Ingram Marshall

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Marshall in his Hamden, CT studio.

Ingram Douglass Marshall (May 10, 1942 – May 31, 2022[1]) was an American composer[2][3] and a onetime student of Vladimir Ussachevsky and Morton Subotnick.

Early life and education

Marshall was born in

Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center. In 1970 he became graduate assistant to Morton Subotnick at Cal Arts
, staying on to teach for several years after receiving his MFA in 1971.

Career

Though the composer used the term "expressivist" to describe his music, Marshall's music is often associated with

post-minimalism. His music often reflects an interest in world music, particularly Balinese gamelan tradition, as well as influence from the American minimalism trends of the 1960s (the composer often acknowledged the work of Steve Reich, Terry Riley, and John Adams
).

He first gained recognition for his

digital delay (such as "Soe Pa", for solo classical guitar, and "Hymnodic Delays" for the Theatre of Voices). Many of the tape parts of his pieces include the composer's own keening falsetto and gambuh
playing (such as "Fog Tropes" and "Gradual Requiem" (1980)). Some of his works were produced in coordination with the assistance of noted Norwegian photographer, James Bengston of Studio Nord in Oslo.

Marshall wrote for the Kronos Quartet: Voces Resonae (1984) and Fog Tropes II (1982), featured in the 2010 film Shutter Island, and for the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra: Orphic Memories (2006).

He taught at the

Hartt School, and also held visiting teaching positions at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and Brooklyn College. Among his notable students are Timo Andres, Armando Bayolo, Christopher Cerrone, Tyondai Braxton, Jacob Cooper, Adrian Knight, Matt Sargent, and Stephen Gorbos
.

Marshall was the recipient of a

Fromm Foundation, Guggenheim Foundation, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters
.

Music

Chamber works

  • "The Fragility Cycles" (1978), electronics, synthesizer, gambuh flute, and voice
  • "Gradual Requiem" (1980), electronics, synthesizer, flute, voice, mandolin, and piano
  • Fog Tropes (1981), brass sextet and tape
  • Voces Resonae (1984), string quartet (premiered by Kronos Quartet)
  • In My End is My Beginning (1985), Piano Quartet in 2 Movements (premiered by the Dunsmuir Piano Quartet)
  • Evensongs (1992), string quartet
  • Fog Tropes II (1994), string quartet and tape
  • Sierran Songs (1994), bass, marimba, and electronics
  • In Deserto: Smoke Creek (2003), violin, bassoon, percussion, guitar, cello, and electronics
  • Muddy Waters (2004), piano, percussion, electric guitar, bass, bass clarinet, and cello (premiered by
    Bang on a Can All-Stars
    )
  • Sea Tropes (2007), flute, violin, cello, bass clarinet, marimba, and tape

Orchestral works

Choral works

  • Savage Altars (1992), chamber choir, violin, viola, and tape
  • Hymnodic Delays (2001)
  • A New Haven Psalter (premiered on November 30, 2012 by the Yale University Glee Club and the Yale Concert Band)

Solo works

References

  1. ^ Pellegrinelli, Lara (June 2, 2022). "Composer and performer Ingram Marshall dies at age 80". NPR. Retrieved June 2, 2022.
  2. ISBN 978-0-253-20643-5
    .
  3. ^ "Fallece el compositor estadounidense Ingram Marshall a los 80 años". Platea Magazine (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  4. ^ "First You Build a Cloud with Ben Verdery". andysummers.com. November 5, 2011.

Interviews

External links

Listening

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