News & Performances
2023
January 21, 2023 Live Musical Performances by Ikue Mori, William Winant, Valentina Magaletti, and NOMON at The Lab
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2022
THE STONE RESIDENCIES
WILLIAM WINANT
DEC 7–10
Premier percussionist William Winant makes a rare visit to The Stone from San Francisco to perform with some of his most illustrious musical compatriots! Four nights of unforgettable improvised trio music by one of the world's most accomplished percussionists. NOT TO BE MISSED!!!
12/7 Wednesday 8:30 pm TRIO 1 Ikue Mori (electronics) Zeena Parkins (harps, keyboards) William Winant (percussion)
12/8 Thursday 8:30 pm TRIO 2 Thurston Moore (guitar) Tom Surgal (drums) William Winant (percussion)
12/9 Friday 8:30 pm TRIO 3 Ava Mendoza (guitar) Ches Smith (drums) William Winant (percussion)
12/10 Saturday 8:30 pm TRIO 4 Shayna Dunkelman (percussion) Nava Dunkelman (percussion) William Winant (percussion)
The world premiere of John Schott's "Three Singles" featuring John Schott on Electric Guitar, and the William Winant Percussion Group. The Taube Atrium Theater San Francisco October 9, 2022.
Nicole Mitchell Concert featuring the bay area premiere of her "Cult of Electromagnetic Connectivity" (2020), February 5, at Mills College.
MUSIC IN THE FAULT ZONE/EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC AT MILLS COLLEGE: 6 SHOWS
1. Concert with Roscoe Mitchell, including the world premiere of "Sustain and Run for Orchestra and Solo Improvisors. Mills College April 21st.
2. In concert with Alvin Curran (shofar/piano/electronics), with Zeena Parkins, and William Winant, playing his piece "End Zone" Mills College, April 22nd.
3. Trio with David Rosenboom, and James Fei, playing Anthony Braxton's Composition 107, Mills College April 22nd.
4.Duo with Joelle Leandre Mills College Concert Hall, April 23rd.
5. "ViewFinder" (2002) by David Behrman, with John Bischoff, Zeena Parkins, and William Winant. Mills College, April 24th.
6. The William Winant Percussion Group playing music by John Cage, Lou Harrison, and Steed Cowart. Mills College, April 24th.
April in Santa Cruz Festival, featuring The UCSC Percussion Ensemble, playing music of Jon Gibson, Daniel Goode, & John Cage + New Works by Rodrigo Barriga, & Jinwei Sun. April 29, Music Center Santa Cruz.
Concert with Pamela Z, THE RIO THEATER, Santa Cruz May 14.
2021
OTHER MINDS FESTIVAL 25 Trio with IkueMori/Zeena Parkins/William Winant. October 14,2021 TAUBE ATRIUM THEATER, SAN FRANCISCO.
Duo with Fred Frith, playing his composition "Stick Figures" for 6 electric guitars. November 6, 2021 Caroline H. Concert Hall, SF Conservatory of Music.
Darius Milhaud Concert featuring William Winant play 4 solos written for him by Roscoe Mitchell, Lou Harrison, Alvin Curran, and Chris Brown. Littlefield Concert Hall, Mills College. September 24, 2021.
2020
In concert with composer Du Yun, Littlefield Concert Hall, Mills College 2/1/2020.
Duo with AlvinCurran, playing "SHOFAR" House Concert Berkeley 3/7/2020.
Quartet with Fred Frith/Nava Dunkelman/Jacob Pek/WW Pro-Arts Gallery 2/30/2020.
2019
OUTSOUND NEW MUSIC SUMMIT Duo with Zachary James Watkins. Community Music Center SF, 7/26/2019.
The TANK Center for Sonic Arts "2019 SOLSTICE FESTIVAL' Rangely, Colorado. Solo concert in a seven-story 1940's corten steel water tank, with an internal resonance longer and richer than the Taj Mahal's. 6/22/2019.
World Premiere of Myra Melford's "Homogenous Infiltration" (2019), with the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players. SF JAZZ CENTER 5/11/2019.
The UCSC Percussion Ensemble playing classic percussion music by Edgard Varese, Jon Gibson, and James Tenney's "Road to Ubud" for Sudanese Gamelan and retuned prepared piano (1986). Music Center UCSC 4/26/2019.
Concert with Roscoe Mitchell "2019 ARTISTS STUDIO" PARK AVENUE ARMORY, NYC "BELLS FOR NEW ORLEANS" for Solo Bells / "Card, In The Faces Of Roses" 3/6/2019.
EXPERIMENTAL SOUND STUDIO/Chicago Solo Concert/Lecture Hosted by Tim Daisy. 5/19/2019.
