Marvin Lamb

Marvin Lee Lamb (born July 12, 1946) is an American composer, music pedagogue and conductor.

Life

Lamb was born in Jacksonville, Texas, studied at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas and received a Bachelor of Music in music theory and composition. He then studied at the University of North Texas in Denton and received a Master of Music. He completed his studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in Urbana and earned a Doctor of Musical Arts in composition. His teachers include John Butler, William P. Latham and Paul Zonn as well as electronic music and computer techniques with Herbert Brun and John Melby.

He worked at ''Atlantic Christian College'', now Barton College, (1973–1977), at the Peabody College in Nashville, Tennessee (1977–1979), from 1980 to 1983 at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, from 1983 to 1989 at Tennessee Tech University, and from 1989 to 1998 he served as dean of the school of music and held the Yeager Endowed Professorship of Composition at Baylor University, at which point he became dean of the Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts at the University of Oklahoma (1998-2005). He is currently professor of music at the University of Oklahoma.

As a composer he writes works for different genres, with performances in Europe, Japan, Mexico, Argentina and Canada. He is a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), the fraternities Pi Kappa Lambda and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the American Music Center, the ''Southern Association of Colleges and Schools College Consulting Network'' and former president of the ''Texas Association of Music Schools''.

Compositions

Works for orchestra

* 1972 ''Movements for trumpet, percussion, and string orchestra''
* 1977 ''Concerto for Tenor Saxophone and Orchestra''
* 1985 ''J.B. II'', for picc., Dbl. Fl., Eng. Hrn., Dbl. Ob., and orchestra
* 1987 ''Overture for orchestra''
* 1987 ''The Eagle has landed'', for speaker, harp, piano, orchestra and narrator
* 2010 ''Bop!'', concertino for Theater Organ and Orchestra
* 2011 ''For Franco/Delicatissimo'', for orchestra

Works for band

* 1985 ''Igor Fantasy'', for band
* 2001 ''Sacred Ground'', Fanfare for band

Musical theatre

Incidental music

* 2010 ''The Dada Play – Incidental Music and Solo Songs'', for tenor, mezzo-soprano, guitar, piano and vocal ensemble – text: Mieko Ouchi

Vocal music

Works for choir

* 1978 ''Sitio'', for 3 vocal soloists, SATB choir, brass trio, organ, and percussion – text: David Cassel
* 1981 ''The Annunciation'', for Handbell choir, trompet, and SATB choir – text: Rainer Maria Rilke "Annunciation to Mary"
* 2008 ''Bless This House'', for SATB choir, brass quintet and piano

Solo vocal works

* 1970 ''Life Cycle'', for tenor, flute, trumpet, and bassoon
* 1975 ''Lullabye on a text by George Barker'', for soprano, clarinet, oboe, and piano

Chamber music

* 1968 ''Structures'', for trombone and piano
* 1970 ''Prairie Suite'', for brass quintet
* 1973 ''Woodwind Quintet''
* 1973 ''In Memoriam, Benjy'', for saxophone quartet
* 1974 ''Regards Broussards'', for clarinet and trombone
* 1971 ''Solowalk'', for flute
* 1973 ''The Professor March and Rag'', six speakers/actors
* 1979 ''Ballad of Roland'', for alto saxophone and tinwhistle
* 1981 ''Serenade for unknown friends'', for oboe, clarinet, tenor saxophone, and piano
* 1984 ''Music for Julius Baker'', for flute choir
* 1984 ''Vision of Basque'', for bassoon
* 1984 ''Heavy metal'', for 5 tubas
* 1985 ''Prism'', for trombone, piano, and percussion
* 1986 ''Final Roland'', for alto saxophone, whistle siren, piano, and harmonica
* 1986 ''The Stomp Revisited'', for brass quintet
* 2006 ''A Fit Reliquary'', for brass quintet and percussion orchestra (10 players)
* 2008 ''Lamentations'', for string quartet
* 2008 ''Grappelli Dreams'', for alto saxophone and viola
* 2008 ''House of Dawn'', for 4 violas (or viola ensemble)
* 2010 ''Pablo/Saul'', for piccolo/flute, Eb, Bb, Bass Bb Cl, violin, cello, piano, and percussion
* 2011 ''Fantasy'', for viola and piano

Intermedia works

* 1972 ''Intonazione'', for prepared tape, lights, and sculpture

Publications

* ''The musical, literary and graphic influences upon Luciano Berio's Thema, Omaggio a Joyce'', DMA Thesis – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1977. 115 p.

Bibliography

* Wolfgang Suppan, Armin Suppan: ''Das Neue Lexikon des Blasmusikwesens'', 4. Auflage, Freiburg-Tiengen, Blasmusikverlag Schulz GmbH, 1994,
* Paul E. Bierley, William H. Rehrig: ''The Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music – Composers and Their Music'', Westerville, Ohio: Integrity Press, 1991,
* Jean-Marie Londeix: ''Musique pour saxophone, volume II : répertoire général des oeuvres et des ouvrages d' enseignement pour le saxophone'', Cherry Hill: Roncorp Publications, 1985.
* E. Ruth Anderson: ''Contemporary American Composers – A Biographical Dictionary'', Second edition, Boston: G. K. Hall, 1982, 578 p.,

References

External links

Biography from the University of OklahomaBiography from Sigma Alpha Iota (SAI)Biography from Media Press, Inc.

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American male classical composers
American classical composers
20th-century classical composers
1946 births
Living people
20th-century American composers
20th-century American male musicians