Melinda Maxwell

Melinda Maxwell (born 1953 in London) is an English oboist and composer. She is principal oboist of the ensemble Endymion and the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, and a regularly principal of the London Sinfonietta. She has been an academic teacher at the Royal Academy of Music, Birmingham Conservatoire, Trinity College and the Royal Northern College of Music.

Compositions

• Pibroch for solo oboe and drone (1981)
• Transformations for soprano and chamber ensemble (1990)
• Endless Chain for oboe, saxophone and percussion (1992)
• Elegy for oboe and piano (1994)
• Three movements for solo clarinet (1994)
• Pelagos for string trio (1995)
• From Tree to Tree for string sextet (1998)
• Songlines and Cadences for clarinet and harp (1999)
• Song for Sidney for solo oboe and two echo oboes (2001)
• Crane Dance for double-reed ensemble (2008)
• Singla Rock for mixed quintet (2009)