Women Composers - Katherine Balch

Katherine Balch

USA | *1991

The music of composer Katherine Balch captures the magic of everyday sounds, inviting audiences into a sonic world characterized by imagination, discovery, and a rich diversity of styles. Katherine is often inspired by literature, nature, and science, aptly reflected in the San Francisco Chronicle’s description of her as ‘some kind of musical Thomas Edison – you can just hear her tinkering around in her workshop, putting together new sounds and textural ideas.’ Her facility in elevating ordinary sounds through large-scale orchestration and dramatic narrative arcs has led to commissions and performances by ensembles around the world.

Katherine Balch

by Ted Moore

these intervals matter

for soprano, crystal glasses, and gravel (2020) · 6’ Text by E.M. Forster (Eng.)

Artifacts

Concerto for violin and orchestra (2019) · 25’

drip music

for string quartet (2019) · 9’

Chamber Music

for orchestra (2018) · 12’

Leaf Fabric

for orchestra (2017) · 15’