Pamela Harrison (composer)


Pamela Harrison was an English pianist, music teacher and composer.

Biography

Pamela Harrison was born in Orpington, England, and studied with Gordon Jacob and Arthur Benjamin at the Royal College of Music in London. During World War II, she worked as a school teacher.
Harrison's work was influenced by composers including E.J. Moeran, Arnold Bax and John Ireland, and French music. She made her debut as a composer with String Quartet in 1944 at the National Gallery concerts. She went on to produce a variety of music, including chamber, orchestral and vocal music, with settings including Baudelaire, Herrick, Dowson and Edward Thomas. Her work for small orchestra, A Suite for Timothy, was composed for the first birthday of her son.
Harrison died in a car accident in Firle, East Sussex.

Selected works

;Orchestral
;Concertante
;Chamber music
;Organ
;Piano
;Vocal
;Choral
Selected recordings include: