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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 . Process   for celesta    03

2021 . WP by Pak Hei (Alvin) Leung

2021 . Décor   for toy piano    07'

2021 . WP by Pak Hei (Alvin) Leung

2021 . Puck    for toy piano    01'

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

2019 . SLEW   for orchestra    07'

             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]

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