Winton Yuichiro White

Name: Winton Yuichiro White

Age: 28 From: San Francisco, CA
Winton’s website

Watch ADORNO perform Winton’s Narrow is the Road

Biography:

Winton received a double B.M. in music performance and composition from Biola University.  He studied tuba with Jim Self, John Van Houten, and Norm Pearson of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.  He studied composition with John Curtis Browning, David Tcimpidis, Ken Walicki and David Conte.  He attended the California Summer Music in 2004 and the American Conservatoire at Fontainebleau in 2005.  He will be graduating with a M.M. in Composition at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music in May 2008.  Performance experiences include playing tuba with the Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra where Winton worked under the baton of Ransom Wilson, the Orquesta Sinfonica UANL in Mexico accompanying the 3 Tenors, and the Biola Brass Ensemble that has toured up the western coast of North America, Hong Kong, China and Romania.  Winton is currently a freelance bass guitarist and vocalist in San Francisco.

Work List:

Gekiranbu for string quartet eXertudes for 2 pianos - arranged for chamber orchestra unrelated poems by Amanda Kadlubed (mezzo-soprano and piano)

Kid’s Piano Pieces (8 movements)

Narrow is the Road… for solo marimba

Piano Trio for young musicians (6 movements)

Mementos of American Poets (baritone, violin, clarinet, cello, piano)

Bass in the Face (written for Zoyres + bass guitar)

Fantasy for solo cello