EDUCATION: BA in Musicology from Virginia Tech, 1978
POSITIONS HELD:
1982-83 Mandolin
Instructor, Shenandoah College & Conservatory of Music
1982-
Music Editor, Plucked String Editions
1987-88
Newsletter Editor, Classical Mandolin Society of America
1988-92
Mandolin Instructor, Levine School of Music, Washington D.C
1991-97
Recorded Sound Section, Library of Congress
1995-97
Editor, Mandolin Quarterly
1997-
Performing Arts Examiner, U.S. Copyright Office
MAJOR CONCERTS AS SOLOIST:
9/25/82
Concerto soloist with Handel Festival Orchestra, Kennedy Center
5/24/83
Concerto soloist with the New Music Orchestra, Washington, DC
7/8/83
Soloist at "A Festival of Mandolins", Providence, RI
4/7/84
Recital, Smithsonian Institution
4/27/85
Concerto soloist with Alexandria Symphony, Alexandria, VA
10/4/85
Recital, Women's Music Festival/85, Boston
5/11/86
Soloist with Washington Bach Consort
6/15/86
Soloist at Mandolin Festival, Schweinfurt, WEST GERMANY
6/24-26/86 Soloist at Mandolin Festival,
Linkoping, SWEDEN
7/6/86
Soloist at Mandolin Festival, Malmedy, BELGIUM
2/24/87
Recital, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
2/26/87
Recital, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
2/28/87
Recital, Carnegie Recital Hall, New York, NY
3/1/87
Recital, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
4/17/88
Concerto soloist with the Georgetown Symphony, Washington, DC
11/17/88 Recital,
Daemen College, Amherst, NY
11/18/88 Recital,
Conrad Grebel College, Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA
4/29/89
Recital at U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC
6/13/89
Duet Concert w/Masayuki Kawaguchi, Levine School, Washington, DC
1/18/90
Recital, St. Christopher's School, Richmond, VA
4/17/90
Lecture/Recital, Library of Congress, Washington, DC
7/8/90
Featured soloist, Mandolin Festival in Malmedy, BELGIUM
7/15/90
Recital, Burgh House, Hampstead, London, ENGLAND
9/21/91
Music by Black Composers, Dumbarton Methodist Church
5/4/92
Lecture/Recital, International Mandolin Festival, Kobe, JAPAN
9/23/93
Recital, Market 5 Gallery, Washington, DC
10/21/93 Mandolin
Chamber Music, Market 5 Gallery, Washington, DC
12/2/93
Music of the Art Deco Period, Market 5 Gallery, Washington, DC
4/17/94
Soloist, Gala Mandolin Concert, Merkin Hall, NY
6/95
Guest artist, American Mandolin & Guitar Summer School, Bristol, RI
12/95
Concerto soloist with Washington Chamber Symphony, Kennedy Center
ORCHESTRAL CONCERTS:
10/12/96
Respighi: Feste Romane - McLean Orchestra, Col. Arnald D. Gabriel
10/98
Respighi: Feste Romane - National Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin
1/6/00
Mahler: 7th Symphony - National Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin
8/17,19/00 Mozart: Don Giovanni - Wolf
Trap Opera Company
9/15-17/00 Stravinsky: Agon - Ballanchine
Festival, Kennedy Center Opera Orchestra
11/2/00
Mahler: 8th Symphony - Choral Arts Society, Norman Scribner
12/6-8/00 Prokofiev:
Romeo and Juliet - Philadelphia Orchestra, Rostropovitch
THEATRE:
1991
"The Polka Dot Conspiracy", National Women's Museum
1992
"Much Ado About Nothing", Shakespeare Theatre, Washington, DC
(w/ Kelly McGillis and David Selby)
1992
"Assassins", Signature Theatre, Arlington, VA
1993
"The Comedy of Errors" Shakespeare Theatre, Washington, DC
1994
"The Comedy of Errors" Shakespeare Free for All, Washington, DC
RADIO:
1982
WGMS - Interview and short performance
1984
WGMS - Interview
TELEVISION:
12/92
The American Experience: "If You Knew Sousa" (PBS)
RECORDINGS:
1984 THE SOLO MANDOLIN: BAROQUE
TO MODERN (Plucked String Discs, PSD 002)
(music of J.S. Bach, Leoni,
Stauffer and Gladd)
1993 MUSIC FROM THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
(from the production at the
Shakespeare Theater)
1995 NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF ENGLISH
LITERATURE (W.W. Norton)
(four early songs on companion
CD)
1996 BACH ON THE BANJO (Albany)
(five pieces with banjoist
John Bullard)
1998 MANDOLIN X 4 (PLucked String
Discs, PSD 006)
(music of Johann Hoffmann
and Pamela Marshall)
COMPOSITIONS: (All works published
by Plucked String Editions)
Mandolin:
Etude (1981) 1' ms
Partita a Dodici Toni (1982) 10' PSE 012
Sonata I for Solo Mandolin (1983) 13'
PSE 015
Sonata II for Solo Mandolin (1989) 15'
PSE 040
Concerto in G for Mandolin and Strings
(1979) withdrawn
The Red Bach Book: 3 Rags After Bach (1980/82)
[arr. Mand Orch] 8' PSE 001
Flute:
Canon in D (1978) [3 Vn/Fl, continuo]
ms
Harpsichord:
Le Tombeau de Scarlatti (1977) 4' ms
Premiere Livre de Pieces de Clavecin (1978)
10' ms
Farewell to a Hubbard Harpsichord (1980)
3' ms
Organ:
Shut Up (Main Title) (1999) 1'30" ms
Piano:
Sonatina (1979) 4'30" ms
The Red Bach Book: Three Rags After Bach
(1980) 8' ms
Violin:
Partita a Dodici Toni (1982) 10' PSE 012
Canon in D (1978) [3 Vn/Fl, continuo]
ms
ARTICLES:
Contemporary American Music that includes
the Mandolin, CMSA Newsletter, 2/1987
An Introduction to Composing for the Mandolin
International League of Women Composers
Newsletter, 5/1987
The Classical Mandolin: An Attempted Definition,
CMSA Newsletter, 8/1987
Sigr. Leoni of Naples, FRETS, 9/1987
The Classical Mandolin in America, Pt.
