Paul Whitty

Paul Whitty (born 1970) is an England-based composer born in Northern Ireland.

Biography

Paul Whitty was born in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, in 1970. He studied with Roger Marsh at York University, Magnus Lindberg and Colin Matthews at the Britten-Pears School, and Vinko Globokar at the Dartington International Summer School, and completed a DPhil in composition with Michael Finnissy at the University of Sussex.

His work has been performed by the London Sinfonietta, Ensemble Expose, IXION, Michael Finnissy, [rout], Philip Howard, and Mieko Kanno amongst others, and his music has featured at festivals including Brighton, Ultima in Oslo, the Gaudeamus Music Week in Amsterdam, the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, the 54th Venice Biennale and at State Of The Nation in London. He has received awards, including from the Arts Council of England, AHRC, the Britten-Pears Foundation, and the British Council.

Paul Whitty is a founder, along with the composers Sam Hayden and Paul Newland, of the ensemble [rout], which has made concert tours in the UK, appearing on BBC Radio 3's contemporary music programme Hear and Now, on a BMIC Cutting Edge concert tour, at the ICA and at the Huddersfield Festival.

He is Professor in Composition; Research Lead for Film, Fine Art and Music; and a Director of the Sonic Art Research Unit at Oxford Brookes University and has been a visiting tutor in collaborative practice at Dartington College of Arts and the Laban Centre, London. He is a Director of audiograft, Oxford's Festival of experimental music and sound art, with Stephen Cornford.

He has become increasingly interested in collaborative cross-disciplinary work methods, often involving on-site projects and installations. Projects have taken place at the Mecca State Bingo Hall in Kilburn, Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge, and the office of Beaconsfield art gallery in Vauxhall.

Vauxhall Pleasure

One of Paul's more recent collaborative works Vauxhall Pleasure (2004-2009) with Anna Best consisted of a site event at Vauxhall Cross, London; an installation at the Museum of Garden History as part of their Tempered Ground exhibition, and two performances at Tate Britain. In November 2009 a concert version of the project took place at the Warehouse, London as part of the BMIC Cutting Edge Series, in the form of a film, an installation and a live performance.

Selected works

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