Marilyn Shrude

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Marilyn Shrude (b. Chicago, Illinois, 1946) is an American composer of contemporary classical music and pianist. She holds degrees from Alverno College and Northwestern University. Her composition instructors include Alan Stout and M. William Karlins. She is the winner of a Kennedy Center Friedheim Award (third place, 1984). Her scores are published by American Composers Alliance, Editions Henry Lemoine (Paris), Neue Musik Verlag Berlin, Southern Music, and Thomas House. Her music has been recorded by the New World, Albany, EROL, Liscio, FoxGlove, MMC, Capstone, Orion, Centaur, Neuma, Access, and Ohio Brassworks labels. She has been a professor of composition at Bowling Green State University in Ohio since 1977. She is the founder and former director of the MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music and co-directs the Annual New Music & Art Festival. She served as visiting professor of music at Indiana University (Bloomington) in the fall of 1998, Heidelberg College (spring 2001), and Oberlin College (spring 2004), and has also taught at the Interlochen Arts Camp (1990-1997). Her husband is the classical saxophonist John Sampen, who has performed many of her works. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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Visions In Metaphor

Creston: Sonata / Desenclos: Prelude, Cadence Et Finale / Milhaud: Scaramouche

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Trio Music of Marilyn Shrude

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Bending the Light: Chamber Works by Bauer/Lieuwen/Merryman/Shatin/Shrude/Welcher

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Shadows and Dawning

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Electric Saxophone II

Bending the Light

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New Music From Bowling Green

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Organ Recital: Paukert, Karel - Shrude, M. / Baker, L. / Primosch, J. / Erb, D. / Houghton, M. / Roy, K.G. / Alessio, G.

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The Composer's Voice: New Music from Bowling Green

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The Contemporary Saxophone

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Visions in Metaphor (John Sampen, Marilyn Shrude)

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