EDUCATION
2018: Doctor of Musical Arts in Music Composition, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, Cognate: Musicology.
2011: Master of Music in Music Theory and Composition, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
2002: Bachelor of Music in Music Composition, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
DISSERTATION
“The Compositional Evolution of Mahler’s Tenth Symphony, its Formal Design and Tonal Strategies.”
Committee: Dr. Erik Lund, Chair; Dr. Katherine Syer, Co-Advisor; Dr. William Kinderman, Co-Advisor; & Dr. Erin Gee
Description: This dissertation examines and analyses the evolution of Mahler’s Tenth Symphony. It establishes and compares different stages of composition, revealing details that hint at a very different work prior to the discovery of his wife’s affair at the end of July 1910. Aborted formal and harmonic experimentation is chronicled extensively.
COLLEGE-LEVEL TEACHING
2019 –present: Visiting Instructor of Composition and Electronic Music, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
2017–2019: Lecturer of Electronic Music, Eastern Florida State College, Cocoa, FL
2011–2015: Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
NON-PROFIT ADMINISTRATION
2017–present: Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director, Null-state, Inc.
2016–2017: Grant Coordinator, Timucua Arts Foundation, Orlando, FL
MUSIC TECHNOLOGY AND NETWORK ADMINISTRATION
2019–present: Webmaster, Society of Composers, Inc.
2018: Independent Contractor, Full Sail University, Winter Park, FL
2013–2015: Experimental Music Studios Computer Music Project Systems Administrator, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
RECORDINGS
2020: Formally Unannounced included on Some Assembly Required’s debut album, Some Assembly Required
2017: Illumina! Arabidopsis thaliana (Stereo Mix) included on Music from SEAMUS CD Vol. 26 (SEAMUS label: EAM2017)
2016: Melodía sin melodía (Stereo Mix) included on Modes: The Society of Composers, Inc. CD Series Vol. 30 (Navona Records label: NV6051)
2015: Under Lock and Key (Stereo Mix) included on Transient Images (University of Illinois Experimental Music Studios label: EMS-2015)
2014: FL included on Electronic Masters vol. 3 (ABLAZE Records label: ar-00018)
COMMISSIONS
2020: Commissioned by Eunmi Ko to compose Cave Paintings of Discourse for her live streaming event SPAM!
2020: Commissioned by The Florida Orchestra to write Bonn Chance, a piece celebrating the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth.
2019: Commissioned by Carol Tsai to write Virgo/3C 273 for her Masters recital at the Zürich University of the Arts, Zürich, CH
2019: Commissioned by the trio Some Assembly Required to compose Formally Unannounced
2018: Commissioned by Melody Chua to write Human Sequencer (Entropic Atelier No. 4) for her Masters recital at the Zürich University of the Arts, Zürich, CH, and for La Côte Flûte Festival, Gland, CH
2017: Commissioned by the Timucua Arts Foundation to write The Ruins of Time (Entropic Atelier No. 3) for the Chaosflöte unveiling event at the Timucua Arts White House, Orlando, FL
2016: Commissioned by the SPLICE Institute to write Dreamscape No. 2 for vibraphone, live electronics, and live video processing for the 2016 SPLICE Institute, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
2015: Commissioned by the SPLICE Institute to write Dreamscape No. 1 for harp and stereo fixed media for the 2015 SPLICE Institute, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
2014: Commissioned by the University of Illinois to write Tempus Imperfectum for the Illinois Modern Ensemble
PODCASTS AND RADIO APPEARANCES
2020: Guest appearance on Some Assembly Required‘s podcast series to discuss my piece Formally Unannounced in celebration of the official release of their debut album.
2019: Guest appearance on Tampa Bay’s Classical WSMR 89.1/103.9FM radio show Modern Notebook to talk about the origins of Null-state, the Chaosflöte project, and Null-state’s November 2019 residency at USF.
2019: Guest appearance on Some Assembly Required‘s podcast series to discuss my piece Formally Unannounced.
2018: Guest appearance on DJ LeahLove’s WPRK 91.5FM radio show to discuss Null-state, the Chaosflöte, live coding, and Null-state’s Florida tour.
