Becoming a Composer

<p><i>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.</i><br><br>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, <i>Becoming a Composer </i>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.</p>