WILLYN WHITING, COMPOSER
COMPOSITIONS
2023
CHIRP for piccolo and electronics 08'
2/4-channel audio
2023 . World Premiere by Robin Meiksins
Only Text for text-to-speech software 05'
1-screen video, n-channel audio
SET for Korg Monotron Delay 08'
2023 . WP by the composer
HOWL for viola, baritone saxophone and fixed media 34'
2/4-channel audio
2023 . WP by RE: Duo (Wilson Poffenberger and Elsie Bae Han)
2022
2022 . WP by Colin Stokes
Lucid Dream for mezzo-soprano, soprano saxophone and piano 03'
2022 . WP by Trio Odelya (Manon Blanc-Delsalle, Mari Ángeles del Valle Casado, and Vittoria Quartararo)
2023 . WP by Stas Venglevski
Pastorale for viola and electronics 06'
2-channel audio
European Premiere by Roberta Michelini
2022 . WP by Elsie Bae Han
Framework IV for clarinet and electronics 08'
2/4/8-channel audio
2022 . WP by Brooke Miller
2021
soprano, alto, tenor, baritone
2023 . Read by the Pyxis Saxophone Quartet at the University of North Texas
2021 . WP by Pak Hei (Alvin) Leung
Seven Counting Pieces for variable instrumentation var
2022 . Read by Henry McPherson, Colin Frank and the Noisebringers
2021 . WP by Pak Hei (Alvin) Leung
2023 . WP by David Bohn
If I Told Him for four voices 07'
soprano, alto, tenor, bass
2021 . WP by Sarah Richards, Kristina Boerger, Thom Baker, and Russell Henry Holbert
Framework II for fixed media 10'
1-screen video, 2/8-channel audio
for Amanda for clarinet and electronics 03'
2-channel audio
2021 . WP by Amanda Forest
2021 . WP by Raquel Coleman
The Machine Stops for flute, piano and video conferencing platform 09'
2022 . Read by Sara Constant and Wesley Shen in partnership with the Canadian Composers Orchestra
2020
two pieces of paper
2023 . WP by Benjamin Damann
White Sky Over the Lake (2020) for percussion and electronics var
mallet percussion and/or keyboard instrument(s), 2-channel audio, generative score
2023 . Kansas State Premiere by Scott Deal
2021 . WP by West Fox
for Dancer and Projection for fixed media 03'
2-channel audio
2020 . Finalist GroundSwell Emerging Composer Competition
2020 . WP by Tyler Shropshire
for Andrew for electric guitar 01'
2020 . WP by Andrew Noseworthy
Four Studies for player piano 05'
midi files for Yamaha Disklavier
or 1-screen video, 2-channel audio
2020 . WP by Anne Maker
2(2=piccolo), 2, 2, 2 - 4, 3, 3, 1 - timpani, tubular bells - strings
2024 . WP by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
2024 . 2nd Place SOCAN Foundation Young Composer's Award, Large Ensemble Category
um, ut, ur, ug for orchestra 08'
3(3=piccolo), 3(3=english horn), 3(3=bass), 3(3=contra) - 4, 3, 3(3=bass), 1 - timpani, 3 percussion, harp, piano - strings
2021 . Read by the University of North Texas Symphony Orchestra
2019
2023 . Texas Premiere by Pak Hei (Alvin) Leung
2020 . WP by John Kosch
Two Pieces for string quartet 08'
2022 . WP by the Del Sol String Quartet (Hyeyung Sol Yoon, Benjamin Kreith, Charlton Lee, and Kathryn Bates)
Fuchsine for clarinet and ensemble 06'
solo clarinet, flute, alto flute, glockenspiel, violin, viola, cello, bass
2019 . Read by the NOVA Ensemble at the University of North Texas
2023 . WP by the University of Chicago New Music Ensemble, directed by Paul Novak
2, 2, 2, 2 - 4, 2, 2, 1 - timpani - strings
2023 . WP by the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, directed by Taichi Fukumura
2018
2022 . American Premiere by Mia Detwiler and Amy Wang-Hiller
2018 . WP by the Vaso String Quartet (Aysel Taghi-Zada and Hua-chu Huang)
Magenta Variations for clarinet 09'
2019 . WP by Amanda Forest
Fade for cello and ensemble 05'
solo cello, flute, clarinet, glockenspiel, piano, violin, cello
2018 . WP by Hanna Rumora and the Orford Academy Contemporary Music Ensemble 2018, directed by Véronique Lacroix
Autumn for soprano and ensemble 08'
solo soprano, flute/piccolo, clarinet, soprano saxophone, singing bowl, violin, viola
2018 . WP by Susan Dworkin and Ensemble Atlantica, directed by Baptiste Boiron
Study on Four Frequencies (2018) for viola and singing bowl 02'
2018 . Read by Stephanie Bozzini and Alexandre Lavoie
Masstones for string quartet 09'
2018 . WP by the Bozzini Quartet (Clemens Merkel, Alissa Cheung, Stéphanie Bozzini and Isabelle Bozzini)
Six Blake Songs for soprano and ensemble 21'
solo soprano, flute/piccolo, clarinet/bass clarinet, alto saxophone/tenor saxophone, violin, viola
2018 . WP by Susan Dworkin and Ensemble Atlantica, directed by Baptiste Boiron
2017
2023 . WP by Qingdongfang (Nicole) Ying
2017 . Ontario Premiere by Sarek Gutierrez
2017 . WP by David Brongo
flute/alto flute, glockenspiel/vibraphone/tubular bells, piano, violin, cello
2017 . WP by the Orford Academy Contemporary Music Ensemble 2017, directed by Véronique Lacroix
2016
Mnemosyne for clarinet, violin and piano 08'
2017 . WP by Amanda Forest, Madeline Speller and Olena Bratishko
PUBLICATIONS
Whiting, Willyn. "Metaphor and Mimesis in an Animal Soundscape." PhD diss., University of North Texas, 2023. [URL]
Whiting, Willyn. "Six Bake Songs." Master's thesis, The University of Western Ontario, 2018. [URL]