Composer · 19th Century
Bill Whitley
Biography
Bill Whitley is an American composer whose music draws together classical composition, progressive rock and raga traditions. The landscapes and rural life of the Pacific Northwest, alongside meditation and mystical traditions, inform his musical imagination. His writing combines interlocking modal patterns, rhythmic detail and an expressive melodic language.
His catalogue includes chamber, choral, vocal and orchestral music, with performances in the United States, Italy and Russia. Recordings of his work have appeared on Da Vinci, Navona, Ravello and Teal Creek Music, and some of his sacred choral music is published in the Trinitas Choral Series.