WILLYN WHITING, COMPOSER
COMPOSITIONS
FIXED MEDIA
2023 . Only Text for text-to-speech software 05'
1-screen video, n-channel audio
2021 . Framework II for fixed media 10'
1-screen video, 2/8-channel audio
2020 . for Dancer and Projection for fixed media 03'
2-channel audio
2020 . Finalist GroundSwell Emerging Composer Competition
2020 . Four Studies for player piano 05'
midi files for Yamaha Disklavier
or 1-screen video, 2-channel audio
WITH ELECTRONICS
2023 . CHIRP for piccolo and electronics 08'
2/4-channel audio
2023 . World Premiere by Robin Meiksins
2023 . 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 . Pastorale for viola and electronics 06'
2-channel audio
2022 . European Premiere by Roberta Michelini
2022 . WP by Elsie Bae Han
2022 . Framework IV for clarinet and electronics 08'
2/4/8-channel audio
2022 . WP by Brooke Miller
2021 . for Amanda for clarinet and electronics 03'
2-channel audio
2021 . WP by Amanda Forest
2020 . 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
SOLO
2023 . SET for Korg Monotron Delay 08'
2023 . WP by the composer
2022 . Graspings for cello 01'
2022 . WP by Colin Stokes
2022 . Past Waves for accordion 01'
2023 . WP by Stas Venglevski
2021 . WP by Pak Hei (Alvin) Leung
2021 . Décor for toy piano 07'
2021 . WP by Pak Hei (Alvin) Leung
2023 . WP by David Bohn
2021 . Framework III for harp 05'
2021 . WP by Raquel Coleman
2020 . Albumblatt for percussion 06'
two pieces of paper
2023 . WP by Benjamin Damann
2020 . Sugar Rush for flute 03'
2020 . WP by Tyler Shropshire
2020 . for Andrew for electric guitar 01'
2020 . WP by Andrew Noseworthy
2020 . Whorls for bass flute 05'
2020 . WP by Anne Maker
2019 . um, ut, ur, ug for piano 08'
2023 . Texas Premiere by Pak Hei (Alvin) Leung
2020 . WP by John Kosch
2018 . Magenta Variations for clarinet 09'
2019 . WP by Amanda Forest
2017 . Insect Suite for piano 08'
2023 . WP by Qingdongfang (Nicole) Ying
2017 . Vice Versa for vibraphone 01'
2017 . Ontario Premiere by Sarek Gutierrez
2017 . WP by David Brongo
CHAMBER/VOCAL
2022 . 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)
2021 . Fabric for sax quartet 08'
soprano, alto, tenor, baritone
2023 . Read by the Pyxis Saxophone Quartet at the University of North Texas
2021 . 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
2021 . 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
2019 . Two Pieces for string quartet 08'
2022 . WP by the Del Sol String Quartet (Hyeyung Sol Yoon, Benjamin Kreith, Charlton Lee, and Kathryn Bates)
2019 . 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
2018 . Surfaces for violin duo 04'
2022 . American Premiere by Mia Detwiler and Amy Wang-Hiller
2018 . WP by the Vaso String Quartet (Aysel Taghi-Zada and Hua-chu Huang)
2018 . 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
2018 . 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
2018 . Study on Four Frequencies (2018) for viola and singing bowl 02'
2018 . Read by Stephanie Bozzini and Alexandre Lavoie
2018 . Masstones for string quartet 09'
2018 . WP by the Bozzini Quartet (Clemens Merkel, Alissa Cheung, Stéphanie Bozzini and Isabelle Bozzini)
2018 . 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 . Chroma for ensemble 05'
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
ORCHESTRAL
2020 . Framework for orchestra 04'
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
2020 . 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
2, 2, 2, 2 - 4, 2, 2, 1 - timpani - strings
2023 . WP by the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, directed by Taichi Fukumura
OPEN INSTRUMENTATION
2021 . Seven Counting Pieces for variable instrumentation var
2022 . Read by Henry McPherson, Colin Frank and the Noisebringers
2019 . Gaudy for four musicians 06'
2023 . WP by the University of Chicago New Music Ensemble, directed by Paul Novak
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]