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
- 1995 - Musical Outsiders: An American Legacy - Harry Partch, Lou Harrison, and Terry Riley. Directed by Michael Blackwood.
Discography
Productions under the direction of Winant- Lou Harrison – La Koro Sutro
- Bun-Ching Lam – ...Like Water
- Luc Ferrari – Cellule 75 with Chris Brown
- Christian Wolff – Burdocks
- Lou Harrison – Drums Along the Pacific
- Peter Garland – Love Songs All pieces written for Winant.
- Fred Frith – Back to Life
- White Out – China Is Near
- Gratkowski / Brown / Winant – Wake
- Gratkowski / Brown / Winant and Gerhard E. Winkler – Vermilion Traces / Donaueschingen 2009
With John Cage, Joan LaBarbaraJohn Cage at Summerstage with Leonard Stein Music for 17 with the San Francisco Symphony Players, Stephen L. Mosko
With Alvin CurranTheme Park
With Danny ElfmanBatman Returns
With Fred FrithEleventh Hour Winant plays guitars on Stick Figurs The Happy End Problem
With Lou HarrisonDouble Concerto First Recordings, Solstice, and Ariadne 3rd Symphony with Dennis Russell Davies, Cabrillo Festival Orchestra
With Jon Hassell
With Joan JeanrenaudStrange Toys
With Alvin LucierStill and Moving Lines of Silence in Families of Hyperbolas Part II Numbers 5-8
With Roscoe Mitchell
With Thurston Moore and Tom SurgalPiece for Jetsun Dolma Lost to the City / Noise to Nowhere
With Mr. BungleDisco Volante California
With Mike PattonPranzo Oltranzista with John Zorn, Marc Ribot and Eric Friedlander
With Secret Chiefs 3Zulfikar II Hurqala: 2nd Grand Constitution & Bylaws Book M Path of Most Resistance
With Glenn SpearmanMystery Project Smokehouse The Fields Blues for Falasha
With David TanenbaumLou Harrison – Serenado Terry Riley – Book of Abbeyozzud
With James TenneyKarlheinz Stockhausen – Kontakte first live recording of “Kontakte”
With John ZornElegy Kristallnacht Music for Children Xu Feng Chimeras Rituals From Silence to Sorcery Music and Its Double
Viewing
- performed by members of the William Winant Percussion Group.