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Becoming a Composer

Becoming a Composer

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'Singer, composer, musician . . . Renaissance Woman of contemporary music.' - Observer

I am a composer. A composer of classical music. Quite honestly I am not quite sure how that happened to a girl born in Belize and brought up in Tottenham . . . It is clear that composing found me. It crept up on me and wouldn't let me out of its grasp.

Now a leading international composer and a singer-songwriter, Errollyn Wallen is as much at home in jazz and pop as in the classical world. Part memoir, Becoming a Composer offers an intriguing glimpse into the mind and motivation of a composer and covers aspects of Wallen's sometimes troubled childhood, and her experiences of growing up as a black composer in the UK. It includes a collection of observations, diaries following the progress of new works and essays and seeks to shed light on the way a composer sees and hears the world.

Author: Errollyn Wallen
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 10/21/2025
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.10w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780571370146
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