"My Father's Grocery Store (2004) by David Behrman. w/Zeena Parkins/David Behrman/David Bernstein/William Winant. Mills College 2/16/2016.
2018
"A Celebration Of Oddball Films With Marc Capelle's Red Room Orchestra", featuring Ben Goldberg, Yuka C. Honda, Dina Maccabee, Larry Mullins, Todd Roper, Allyson Baker, Devin Hoff. San Francisco International Film Festival Castro Theater, SF 4/9/2018
WILLIAM WINANT Directing JOHN ZORN'S "COBRA" w/ The San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, and Students from the SF Conservatory of Music. January 19, 2018.
"A BALLAD FOR ETEL ADNAN" w/WILLIAM WINANT and ZEENA PARKINS. The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. September 20, 2018.
West Coast Premiere of Ash Fure's "Shiver Lung"
For Soloist and sub woofers. Mills College, January 19, 2018.
2017
New Music Works Lou Harrison Centennial Celebration featuring the William Winant Percussion Group playing Lou Harrison's "Organ Concerto" Sunday 3pm - May 14th 2017 Peace United Church of Christ Santa Cruz.
Other Minds Festival 22 "Just 100: Homage to Lou Harrison". Gamelan Masterpieces featuring the William Winant Percussion Group playing Lou's "La Koro Sutro" and "Suite for Violin and American Gamelan" May 20th, 2017@Mission Dolores Basilica San Francisco.
2016
Recipient of "Grants to Artists" award from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts in the field of music/sound. William Winant received a $40,000. grant in recognition of his lifetime work as a new music percussionist.
The William Winant Percussion Group premieres 6 new percussion works by composers from the University of Virginia, Matthew Burtner, Christopher Luna, and Sophia Shen, Rachel Devorah Trapp, Kristina Warren, Calder Hannan. Mills College February 6 2016.
John Zorn: "Music for Agnes Martin" December 1 and 2, 2016 7pm Guggenheim Museum NYC. Featuring the world premiere of a new work "Praise" (2016) for Harp, Percussion, and live Electronics.
World Premiere of a new work for string quartet and percussion by Hi-Kyung Kim "Isles of Light" (2013) with the Borromeo String Quartet, and William Winant. San Francisco International Arts Festival June 3, 2016 Fort Mason Center for the Arts & Culture.
April 8, The 80th birthday concert of Daniel Goode. April in Santa Cruz Festival, featuring William Winant directing the UC Santa Cruz Percussion Ensemble in the world premier of Dan Goode’s “Two-One” (2015) for electric guitar, piano and percussion ensemble.
March 16/18 “Le Noir de L’ Etoile” (1989-90) for 6 percussions by Gerard Grisey. The San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, directed by Steve Schick. @Z-Space San Francisco.
March 5, Thomas Buckner Baritone in the bay area premier of “Henry David Thoreau’s Civil Disobedience, 1849, Six Ideas” by Wadada Leo Smith. St. John’s Presbyterian Church, Berkeley.
February 20, US Premier of “TLAPITZALLI 2” for flute and percussion, by Hilda Paredes. Mills College Concert Hall.
2015
December 5, BESTIA FESTIVAL, Mexico City, William Winant special guest w/SECRET CHIEFS 3, John Zorn Masada Marathon.
November 21, The Music of Zeena Parkins@The Stone, New York City. Featuring Maggie Parkins, Sara Parkins, and William Winant.
November 5 and 7, Mills College Student Union, The Hearst Mining Building UC Berekeley. Music of sound artist Tarek Atoui. Featuring the William Winant Percussion Group.
November 8, William Winant Percussion Group@The Exploratorium San Francisco. Playing music by Luc Ferrari, Christian Wolff, Pauline Oliveros, and Barney Childs.
October 20, The San Francisco Music Players (w/William Winant principal percussionist), playing the bay area premier of Gerard Grisey’s “Quatre chants pour franchir le suiel” Alice Teyssier guest soloist. SF Conservatory of Music.
September 26/27 In concert with Roscoe Mitchell @ The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Featuring William Winant, Tyshawn Sorey, Craig Taborn, Tani Tabal, James Fei, Hugh Ragin, Jaribu Shaid, and Kikanju Baku.
October 9, Australian National Academy of Music-ANAM Hall, Melbourne. “Wild Percussion” a night of John Zorn’s percussion musc, + COBRA. Featuring William Winant soloist/promter, and in concert with the students of ANAM. Part of a week long residency at the conservatory which involved lectures, master classes, coaching, and final concert.
May 22,@ The New Whitney Museum of American Art in NYC, William Winant playing “Zones of Influence” (1984-85) by David Rosenboom. A 5 movement, 90 minute work for percussionist with live electronics, composed specifically for Winant.
