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Perishable Structures / Bonnie Whiting
New Focus Recordings

Perishable Structures / Bonnie Whiting

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Details

Composer
VARIOUS
Artist
Bonnie Whiting
Format
CD
Label
New Focus Recordings
Released
Aug 21, 2020
Catalog #
FCR259
UPC
655646189673

About

Percussionist and composer Bonnie Whiting's "Perishable Structures" places works for speaking percussionist within a context of storytelling. Through works by Rzewski, Globokar, Parenti, Logan-Greene, and Whiting herself, the album investigates the intertwined relationship between spoken and musical narrative and the unique role that percussion plays in this repertoire. Bonnie Whiting performs, commissions, and composes new experimental music for percussion. She seeks out projects involving non-traditional notation, interdisciplinary performance, improvisation, and the speaking percussionist. She has presented solo and small ensemble shows at The Stone in New York, the Brackish Series in Brooklyn, The Lilypad in Boston, The New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, at Hallwalls in Buffalo, the Tiny Park Gallery in Austin, The Wulf in LA, the Carl Solway Gallery in Cincinnati, The Grove Haus in Indianapolis, on the Wayward Music Series in Seattle, on tour throughout New Zealand, and at colleges and universities around the country. Her debut solo album, featuring an original solo-simultaneous realization of John Cage’s 45’ for a speaker and 27’10.554” for a percussionist, was released by Mode Records in April of 2017.

Tracklist 5 tracks

  1. 1 … perishable structures that would be social events: IV. Varèse 03:37
    Track
    1
    Title
    … perishable structures that would be social events: IV. Varèse
    Duration
    03:37
    Composer
    Bonnie Whiting
    Performer
    Bonnie Whiting
  2. 2 To the Earth 10:00
    Track
    2
    Title
    To the Earth
    Duration
    10:00
    Composer
    Frederic Rzewski
    Performer
    Bonnie Whiting
  3. 3 Toucher 09:33
    Track
    3
    Title
    Toucher
    Duration
    09:33
    Composer
    Vinko Globokar
    Performer
    Bonnie Whiting
  4. 4 Your Thoughts While Listening 08:37
    Track
    4
    Title
    Your Thoughts While Listening
    Duration
    08:37
    Composer
    Richard Logan-Greene
    Performer
    Bonnie Whiting
  5. 5 Exercise for Hands Right, Left and Deserted Mouth: No. 4 Speaking Percussionist and Ditties 08:30
    Track
    5
    Title
    Exercise for Hands Right, Left and Deserted Mouth: No. 4 Speaking Percussionist and Ditties
    Duration
    08:30
    Composer
    Susan Parenti
    Performer
    Bonnie Whiting