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Composers Bureau
Joelle Wallach
Biography
 Joelle Wallach composes music for orchestra, chamber ensembles, choruses and solo voice. Her String Quartet 1995 was the American Composers Alliance nominee for the 1997 Pulitzer Prize in Music. The New York Philharmonic Ensembles premiered her octet, From the Forest of Chimneys, written to celebrate their 10th anniversary; and the New York Choral Society commissioned her secular oratorio, Toward a Time of Renewal, for 200 voices and orchestra to commemorate their 35th Anniversary Season in Carnegie Hall. As early as 1980 her choral work, On the Beach at Night Alone, won first prize in the Inter-American Music Awards.
Wallach grew up in Morocco, but makes her home in New York City, where she was born. Her early training in piano, voice, theory, bassoon and violin included study at the Juilliard Preparatory Division, and she earned bachelors and masters degrees at Sarah Lawrence College and Columbia University respectively. In 1984 the Manhattan School of Music, where she studied with John Corigliano, granted her its first doctorate in composition.
For more information, to hear samples of Wallach's music, and to get a glimpse of her work in progress, visit her website: www.joellewallach.com - and sign her guestbook.
Compositions
Premieres
- September 11, 2002 - The Firefighter's Prayer. An All-American program in honor of the heroes of September 11. Provincetown Arts Association; Provincetown, Cape Cod, MA. Blair Resika, mezzo-soprano and Elizabeth Rogers, piano.
- October 19, 2002 at 8 PM - In Memory the Heart Still Sings. John Harms Performing Arts Center, Englewood, NJ. Andrew Lamy, clarinet, and the Wayne Chamber Orchestra.
Upcoming Performances
- October 23, 2002 at 8 PM - Voices of the Iron Harp. Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY. Jeffrey Jacob, piano.
- September 15, November 24, 2002 and January 19, 2003 at 3 PM - String Quartet (1995). The Mid-Atlantic Chamber Music Festival, Wilmington, Delaware.
- November 17, 2002 - Glancing Below. Octet for strings, percussion, piano and saxophones. New Directions Concert Series of the Bakersfield Symphony. Olive Drive Church, Bakersfield, CA. Howard Quilling, Music Director.
- March 1, 2003 at 8 PM - The Firefighter's Prayer for baritone and strings. Gold Coast Chamber Players' Festival - "American Program', Lafayette, CA.
- April 10, 13, 14, 2003 - String Quartet (1995). The Ives Quartet (formerly The Stanford Quartet). Gold Coast Chamber Players' Festival. Lafayette, CA and San Francisco, CA.
Current Commissions
- String Trio - based on Chinese melodies for the Jade String Trio.
- String Quartet #3 - Arizona Friends of Chamber Music for the Muir Quartet.
- From the Almanac of Last Things - commissioned by Paul Sperry for The Joy Of Singing Milenial Concert.
- Trio for clarinet, violin and piano - commissioned by The American Chamber Ensemble; Naomi Drucker/Blanche Abram, Directors
Recordings
- (Spring 2003): Voices of the Iron Harp, Jeffrey Jacob, piano.
- Shadow, Sighs and Songs of Longing: Music for Strings, including: String Quartet (1986); String Quartet (1995); String Quartet (1999); and Shadow, Sighs and Songs of Longing, a concerto for cello and orchestra featuring the Meridian Quartet and the National Slovak Radio Orchestra, Joel Suben conductor and Robert DeMaine, cello soloist.
"A worthy collection" wrote Moore in the November 2001 American Record Guide, "The music is emotional and dramatically cogent....Shadows, Sighs, and Songs of Longing is a 16-minute cello concerto of much warmth and lyricism." Joelle Wallach is "a composer of considerable charm and serious intent." Capstone Records (CPS-8689)
- The Tiger's Tail - Polish Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra, Szymon Kawalla, conducting - Vienna Modern Masters, "Music from Six Continents" Series, CD #3003
- Mourning Madrigals - Frederick Urrey, tenor; Karen Bernbaum, soprano; Charla Abraham, flute; Andre Tarantiles, harp - Society of Composers CD Series, CD #3
- Selected Choral Works - Manhattan Vocal Ensemble - Opus One, Record #122
- Three Spanish Songs: Gemido de la Guitarra, Sonando Suenos de Tango, Los Ojos - Opus One Record #84
- Of Honey and of Vinegar - Isabelle Ganz, mezzo-soprano; Christopher Vasilliades and David Levi, pianos - Opus One, Record #127
- Organal Voices - William Trigg, vibraphone; Gines Didier-Cano, bassoon - CRS Records, #8635
Publishers
Further Information
For further information about Joelle Wallach, please visit her website at www.joellewallach.com
Contact Information
Telephone: 212-662-6134
E-mail: writetome@joellewallach.com
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