Pamela St. John is an American composer of classical music

Classical music

Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...

. She studied at Indiana at Bloomington

Indiana University

Indiana University is a multi-campus public university system in the state of Indiana, United States. Indiana University has a combined student body of more than 100,000 students, including approximately 42,000 students enrolled at the Indiana University Bloomington campus and approximately 37,000...

 and has studied under Robert Ward. She has served as President of the North Carolina Composers' Alliance. Her work Maithuna Sextet, commissioned by the North Carolina Music Teachers' Association, was performed by the Ciompi Quartet

Ciompi Quartet

The Ciompi Quartet is a string quartet at Duke University where they were founded in 1965 by Giorgio Ciompi. They have produced twelve recordings since 1991....

 at Duke University

Duke University

Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...

; Forest Spirit Suite, also performed by Ciompi, includes the folk instruments didgeridoo

Didgeridoo

The didgeridoo is a wind instrument developed by Indigenous Australians of northern Australia around 1,500 years ago and still in widespread usage today both in Australia and around the world. It is sometimes described as a natural wooden trumpet or "drone pipe"...

 and rainstick.

St. John founded the concert series ComposerWorks in 1985 at the ArtsCenter in Carrboro, North Carolina

Carrboro, North Carolina

Carrboro is a town in Orange County in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The population was 19,582 at the 2010 census. The town, which is part of the Durham-Chapel Hill metropolitan statistical area, was named after North Carolina industrialist Julian Shakespeare Carr.Located near Chapel Hill and...

. She directed it for 9 years after which it has been coordinated by Barbara Gallagher in Wilmington

Wilmington, North Carolina

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 (see External links below).

St. John is married to Charles Mosher, and their three sons were born and raised in Durham

Durham, North Carolina

Durham is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the county seat of Durham County and also extends into Wake County. It is the fifth-largest city in the state, and the 85th-largest in the United States by population, with 228,330 residents as of the 2010 United States census...

 and Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Chapel Hill is a town in Orange County, North Carolina, United States and the home of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and UNC Health Care...

.

External links

• Pamela St.John's website, including audio samples and a complete score bibliography
• Ciompi Quartet website, artists-in-residence at Duke University
  Duke University
  Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...
  
  
• Barbara Gallagher, pianist/composer who currently coordinates ComposerWorks
• The North Carolina Music Teachers' Association