Errollyn Wallen

Composer Errollyn Wallen has an eclectic style rooted in popular song but not classifiable as crossover. Many of her works are oriented toward the voice, but she has also composed in many traditional classical genres. Wallen was born April 10, 1958, in Belize City, then part of the colony of British Honduras. Her brother is jazz trumpeter Byron Wallen. When Errollyn was two, her family moved to London. Errollyn's parents moved on to New York, where Errollyn studied at the Dance Theater of Harlem, but she was mostly raised in England by an aunt and uncle. Wallen attended Golds...