"I never really thought of them as walls. I thought of them more as boundaries. Walls are a much more serious matter. You're not supposed to be able to get through, while boundaries at least you can crossover and I think the whole crossover thing is basically what the history of music in the second part of this century is about. It's about crossing over these boundaries."

If there's one quote that could sum up the music of the composer Ingram Marshall, it might be this one.

Last week I talked about Sibelius and our inability to place him in the typical classical music eras of Romantic or Modernist music. Well, Ingram Marshall's music follows very much on that discussion, and it's no surprise that Sibelius is one of Marshall's favorite composers. I imagine most of you listening to the show today are not familiar with Ingram Marshalls' music, so today on this Patreon Sponsored episode, I'm going to briefly give you a background on this remarkable modern composer, and then we'll finish the show with both an interview and an analysis of Marhsall's work Flow with the great composer Timo Andres, who studied with Marshall and had some great insights on his music. You won't regret diving into the remarkable work of Ingram Marshall, so come and join us!