1, CMSA Newsletter, 11/1987
The Classical Mandolin in America, Pt.
2, CMSA Newsletter, 5/1988
Bill "Bojangles" Robinson Recordings in
the Library of Congress, What's on Tap, 9/1995
Searching for Mandolin CDs, Mandolin Quarterly,
Fall 1995
Evan Marshall Interview, Mandolin Quarterly,
Spring 1996
Black Musicians in American Mandolin History,
Mandolin Quarterly, Winter 1996
Homer and Jethro Discography, Mandolin
Quarterly, Winter 1997
PUBLICATIONS AS EDITOR:
Anonymous (18th c.) Three Divertimenti
[2 Mand or Gtr] PSE 002
Arrigoni, Carlo Sonata in D [Mand,
B.C.] PSE 013
Barbella, Emanuele Six Duettos [2
Vn or Mand, opt. Bass] PSE 005
Goichberg, Sol Thirty-Five Progressive
Mandolin Etudes PSE 010
Leoni, Sigr. Two Airs for
Solo Mandolin PSE 003
Sousa, John Philip The Stars and
Stripes Forever [arr. Mand Orch] PSE 014
Stauffer, Aubrey Storm at Sea PSE
016
Three Centuries of Mandolin Concert Solos
PSE
029
CONTENTS:
Leoni of Naples: La
Chasse de L'isle Adam
Leoni of Naples: L'avez
vous vu mon bien aime
Antoine Riggiere: La
Furstemberg
Carlo Munier: Love
Song
Vincent Leon: Leon's
Caprice Waltz
Valentine Abt: The
Piper
Mendelssohn/Abt: Spring
Song
Giuseppe Pettine: My
Old Kentucky Home, Caprice
Samuel Siegel: Caprice
de Concert
Aubrey Stauffer: D
Concerto
Hawthorne/Stauffer:
The Mockingbird
Bizet/Stauffer: Toreador
SOng
Sol Goichberg: Capriccio
in D (first publication)
Sol Goichberg: Fantasy
(first
publication)
Ebbe Grims-land: Nutids
Manalag
Chester Mais: Scherzo-Rhapsody
(first
publication)
Carol Ann Weaver: Lyra
(first
publication)
Graham Powning: Eucalypts
(first
publication)
Pamela J. Marshall:
Mandolin Night (first publication)
PREMIERES GIVEN: (Red
= works written for Neil Gladd)
Ayton, Will (b.1948) - Three Movements
for Mandolin and Guitar (1984)
Bauer, Walter K. (b.1899) - Polish
the Pick [Mand, Gtr] (1983)
Burgess, Marjorie - Fly
White Butterfly (1986) [Sop, Mand, Pno]
Healey, Derek (b.1936) - Cinque Miniature
(1962) [Fl, Mand, Cel]
Israel, Brian (1951-1986) - Concerto
for Mandolin (1985)
Surrealistic
Serenade (1984) [Mand, Vc]
Mais, Chester - Scherzo-Rhapsody
(1985) [solo Mand]
Marshall, Pamela (b.1954) - Mandolin
Night (1985) [solo Mand]
Mandolin
Concerto (1987) [El-Mand, Tape]
Moore, Carman (b.1936) - Sonata: Variations
for Mandolin and Piano (1965)
Norgaard, Per (b.1932) - The Chase (1984)
[solo Mand]
Shore, Clare (c.1954) - Four
Vocalises (1985) [Sop, Mand]
Spiegel, Laurie (b.1945) - Song
without Words (1985) [Mand, Gtr]
Vercoe, Elizabeth (b.1941) - A
la fin - tout seul (1985) [Mand, Pno]
Jazz
Suite (1987) [El-Mand, Pno]
Weaver, Carol Ann (b.1948) - Lyra (1983)
[solo Mand]
U.S. PREMIERES GIVEN:
Bardwell, William (1915-1994) Little Serenade
(1953) [Picc, Xyl, Mand]
Concerto for
Mandolin (1954) US
Grims-Land, Ebbe (b.1915) Nutids Manalag
(1975) [Solo El-Mand]
Israel, Brian (1951-1986) Sonatinetta
(1984) [Mand, Gtr]
Mikheyev, Boris (b.1940) Three Pieces
for Domra
Mitchell-Davidson, Paul Rondo for mandolin
and guitar (1982)
Surdin, Morris (b.1913) Concerto for Mandolin
and Strings
Weaver, Carol Ann (b.1948) Die Zeit ist
Kurtz (1982) [Bar, Mand, Pno]
Salterello (1986)
[El-Mand, Pno]