Caroline Mallonée (born 1975)
Caroline Mallonée studied composition at the Royal Conservatory of the Hague, earned a B.A. at Harvard, and an M.M. at the Yale School of Music. She is based in Buffalo, New York.
Caroline Mallonée has written music for choruses, orchestras, and various instrumental ensembles. Her series of works called String Tunes are for solo and ensemble string instruments that are retuned or tuned in just intonation. Her website states:
Caroline Mallonee’s music is inspired by scientific phenomena, visual art, and musical puzzles. At once systematic and intuitive in her compositional approach, she writes chamber and orchestral music that revels in the timbral palette available to the contemporary composer.
One of her most popular works is a string quartet called The Butterfly Effect, which uses retuned strings, just intonation, electronics (or off-stage ensemble), and rainsticks. There are several performances on YouTube, but this one at the Brooklyn performance venue National Sawdust features some introductory remarks by the composer.