“Her music displays a clarity of thought with imaginative and dynamic textures, carried by a musicality that encompasses a range of moods, from mystical to humorous”
New Zealand-native, Los Angeles-based composer Linda Dallimore writes music for orchestras, chamber ensembles and films. Her work features jagged melodies, colorful timbres, groove-driven rhythms, repetitive structures and assemblage, weaving narratives rooted in psychological processes as well as sociological, cultural, and environmental concerns. Linda’s music emerges from introspection and empathy, drawing on an awareness of cognition and psychology as catalysts for musical ideas.
Linda is completing a doctorate of musical arts in composition at USC, and currently serves on the music theory faculty at the Colburn School and with the LA Phil’s Composer Fellowship Program for young composers.
Music
Tête-à-tête - a miniature piano piece commissioned by the piano duo HOCKET
Ascension for viola and alto flute - commissioned and performed by Ensemble Klangrauschen. Supported by Creative New Zealand
Self Portrait - for piano trio. Commissioned and performed by the New Zealand Trio
Honegger’s Wife for orchestra - performed by the USC Thornton Symphony under Donald Crockett
“Musical sustenance and form... peaking with a bold progression of implacably shifting harmonies”