QUIST, Pamela

Pamela Quist, composer and teacher, received her education at the Peabody Conservatory of Music and in 1984 earned a doctoral degree in composition from Johns Hopkins University. Currently she is a Lecturer at Santa Clara University where she teaches music theory, history, composition, and Performance and Culture. Among her compositions from recent years, Quist has produced; Requiem for the People (2006); Revival for guitarist, Bryce Dessner (2004); Ice Dance for Clogs (2003); Pie Jesu (2002); Caelestis formam gloriae (1999); Dyad for oboe/English horn and piano (1998); and a solo piano work, Homage (1996), her most-performed work to date.