James Marron - classical guitarist and composer
   
   
About James Marron

James Marron - classical guitarist and  composer

Classical guitarist and composer James Marron has established himself through dynamic performances of the latest in contemporary music as well as insightful interpretations of the classics. A graduate of the Manhattan School of Music, Marron has performed in Italy, France, Germany, Ireland and throughout the United States.

His compositions have been included in the publication The Contemporary Guitar- An Anthology of New Music edited by Stanley Yates and published by Mel Bay. He has composed modern dance music that has been performed at such festivals as “Redshoes an Evening of Dance” at the One Arm Red Theatre in New York, “New Steps” at the Ohio Theater at Play House Square, “The Colorado Dance Festival” in Boulder, CO. and “The American College Dance Festival” in Raleigh, North Carolina.

In review of Marron’s debut CD Spring Rising Classical Guitar magazine wrote that “Guitarist James Marron’s own pieces are impressively broad-ranging from spikily atonal, in the Winter Scenes, to lush and lyrical in For Suzanne”. Radio appearances include “Live at Hochstein” WXXI Rochester, NY. and “Not the Dead White Male Composer Series” WCLV Cleveland, OH. Currently Mr. Marron is on the faculty of Ashland University and the University of Akron. He is a BMI affiliate composer.

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