William Winant


William Winant is an American percussionist.
In addition to his work in contemporary classical music—notably performing Lou Harrison's compositions—Winant has worked in a variety of genres, including noise rock, free improvisation and jazz. Notable collaborators include Glenn Spearman, Thurston Moore, Sonic Youth, Mr. Bungle, Secret Chiefs 3, Mondo Cane and Oingo Boingo. A member of the Abel-Steinberg-Winant Trio, he has also frequently collaborated with John Zorn. He received a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists award.
Winant attended the California Institute of the Arts for a couple of years before dropping out to go tour with Oingo Boingo. He later received an undergraduate degree from York University before pursuing graduate work at Mills College in Oakland, California, where he is currently a faculty member. He also gives percussion lessons and teaches the percussion ensemble at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Films

Productions under the direction of Winant
As equal member of groups and projects
  • White Out – China Is Near
  • Gratkowski / Brown / Winant – Wake
  • Gratkowski / Brown / Winant and Gerhard E. Winkler – Vermilion Traces / Donaueschingen 2009
With Chris Brown
  • Room with Larry Ochs
  • Lava
  • Duets, Winant only on "Duo"
  • Rouge Wave
  • Iconicities
With John Cage, Joan LaBarbara
With Alvin Curran
  • Theme Park
With Danny Elfman
  • Batman Returns
With Fred Frith
With Lou Harrison
  • Double Concerto
  • First Recordings, Solstice, and Ariadne
  • 3rd Symphony with Dennis Russell Davies, Cabrillo Festival Orchestra
With Jon Hassell
  • Vernal Equinox
With Joan Jeanrenaud
  • Strange Toys
With Alvin Lucier
  • Still and Moving Lines of Silence in Families of Hyperbolas Part II Numbers 5-8
With Roscoe Mitchell
With Thurston Moore and Tom Surgal
With Mr. Bungle
With Mike Patton
With Secret Chiefs 3
  • Zulfikar II
  • Hurqala: 2nd Grand Constitution & Bylaws
  • Book M
  • Path of Most Resistance
With Glenn Spearman
  • Mystery Project
  • Smokehouse
  • The Fields
  • Blues for Falasha
With David Tanenbaum
  • Lou Harrison – Serenado
  • Terry Riley – Book of Abbeyozzud
With James Tenney
With John Zorn
  • Elegy
  • Kristallnacht
  • Music for Children
  • Xu Feng
  • Chimeras
  • Rituals
  • From Silence to Sorcery
  • Music and Its Double
  • ''Fragmentations, Prayers and Interjections''

    Viewing

  • performed by members of the William Winant Percussion Group.
Category:1953 births
Category:Living people
Category:American percussionists
Category:American contemporary classical music performers
Category:RogueArt artists