Ingram Marshall

Ingram Marshall (born May 10, 1942 in Mount Vernon, New York) is an American composer and a former student of Vladimir Ussachevsky and Morton Subotnick. Though the composer uses the term "expressivist" to describe his music, he is often associated with post-minimalism. His music often reflects an interest in world music, particularly Balinese gamalan tradition, as well as influence from the American minimalism trends of the 1960s (the composer often acknowledges the work of Steve Reich, Terry Riley, and John Adams). Marshall also frequently cites Jean Sibelius as a prominent influence. Several of his pieces include samples of Sibelius symphonies and tone poems.

He first gained recognition for his electroacoustic pieces, often performed by the composer himself on synthesizer, tape looping, gambuh (a traditional Balinese flute), and voice ("Fragility Cycles" [1978] is one of his best known works using this method of solo performance). His acoustic music frequently incorporates tape delay, and later, digital delay (such as "Soe Pa", for solo classical guitar, and "Hymnodic Delays" for the Theatre of Voices). Many of tape parts of his pieces include the composer's own keening falsetto and gambuh playing (such as "Fog Tropes" and "Gradual Requiem").

He has written for the Kronos Quartet: "Voces Resonae" (1984) and "Fog Tropes II" (1982) and for the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra: "Orphic Memories" (2006).

Interviews

* [http://www.newmusicbox.org/article.nmbx?id=1378 Ingram Marshall: Today's Music Tomorrow] Ingram Marshall in conversation with Frank J. Oteri,NewMusicBox Published: August 1, 2001

External links

* http://www.ingrammarshall.com The composer's official website
* [http://www.furious.com/perfect/ingrammarshall.html Perfect Sound Forever: Interview] by Daniel Varela (July 2003)
* [http://www.newalbion.com/artists/marshalli/ New Albion Artists: Ingram Marshall]
* [http://www.starkland.com/st2010/index.htm surround sound DVD]

Listening

* [http://www.epitonic.com/artists/ingrammarshall.html Epitonic.com: Ingram Marshall] featuring tracks from "Dark Waters" and "Fog Tropes"
* [http://artofthestates.org/cgi-bin/composer.pl?comp=41 Art of the States: Ingram Marshall] "Weather Report" (1974)
* [http://www.nonesuch.com/Hi_Band/albums.cfm?album_num=415# Kingdom Come] : Various pieces, featuring Theatre of Voices, American Composers Orchestra, etc.
* [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000000R26 Fog Tropes / Gradual Requiem] : Two of his best known works, conducted by John Adams.