Pamela Sklar performs frequently in the New York area on Flute, Piccolo, Alto Flute and Bass Flute. She enjoys working closely with composers & jazz artists and appears annually with Dave Brubeck. With Alan Hovhaness she was a featured performer in a program of the composer's works at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NY. She has played for Herbie Hancock with the JVC Jazz Festival Orchestra and performs at major halls & venues with various groups.
Director of the Nationally recognized trio L'Arema, she performed critically acclaimed original arrangements of music by Leonard Bernstein and worked closely with Pulitzer Prize winning composer Karel Husa. With L'Arema she premiered many new works, some of which are considered among standard repertoire for wind trio. For the National Flute Association in Washington, D.C. she also premiered new American works for solo flute.
An artist/composer member of BMI, Pamela composes chamber music. Her music is currently being published (Winter-Summer, 2011) by T.D. Ellis and she is currently recording her compositions. Her composing credits include commissions from ensembles in the NY area. Recently she was invited to have her Spell 166 (commissioned by Northern Westchester Flutes) included in the Special Collection of the Lincoln Center Library of the Performing Arts.
A guest for many seasons in regional orchestras, Pamela also appears in recitals and gives masterclasses/clinics for elementary through high school students.