WILLYN WHITING, COMPOSER
Framework (2020)
for orchestra 04'
1.picc.2.2.2 - 4.3.3.1 - timp.perc(1):t.bells - strings
PROGRAM NOTE
Framework consists of two layers of music: one which is slowly descending, the other ascending. in both layers voices gently enter and exit at different rates of speed, subtly changing the orchestra's color over a brief four minutes. Framework is also the first in a series of pieces for varying instrumentation which all focus on a dichotomy between chronometric and lived time.
PERFORMANCES
World Premiere
01.25.24 . 7:30pm CT . Winnipeg New Music Festival Composers Institute . Manitoba Centennial Concert Hall . Winnipeg, MB . CA
*Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Julian Pellicano*
With financial support from the WSO Canadian Voice Fund, the Williamson Foundation for Music and the Manitoba Arts Council
READING SESSIONS
11.30.22 . 2pm CDT . Composition Readings, Ensemble . Winspear Hall, College of Music, University of North Texas . 2100 N Interstate-35, Denton, TX . US
* University of North Texas Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Caleb Thompson*
AWARDS
2nd Place - SOCAN Foundation Young Canadian Composer Award 2023, Large Ensemble Category
PURCHASE SCORE
Framework - Canadian Music Centre (cmccanada.org)
Framework II (2021)
for fixed media 10'
1-screen video, 2/8-channel audio
PROGRAM NOTE
Framework II is composed of simple electronic sounds, created by waveguide opcodes in CSound and executed by a string of code. The piece is organized into nine overlapping sections of varying length which gradually fade in and out of view. Musical events are designed to unfold in a through-composed manner and with little structural hierarchy. It is the second in a series of works for varying instrumentation.
PERFORMANCES
01.30.24 . 5pm CST . Napoleon Electronic Media Festival . Black Box Theater, Doudna Fine Arts Center, Eastern Illinois University . Charleston, IL . US
European Premiere
10.29.23-10.30.23 . MANTIS Festival of Electroacoustic Music, Audiovisual Installation . Martin Harris Foyer, The University of Manchester . Bridgeford St . Manchester . UK
03.06.23–03.09.23 . 11am - 2:30pm CEST . Performing Media Festival 2023: IQ - Wall Installation . Indiana University South Bend, 1700 E Mishawaka Ave . South Bend, IN . US
11.20.21 . 2pm CDT . Audio Visual Frontiers: Virtual Exhibition . Hosted by The Department of Music at UC Riverside and UCR ARTS . URL
World Premiere
09.27.21 . 8pm CDT . Spectrum I . Merrill Ellis Intermedia Theater, College of Music, University of North Texas . 415 Ave C, Denton, TX . US
RELEASES
JTTP 2023 - Audio Works . Hosted by the Canadian Electroacoustic Community . Online at Sonus.ca
[https://jttp.sonus.ca/2023/submissions.html]