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Composer Page for Caroline Mallonee

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The music of Caroline Mallonee (b. 1975, Baltimore, MD) has been programmed at venues in New York City including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Symphony Space, Merkin Hall, Bargemusic, Town Hall, and Roulette, as well as further afield at the Long Leaf Opera Festival (NC), Carlsbad Music Festival (CA), Bennington Chamber Music Conference (VT), Cambridge Music Festival (UK), Tokyo Opera City (Japan), the Corcoran Gallery (Washington, DC), Turner Ballroom (Milwaukee, WI) and Jordan Hall (Boston, MA).

Her choral music is performed widely. She has been commissioned by the Baltimore Choral Arts Society, the Young People’s Chorus of New York City, the Cecilia Chorus of New York City, Buffalo Girlchoir, and A Prairie Home Companion, among others. First rising to national prominence at 14 with The Carolers At My Door, Mallonee has won the ASCAP/Morton Gould Young Composers Award, Yale Glee Club’s Emerging Composers Competition, Ft. Myers Mastersingers Prize, and the Institute for Choral Creativity Competition. In her position as Composer-not-in-Residence for the San Francisco Choral Artists, she has been commissioned to write three new choral works this season. For many of the pieces in her catalog, Mallonee wrote the words as well as the music. Her choral music is available from Boosey & Hawkes and Swirly Music.

She is a professional singer in the Vocális Chamber Choir and Harmonia Chamber Singers, both based in Buffalo, and is the director of the Walden School Creative Musicians Retreat, a week-long festival for composers and improvisers held in New Hampshire each June. She was a long-time faculty member of The Walden School Young Musicians Program, where she also served as Academic Dean. Mallonee holds a Ph.D. from Duke University, a Master’s degree from the Yale School of Music, and a Bachelor’s degree from Harvard University. A Fulbright award recipient, she spent a year in The Netherlands studying with Dutch composer Louis Andriessen and has also studied with Mario Davidovsky, Joseph Schwantner, Stephen Jaffe, Scott Lindroth, Evan Ziporyn, and Pamela Layman Quist.

