Large Ensemble – Patricia Wallinga

Elementary

2016 | for symphony orchestra | 4’ With apologies to my extremely supportive parents, it is just barely an exaggeration to say that I was raised by the symphony orchestra. As a teenager, I spent[…]

2014 | for SATB choir and Nordic fiddle | 3’ Brooms of Steel is a strophic adaptation of an Emily Dickinson poem that illustrates and celebrates the harsh stillness of winter. I’ve long admired Dickinson’s[…]

Portraits of Wartime

2013 | for SATB choir w/divisi, SATB incidental soloists, and violoncello | 7’ The 21st century is a fascinating and terrifying time to be a young adult. The world is more interconnected— and more fraught[…]