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Bonnie Whiting performs, commissions, and composes new experimental music for percussion. She seeks projects involving speaking percussionist, non-traditional notation, improvisation, and interdisciplinary performance. Her debut album features original solo-simultaneous realizations of John Cage's works. Recent highlights include performances in multimedia chamber opera and collaborations with notable composers. Whiting's projects have been featured on NPR and other outlets. She has a long-standing relationship as a soloist with the National Orchestra of Turkmenistan, performing concerti in Ashgabat. Whiting has designed unique interdisciplinary work and received a Mellon Creative Fellowship. She is the Co-Artistic Director of the Seattle Modern Orchestra and has collaborated extensively with leading new music groups. Whiting has been an Associate Professor of Music at the University of Washington since 2016, where she teaches percussion studies and directs the Percussion Ensemble.
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