Becoming a Composer

By Errollyn Wallen

Book Overview

'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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0571370144
• ISBN13: 9780571370146
• Release Date: October 2025
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.1" x 7.7"