Frances White
Frances White (born 1960 in Bowie, Maryland) is an American composer. She studied at the University of Maryland, Brooklyn College and Princeton (MA and PhD). She is known for electronic music combined with the Japanese shakuhachi and for pieces that use ambient sounds. Her works include Birdwing (1998) and Centre Bridge (1999), both for shakuhachi and electronics. She held a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2004 and lives in Griggstown, New Jersey, with the musicologist and pianist James Pritchett. Mode released Centre Bridge: Electroacoustic Works.
In the Library of Dreams
'I was going to write about how this is an absolutely beautiful and disturbing record, but I think quoting from the liner notes of James Pritchett really does sum it up. 'Frances White invites us to take a walk through her Resonant Landscape. Where are we going? We are walking through the woods, marshes, and streams of New Jersey. She points out the birds and frogs that make their home there, the water that flows through it and the wind that shakes the trees. But then we turn and there is…
Centre Bridge: Electroacoustic Works
First complete disc of Frances White's electroacoustic works, five first recordings for electronic sound alone or with viola, double bass, shakuhachi and string quintet, inspired by a bridge over the Delaware River.