Pamela Motley Verrall

Pamela Motley Verrall (13 August 1915 – 1996) was a Welsh composer and music educator. Her compositions and arrangements for school ensembles were published by Bosworth, Chester Music (now Wise Music), Cramer & Company, Feldman, and Forsyth Publishing.

Verrall was head of the music departments in various schools in the South East of England, including Aldershot Manor Secondary School, The Winston Churchill School, Woking (mid-1970s), Elmhust Ballet School, Camberley and St. Catherine's School for Girls, Twickenham. She composed at least 90 sacred and secular songs, as well as chamber music and musicals for children which have been performed on radio and television. Her cantata for schools Johnny Appleseed (1971), and her hymn tune Cross Over the Road were perhaps the best known of her works.

Chamber

Clarinets in Chorus Clarinets in Concert Seven Romances (clarinet and piano) Six Conversations (clarinet and piano) Six Dance Duets (recorder and piano) Six Miniatures for Recorders The Well Tempered Wind Quartet, Bach arrangements for flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon Woodwind Trio (oboe, clarinet and bassoon)

Theatre

Around the World: Francis Drake Babushka (Christmas Play) Gingerbread Man Grand Tour of Europe Johnny Appleseed, for narrator, chorus, dancers and mimers Legend of the Yellow River Miracle Man Move Over, Mr. Noah Sea Spell Silver Arrow Son of Assisi Summer Water

Vocal Cross over the Road (hymn) at least 90 songs