May 2, ZORN @ The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, William Winant playing John Zorn’s solo “Gri-Gri” for 13 tuned drums, and “Dark River” for 4 bass drums.
April 26, Terry Riley 80th birthday concert in Nevada City, featuring Terry Riley, Gyan Riley, Tracy Silverman, and William Winant.
January 25, the world premier of a new work “Quatrain: Slow Portraits iii (2014) by Du Yun. Cal-Performances UC Berekeley.
2014
Nominated for a Grammy in 2014 for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance for his recording of "The 10,000 Things" by John Cage. Micro Fest Records.
WILLIAM WINANT and JOAN JEANRENAUD DUO in concert at Mills College, playing pieces written for them by Alvin Curran, Lou Harrison, Fred Frith, Steed Cowart, and Joan Jeanrenaud. January 25, 2014.
TRIO with GEORGE LEWIS/ROSCOE MITCHELL/WILLIAM WINANT @ Mills College March 22, 2014 8pm. Also on program William Winant performing in the world premier of "Foreword" for chamber ensemble (2014), by George Lewis.
WILLIAM WINANT/ALVIN CURRAN performing pieces from Alvin Curran's recently published "FAKE BOOK"@The Center for New Music in San Francisco, March 28, 2014.
WILLIAM WINANT in residence at the Academy of Music in Basil, Switzerland April 28 through May 2. Running workshops on the game pieces of John Zorn.
The WILLIAM WINANT PERCUSSION GROUP with NEW KEYS in the World Premier of a new work by Jonathan Russell "Cascading Resonance" (2014) for 5 Pianos and 5 Percussionists. May 8, 2014 at the Piedmont Piano Company, Oakland.
WILLIAM WINANT on tour with FRED FRITH'S "GRAVITY" playing Victoriaville Festival May 15-18, Quebec Canada. Moers Festival June 9, Germany.
The WILLIAM WINANT PERCUSSION GROUP performing the music of John Cage and Steve Reich for New Music Works in Santa Cruz CA September 5, 2014.
2013
William Winant in concert with Roscoe Mitchell and James Fei, performing Roscoe Mitchell’s new trio “Angel City” at the Exploratorium in San Francisco December 12.
The William Winant Percussion Group performing John Cage’s “Fads and Fancies in the Academy” 1941 @ the Mills College Art Museum December 2.
William Winant performing a world premiere of a new work for solo percussion by Makiko Nishikazi Mills College Oakland California November 2.
ZORN at 60 Miller Theater 25th Anniversary Season Opening Night Part 1: Orchestra David Fulmer conductor. All-Star Orchestra with William Winant percussionist playing in the US Premiere of “Suppots et Supplications” (2012), as well as Zorn’s “Orchestral Variations” (1996). Miller Theater September 25, 8:00PM.
ZORN at 60 Part 3: Game Pieces Miller Theater September 27th. William Winant in concert with George Lewis/Mike Patton/John Zorn/Joey Barron/Mark Ribot/Brian Nash/Ikue Mori/Sylvie Courvosier/Trevor Dunn/Cyro Baptista/Ches Smith/Madeski/Kenny Wollesen performing COBRA (1984), HOCKEY (1978), LACROSSE (1976), and Xu Feng (1985).
ZORN at the MET Saturday September 28, 2013. Featuring William Winant performing Zorn’s monumental solo work “Gri-Gri” for 13 tuned drums, as well as “Dark River” for 4 bass drums with Alex Lipowski in the Melanesia Gallery of the MET in NYC!
William Winant in performance with Fred Frith’s “Gravity” @ Roulette in Brooklyn NY, September 19th and 20th.
Gratkowski/Brown/Winant/Wessel in concert @ CNMAT @ UC Berkeley, August 15.
William Winant Percussion Group in concert @ the Berkeley Art Museum, performing works by Alvin Lucier, James Tenney, and Pauline Oliveros August 2nd.
William Winant/Mike Patton/Scott Amendola/Matthias Bossi performing live music to the film “WAXWORKS” by director Paul Leni. The 56 San Francisco Film Festival@ The Castro Theater May 7th.
OTHER MINDS FESTIVAL 18 presents THE WILLIAM WILLIAM PERCUSSION GROUP and AMY X NEUBERG in the world premiere of a new work by Aaron Gervais "Work Around the World" (2012) for voice/electronics and 4 percussionists. March 2nd 2013 @ Jewish Community Center for the Arts, San Francisco.
William Winant in the world premiere of Mark Applebaum's "Rabbit Hole" (2012) with the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players. February 25, 2013 Herbst Theater SF.