Pamela J. Marshall

American horn player and composer
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Quick Facts

IntroAmerican horn player and composer
PlacesUnited States of America
isMusician Composer Hornist
Work fieldMusic
Gender
Female
Birth31 May 1954
Age70 years
The details

Biography

Pamela J. Marshall (born 31 May 1954) is an American horn player and composer. She was born in Beverly, Massachusetts, and studied horn, electronic music and conducting at the Eastman and Yale Schools of Music. After completing her education, she settled in Lexington, Massachusetts. She plays French horn in orchestra and composes for synthesizer, brass, mandolin and orchestra.
Marshall has written software and developed sounds for Kurzweil Music Systems and worked at Powersoft Corporation as a technical writer. She established her own music publishing company, Spindrift Music.

Selected works

Marshall composes chamber, vocal and orchestral music.

  • Colored Leaves for solo horn (1964)
  • Hillslide for brass quintet and alphorn solo (1992)
  • Spindrift (1974)
  • Nautilus (1975)
  • Meditations for organ (2005)
  • Summer into Winter for clarinet (2007)
  • Rising for viola solo (2009)
Discography

Her music has been recorded and issued on CD, including:

  • Ghosts: Solos and Duets (2009) Beauport Classics, ASIN: B0049YJSBU
  • Through the Mist (2015) Ravello Records RR7901, ASIN: B00RLXVX9G

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