Melinda Maxwell
{{Short description|English oboist and composer}}
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Melinda Maxwell (born 1953 in London) is an English oboist and composer. She is principal oboist of the ensemble Endymion and the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, and a regularly principal of the London Sinfonietta. She has been an academic teacher at the Royal Academy of Music, Birmingham Conservatoire, Trinity College and the Royal Northern College of Music.
Compositions
- Pibroch for solo oboe and drone (1981)
- Transformations for soprano and chamber ensemble (1990)
- Endless Chain for oboe, saxophone and percussion (1992)
- Elegy for oboe and piano (1994)
- Three movements for solo clarinet (1994)
- Pelagos for string trio (1995)
- From Tree to Tree for string sextet (1998)
- Songlines and Cadences for clarinet and harp (1999)
- Song for Sidney for solo oboe and two echo oboes (2001)
- Crane Dance for double-reed ensemble (2008)
- Singla Rock for mixed quintet (2009)
References
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{{cite web
| url = http://www.rncm.ac.uk/people/melinda-maxwell/
| title = Melinda Maxwell
| work = RNCM
| publisher = Royal Northern College of Music
| accessdate = 16 August 2014
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{{cite web
|url=http://www.york.ac.uk/music/careers/alumni/maxwell/
|title=Melinda Maxwell
|work=University of York Department of Music
|accessdate=17 August 2014
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{{cite web
|url=http://www.endymion.org.uk/about/21-2/
|title=Melinda Maxwell – oboe
|work=Endymion
|accessdate=17 August 2014
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{{cite AV media notes
|title=Melinda Maxwell: composer and oboist
|year=2004
|type=booklet
|publisher=Dutton Laboratories
|id=CDLX7139
|location=Watford
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{{cite AV media notes
|title=Melinda Maxwell: In Manchester
|year=2007
|type=booklet
|publisher=Dutton Laboratories
|id=CDLX7180
|location=Watford
}}
{{cite AV media notes
|title=British Women Composers, Volume 2
|year=1992
|type=booklet
|publisher=Lontano Records Ltd.
|id=LNT103
|location=London
}}
{{cite AV media notes
|title=Birtwistle – Maxwell – Holt
|year=1997
|type=booklet
|publisher=NMC Recordings Ltd.
|id=NMCD042S
|location=London
}}
{{cite AV media notes
|title=Sound Census
|year=2010
|type=booklet
|publisher=NMC Recordings Ltd.
|id=NMCD160
|location=London
}}
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Category:20th-century English classical composers
Category:21st-century English classical composers
Category:English women classical composers
Category:British classical oboists
Category:20th-century English women composers