Henry Marsh (musician)

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Ian Henry Murray Marsh (born 8 December 1948) is an British musician and composer.[1]

Marsh was born in Bath, Somerset. He was educated at Sherborne School and New College, Oxford.[1]

After Oxford, Marsh joined a group, with among others, John G. Perry, at first called 'Toast' which expanded to become 'Gringo'.[2] He was invited in 1973 by Phil Pickett to join a group called 'Kajanus Pickett', after Phil Pickett and Georg Kajanus. The group became Sailor with the inclusion of Grant Serpell. Sailor's original line-up split up in 1978,[3] although Pickett and Marsh released more material as 'Sailor' with Gavin and Virginia David in 1980, with an album of Pickett compositions called Dressed for Drowning.

After Sailor disbanded, he worked with Georg Kajanus on DATA and 'And The Mamluks', a short-lived electronic-music project with Kajanus. Marsh eventually teamed up with writer, Barry Mason in 1986. They and David H Bell, a Broadway director, wrote a musical called 'Malibu', first performed in 1991. He wrote another musical 'Casper - The Musical' with Phil Pickett in 1999. Marsh has written music scores for theatre productions including 'Romeo And Juliet', 'Grapes Of Wrath' and 'The Dark At The Top Of The Stairs'. He received the Joseph Jefferson Award for best composition 1998 for 'A Comedy Of Errors' and in 1999 for 'Much Ado About Nothing'.[4][5] He also received a best composer nomination for 'As You Like It' in 2002.[5] In 2004 he was nominated for two Jefferson Awards for 'The Taming of the Shrew' and 'Midsummer Nights Dream'.[5]

His musical theatre work in the USA includes 'One Last Summer', 'In Stitches' and 'Female Problems' for which he received a nomination for Best New Work. His musical theatre work in the UK includes 'The Mask', 'Spider-Man' and 'Casper'. Marsh has composed numerous scores for television. These include 'Eye Of The Storm' (ITV drama), 'Pirates' (BBC drama), 'Blockbusters', 'Strike It Rich', 'Black Date' (Channel 4), 'Win Lose Or Draw' (Granada Television), 'The Fastest Man On Earth' (ITV and Discovery Channel) and 'House Invaders' (BBC). His library music has been used worldwide for film and television, including 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air', 'Private Parts (the movie)', 'Father Ted', 'Home And Away', 'Peak Practice' and many others.[1] He composed the music for the film 'SON of Nosferatu' (2011).[5]

In 1989 Sailor reformed with Marsh.[3] He left in 1999 but returned in 2005. Marsh's sons, Oliver and Thomas, have also performed with the band in recent years.[6]

Marsh is married to Patricia 'Dee Dee' Wilde, founder of Pan's People. They jointly run WM Productions, a video production company.[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Sailor web-site". Retrieved 23 Jan 2014. 
  2. ↑ "Gringo web-site". Retrieved 23 Jan 2014. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Thompson, Dave. "Sailor". Allmusic. Retrieved April 11, 2010. 
  4. ↑ Eng, Monica (27 November 1998). Chicago Tribune. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "imdb". Retrieved 23 Jan 2014. 
  6. ↑ "Sailor Bookings". Retrieved 23 January 2014. 
  7. ↑ "Retrosellers". Retrieved 23 Jan 2014. 
  8. ↑ "Carina Baverstock". Retrieved 23 Jan 2014. 
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