body\"><span class=\"o-posts-grid-post-category\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/category\/music-catalog\/\">Published Music<\/a><\/span><h4 class=\"o-posts-grid-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/poetry-themed-music-by-pamela-marshall\/\">Poetry-Themed Music by Pamela Marshall<\/a><\/h4><p class=\"o-posts-grid-post-meta\">Posted on <time datetime=\"2023-08-09T19:06:12-04:00\">August 9, 2023<\/time> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/author\/pamm\/\">PamelaM<\/a><\/p><div class=\"o-posts-grid-post-description\"><p>In addition to birds and nature, I am often inspired by poetry. Recently I&#8217;ve written a lot of\u2026<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"o-posts-grid-post-blog o-posts-grid-post-plain\"><div class=\"o-posts-grid-post\"><div class=\"o-posts-grid-post-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/spindrift-titles-for-nature-themed-concerts\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2021-04_P3A1590-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Field Farm and view of Mount Greylock in Massachusetts\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2021-04_P3A1590-1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2021-04_P3A1590-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2021-04_P3A1590-1-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2021-04_P3A1590-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2021-04_P3A1590-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2021-04_P3A1590-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"o-posts-grid-post-body\"><span class=\"o-posts-grid-post-category\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/category\/music-catalog\/\">Published Music<\/a><\/span><h4 class=\"o-posts-grid-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/spindrift-titles-for-nature-themed-concerts\/\">Spindrift Titles for Nature-Themed Concerts<\/a><\/h4><p class=\"o-posts-grid-post-meta\">Posted on <time datetime=\"2023-08-09T18:27:07-04:00\">August 9, 2023<\/time> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/author\/pamm\/\">PamelaM<\/a><\/p><div class=\"o-posts-grid-post-description\"><p>I write a lot of music inspired by birds and nature in general. See if some of these pieces could su\u2026<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"o-posts-grid-post-blog o-posts-grid-post-plain\"><div class=\"o-posts-grid-post\"><div class=\"o-posts-grid-post-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/project-encore-accepts-birding-in-winter-and-bee-song\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"784\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ProjectEncore-logo.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Project Encore logo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ProjectEncore-logo.jpg 784w, https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ProjectEncore-logo-300x107.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ProjectEncore-logo-150x54.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ProjectEncore-logo-768x274.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 784px) 100vw, 784px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"o-posts-grid-post-body\"><span class=\"o-posts-grid-post-category\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/category\/music-catalog\/\">Published Music<\/a><\/span><h4 class=\"o-posts-grid-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/project-encore-accepts-birding-in-winter-and-bee-song\/\">Project: Encore accepts Birding in Winter and Bee-Song<\/a><\/h4><p class=\"o-posts-grid-post-meta\">Posted on <time datetime=\"2021-06-01T10:44:00-04:00\">June 1, 2021<\/time> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/author\/pamm\/\">PamelaM<\/a><\/p><div class=\"o-posts-grid-post-description\"><p>Two of my pieces for chorus and piano are part of Project:Encore: You can view the score and listen \u2026<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns-bad02479\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns has-1-columns has-desktop-equal-layout has-tablet-equal-layout has-mobile-equal-layout has-vertical-unset\"><div class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns-overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"innerblocks-wrap\">\n<div id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column-525eb378\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/elusive-music-categories\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"279\">Check out more categories<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns-75562fa9\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns alignfull has-1-columns has-desktop-equal-layout has-tablet-equal-layout has-mobile-collapsedRows-layout has-vertical-unset has-light-bg\"><div class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns-overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"innerblocks-wrap\">\n<div 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Is this the first time you&amp;\u2026<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"o-posts-grid-post-blog o-posts-grid-post-plain\"><div class=\"o-posts-grid-post\"><div class=\"o-posts-grid-post-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/listening-rimkus-rotaru\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2019-1220240424-101858-sq.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"European robin singing\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2019-1220240424-101858-sq.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2019-1220240424-101858-sq-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2019-1220240424-101858-sq-900x900.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2019-1220240424-101858-sq-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2019-1220240424-101858-sq-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2019-1220240424-101858-sq-1536x1536.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"o-posts-grid-post-body\"><span class=\"o-posts-grid-post-category\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/category\/listening\/\">Listening<\/a><\/span><h4 class=\"o-posts-grid-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/listening-rimkus-rotaru\/\">Listening: Rimkus, Rotaru<\/a><\/h4><div class=\"o-posts-grid-post-description\"><p>Composer\/bassoonist Brin Solomon&#8217;s blog&nbsp;reveals a lot of music that is new to me in their\u2026<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"o-posts-grid-post-blog o-posts-grid-post-plain\"><div class=\"o-posts-grid-post\"><div class=\"o-posts-grid-post-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/listening-ran-jolas-tower-chen-yi\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2019-1220240424-101858-sq.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"European robin singing\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2019-1220240424-101858-sq.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2019-1220240424-101858-sq-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2019-1220240424-101858-sq-900x900.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2019-1220240424-101858-sq-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2019-1220240424-101858-sq-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2019-1220240424-101858-sq-1536x1536.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"o-posts-grid-post-body\"><span class=\"o-posts-grid-post-category\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/category\/listening\/\">Listening<\/a><\/span><h4 class=\"o-posts-grid-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/listening-ran-jolas-tower-chen-yi\/\">Listening: Ran, Jolas, Tower, Chen Yi<\/a><\/h4><div class=\"o-posts-grid-post-description\"><p>A whole disc of solo clarinet seems like a lot of just one&nbsp;flavor, but I found the pieces varie\u2026<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-d3a7fab6 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-accent-6-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Learn to improvise<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/improv-basics\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"351\">Free-Style Improvisation Basics<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/20-improv-ideas-ecourse\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"365\">20 Improv Ideas E-Course<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/youchoosewhat-eighthnotes-300.gif\" alt=\"Improv - 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