Pamela Motley Verrall

Pamela Motley Verrall (13 August 1915 – 1996)[1] was a Welsh composer and music educator.[2]

Verrall was born in Penrhiwceiber, South Wales. Her father was a musician. Verrall attended the University of Wales, where she received a B.A. in music in 1937, and a B.A. in English, German, and Latin in 1938.[3] She also earned a Licentiate of the Royal Academy of Music (LRAM) in London.[4]

Verrall acted as head of the music departments in various schools in the South East of England, including Aldershot Manor Secondary School, The Winston Churchill School, Woking (mid-1970s), Elmhust Ballet School, Camberley and St. Catherine's School for Girls, Twickenham. She composed at least 90 sacred and secular songs, as well as chamber music and musicals for children which have been performed on radio and television.[5] Her compositions and arrangements for school ensembles were published by Bosworth, Chester Music (now Wise Music), Cramer & Company, Feldman, and Forsyth Publishing. Her works include:[4]

Chamber
  • Clarinets in Chorus
  • Clarinets in Concert
  • Seven Romances (clarinet and piano)
  • Six Conversations (clarinet and piano)[6]
  • Six Dance Duets (recorder and piano)
  • Six Miniatures for Recorders
  • The Well Tempered Wind Quartet, Bach arrangements for flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon
  • Woodwind Trio (oboe, clarinet and bassoon)

Theatre
  • Around the World: Francis Drake
  • Babushka (Christmas Play)
  • Gingerbread Man
  • Grand Tour of Europe
  • Johnny Appleseed, for narrator, chorus, dancers and mimers[7]
  • Legend of the Yellow River
  • Miracle Man
  • Move Over, Mr. Noah
  • Sea Spell
  • Silver Arrow
  • Son of Assisi
  • Summer Water

Vocal
  • Cross over the Road (hymn)[8]
  • at least 90 songs

References
  1. "Pamela Verrall | Hymnary.org". hymnary.org. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  2. Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Don A. Hennessee (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.
  3. The World Who's Who of Women. Melrose Press. 1982. ISBN 978-0-900332-59-3.
  4. Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (Second edition, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. 'Johnny Appleseed', Radio Times Issue 2497, 18th September 1971
  6. Richards, Melanie Ann (1993). A selected bibliography of music for clarinet and one other instrument by women composers. Ohio State University.
  7. Congress, The Library of. "LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)". id.loc.gov. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  8. Singing the Faith, electronic words edition, number 257
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