William Winant (born 1953) is an American percussionist.

William Winant's bronze gong (28 inches diameter) made by the English drummer and musical instrument maker Matt Nolan. The characters are in the ancient Irish writing system Ogham. The text is read from top in the clockwise direction: ᚛ᚗᚂᚂᚘᚋ ᚗᚅᚐᚅᚈ᚜. Transcription: UILLIAM UINANT (William Winant).

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 (with whom he toured in support of their albums Disco Volante and California), 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 (2016).[1]

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

Discography

Productions under the direction of Winant

As equal member of groups and projects

With Chris Brown

With John Cage, Joan LaBarbara

With Alvin Curran

With Danny Elfman

With Fred Frith

With Lou Harrison

With Jon Hassell

With Joan Jeanrenaud

With Alvin Lucier

With Roscoe Mitchell

With Thurston Moore and Tom Surgal

With Mr. Bungle

With Mike Patton

With Secret Chiefs 3

With Glenn Spearman

With David Tanenbaum

With James Tenney

With John Zorn

References

  1. ^ "William Winant :: Foundation for Contemporary Arts". www.foundationforcontemporaryarts.org. Retrieved 2018-04-19.

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