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A Teasdale Triptych – Voicing: SATB  Instrumentation: Unaccompanied  Performance Length: 6:30  Notation: Standard  Text Source: Sara Teasdale  Language: English  Descriptive Terms: Stars, Morning, Evening  First Performance: March 19, 2023 : San Francisco Choral Artists, Magen Solomon, San Francisco, CA    Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 676/1822~2023-Q4)
One Silver Star – Voicing: SATB  Solo(s): Soprano  Instrumentation: Unaccompanied  Performance Length: 3:00  Notation: Standard  Text Source: Caroline Mallonee  Language: English  Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Christmas, Winter, Holiday, Epiphany  Descriptive Terms: Christmas, Star, Wise Men, Gifts, Epiphany  First Performance: December 11, 2022 : San Francisco Choral Artists, Magen Solomon, St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 1111 O’Farrell Street, San Francisco, CA    Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 676/1704~2023-Q1)
The Kings They Came – Voicing: SATB  Instrumentation: Unaccompanied  Performance Length: 2:30  Notation: Standard  Text Source: Sara Teasdale  Language: English  Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Christmas  Descriptive Terms: Sweet, Clever, Majestic, Christmas  First Performance: December 03, 2022 : Vocalis Chamber Choir, James Burritt, Buffalo, NY    Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 676/1671~2022-Q4)
Like Softest Music – Voicing: SATB-SATB  Instrumentation: Unaccompanied  Performance Length: 4:15  Notation: Standard  Text Source: William Shakespeare  Language: English  Descriptive Terms: Contemplation, Love, Hope, Devotion, Shakespeare, Music  First Performance: October 24, 2021 : Vocalis Chamber Choir, James Burritt, Buffalo, NY    Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 676/1635~2022-Q2)
Snow Globe upon a Sill – Voicing: SATB  Instrumentation: Unaccompanied  Performance Length: 3:30  Notation: Standard  Text Source: Caroline Mallonee  Language: English  Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Winter, New Year  Descriptive Terms: Hope, New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Day, Winter, Snow, Christmas  First Performance: December 12, 2021 : Fairfax Choral Society, Thomas Colohan, McLean, VA    Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 676/1618~2022-Q1)
A Star for a Wish – Voicing: SATB  Instrumentation: Unaccompanied  Performance Length: 4:00  Notation: Standard  Text Source: Caroline Mallonee  Language: English  Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Winter Solstice  Descriptive Terms: Hope, Science, Solstice, Wish, Stars, Pandemic, Distance, Christmas  First Performance: December 03, 2021 : Vocalis Chamber Choir, James Burritt, Williamsville, NY    Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 676/1595~2021-Q4)
Look for Us Again – Voicing: SATB  Instrumentation: Unaccompanied  Performance Length: 4:00  Notation: Standard  Text Source: Carl Sandburg  Language: English  Descriptive Terms: Stars, Night, Writing, Hope  First Performance: March 11, 2017 : Baltimore Choral Arts Society, Leo Wanenchak, Kraushaar Auditorium, Goucher College, Baltimore, MD    Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 676/1525~2021-Q2)
Come to Me in Dreams – Voicing: SATB  Instrumentation: Unaccompanied  Performance Length: 6:00  Notation: Standard  Text Source: Christina Rossetti  Language: English  Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Memorial Services  Descriptive Terms: Death, Hope, Life, Love, Meditative, Sadness  First Performance: Jun 03, 2018: Vocalis Chamber Choir, James Burritt, St. John’s Grace Episcopal Church    Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 676/1166~2020-Q3)
Search – Voicing: SATB  Instrumentation: Unaccompanied  Performance Length: 7:00  Notation: Standard  Text Source: Caroline Mallonee  Language: English  Descriptive Terms: Clever, Fun, Technology, Whimsical, Wonder  First Performance: Apr 25, 2015: Young People’s Chorus of New York City, Francisco Nuñez, Subculture, New York, NY    Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 676/1080~2020-Q2)
Songs of Crystal – Voicing: SATB  Instrumentation: Unaccompanied  Performance Length: 9:00  Notation: Standard  Text Source: Sara Teasdale  Language: English  Descriptive Terms: Motherhood, Seasons, Sorrow, Sun, Thankful, Winter  First Performance: Jun 10, 2017: Vocalis Chamber Choir, James Burritt, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Buffalo, NY    Text SettingSource for Scores(P:E 676/932~2019-Q2)
Light through Windows – Voicing: SATB  Instrumentation: Unaccompanied  Performance Length: 3:15  Notation: Standard  Text Source: Caroline Mallonée  Language: English  Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Advent, Easter, Lent  Descriptive Terms: Church, Hope, Illumination, Light, Sacred  First Performance: Apr 07, 2018: Vox16, Markdavin Obenza, Trinity Parish Church, Seattle, WA    Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 676/916~2019-Q1)
O Gift of Glorious Sunrise – Voicing: SATB  Instrumentation: Unaccompanied  Performance Length: 3:30  Notation: Standard  Text Source: Caroline Mallonée  Language: English  Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Christmas  Descriptive Terms: Carol, Homophonic, Lyrical  First Performance: Dec 05, 2015: Vocalis Chamber Choir, James Burritt, Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Williamsville, NY    Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 676/898~2018-Q4)
I Saw a Peacock with a Fiery Tail – Voicing: SATB-SATB  Instrumentation: Unaccompanied  Performance Length: 3:30  Notation: Standard  Text Source: 17th Century  Language: English  Descriptive Terms: Birds, Clever, Fun, Joy, Riddle  First Performance: Apr 06, 2013: VocalEssence, Philip Brunelle, Sundin Music Hall, Hamline University, Saint Paul , MN    Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 676/853~2018-Q3)
O Lux – Voicing: SSAATTBB  Instrumentation: Unaccompanied  Performance Length: 2:45  Notation: Standard  Text Source: Liturgical Latin  Language: Latin  Seasonal/Liturgical Use: Christmas  Descriptive Terms: Canons, Latin, Lyrical, Transcendent, Uplifting  First Performance: Apr 10, 2010: Friends School of Baltimore Concert Chorale, Michael McVey, Friends School of Baltimore    Text SettingComposer’s NotesSource for Scores(P:E 676/677~2017-Q3)
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