2017: Guest appearance on Soundnotion.tv’s Patch In to discuss Null-state, the Chaosflöte, and live coding. (Episode 37: Sensor Augmented File Cabinet)
PRESENTATIONS
2019: “Null-state and the Chaosflöte”, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
2019: “Live Coding”, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
2019: “Benjamin D. Whiting: Select Compositions (2012-2018)”, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
2019: “Basics of Electroacoustic Sound Design”, Central Florida Composers Forum, Orlando, FL
2018: “Introduction to SuperCollider and Live Coding”, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL
2018: “Null-state and the Chaosflöte”, Ave Maria University, Ave Maria, FL
2018: “Chaosflöte: the Future of Sensor-augmented Instruments and Interdisciplinary Performance”, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
2018: “Null-state and the Chaosflöte”, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
2017: “ProxySpaces in SuperCollider”, Melrose Center, Orlando, FL
2017: “Chaosflöte”, Eastern Florida State College, Cocoa, FL
2017: “When Hardware Meets Software”, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
2017: “Aesthetic Considerations in Acousmatic Composition” and “When Hardware Meets Software”, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
2016: “Data Mapping and Electroacoustic Composition”, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
FESTIVALS, CONFERENCES, AND SUMMER PROGRAMS
2020: Network Music Festival 2020, Birmingham, UK
2020: Accidental Music Festival, Orlando, FL
2018: The University of South Florida New-Music Festival, Tampa, FL
2018: La Côte Flûte Festival, Gland, CH
2017: Creative City Project IMMERSE 2017, Orlando, FL
2017: Null-state Residency at the Timucua Arts Foundation, Orlando, FL
2017: The Accidental Music Festival Marathon, Orlando, FL
2016: The Atlantic Center for the Arts Residency #163, New Smyrna Beach, FL
2016: The SPLICE Institute, Kalamazoo, MI
2016: The New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, New York, NY
2016: 46th Ball State Festival of New Music, Muncie, IN
2016: The University of South Florida New-Music Festival, Tampa, FL
2016: SEAMUS National Conference, Statesboro, GA
2015: MUSLAB 2015, Mexico City, MX
2015: Electronic Music Midwest, Kansas City, KS
2015: eviMus 2015, Saarbrücken, DE
2015: EMUFest 2015, Rome, IT
2015: ICMC, Denton, TX
2015: Toronto International Electroacoustic Symposium, Toronto, ON
2015: The SPLICE Institute, Kalamazoo, MI
2015: The New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, New York, NY
2015: Sonorities Festival of Contemporary Music 2015: Fractured Narratives, Belfast, N-IRL
2015: SEAMUS National Conference, Blacksburg, VA
2015: College Music Society South Central Regional Conference, Tahlequah, OK
2015: TUTTI 2015, Denison, OH
2015: N_SEME 2015, Bowling Green, OH
2014: College Music Society National Conference, St Louis, MO
2014: The New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, New York, NY
2014: SEAMUS National Conference, Middletown, CT
2009: Czech-American Summer Music Institute, Prague, CZ
2001: Czech-American Summer Music Institute, Prague, CZ
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
2017: Awarded a stipend for participation in Creative City Project’s IMMERSE 2017 festival
2017: Recipient of a NewMusicUSA grant for Chaosflöte
2016: “Illumina! Arabidopsis thaliana” voted to appear on Music from SEAMUS vol. 26
2015: Received Honorable Mention in the American Prize: Orchestra (Student Division) for “Tempus Imperfectum”
2015: Received an ICMA Student Scholarship to travel to the 2015 ICMC
2014: Finalist in the Van Galen Composition Prize for “TIFT((( )))”
2014: Received 3rd Prize in the Busan Maru: International Music Festival Composition Competition for “Tempus Imperfectum”
ADJUDICATION EXPERIENCE
2019: Served as adjudicator for the USF New Music Consortium’s 2020 International New Music Festival
2019: Co-designed and adjudicated Null-state’s second Chaosflöte Commission Competition
2018: Co-designed and adjudicated Null-state’s first Chaosflöte Commission Competition
2017: Served as adjudicator for the SEAMUS 2018 National Conference
PERFORMANCE AND EDUCATIONAL TOURS
Null-state Fall 2018 Florida Tour
23 Oct: Workshop and Concert, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL
22 Oct: Terroir New Music #007: Digital Juice, in collaboration with Terroir New Music and Hidden Springs Ale Works, Tampa, FL
18 Oct: WPRK 91.5FM Radio Show Apperance, Winter Park, FL
16 Oct: Workshop and Masterclasses, Ave Maria University, Ave Maria, FL
Null-state Spring 2018 Florida Tour
7 Apr: Concert, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
6 Apr: Presentation, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
5 Apr: Concert, Timucua Arts White House, Orlando, FL
Null-state Fall 2017 Florida Tour
8 Sep: Masterclass and Concert, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
7 Sep: Concert, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL
6 Sep: Masterclass, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
5 Sep: Presentation and Workshops, Melrose Center, Orlando, FL
5 Sep: Presentation, Eastern Florida State College, Cocoa, FL
3 Sep: Concert, Timucua Arts White House, Orlando, FL
INTERCONTINENTAL LIVE CODING CONCERTS
2019: Null-state YouTube Live Coding Series #1, streamed online
2018: University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
2017: Lange Nacht: Artikulationen in der Zeitgenössische Musik, Zürich University of the Arts, Zürich, CH
2017: Creative City Project IMMERSE 2017, Orlando, FL
2017: Accidental Music Festival, Orlando, FL
ONLINE EDUCATIONAL CONTENT
2019: Null-state Interactive Digital Art Tutorial Series 1: Supercollider