I’m Philip White, a NYC based sound designer and systems designer specializing in immersive, idiosyncratic and non-conventional performance. Two decades of finding solutions for artists and making my own work have given me a strong technical background in audio and more importantly, the skill to understand and implement the artist’s goals.

I started my career in the city in 2010 as technical director at ISSUE Project Room. We did over 200 shows my first year. I was doing everything from writing Max/MSP patches for the multichannel system, to figuring out power management, to advancing shows and of course mixing them.

I lasted three years before starting my freelance career touring with the force that is Nora Chipaumire on Miriam. Over the course of the next decade I developed projects with:

MacArthur Fellows Ralph Lemon, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar / Urban Bush Women, Okwui Okpokwasili; Pulitzer Finalist Ted Hearne; Tony award winning director Daniel Fish, Paul Pinto, Microsoft, the Kitchen, MATA Festival, a host of other amazing artists, and of course Nora.

Awards include two best production Bessie’s, an ensemble Grammy nomination and a Clio. Check out the design and production section or my CV for more info.

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In my life as a musician and composer I was fortunate to collaborate with artists across genres of free jazz, contemporary classical music and noise.

High profile work includes: soloist with Kronos Quartet at Carnegie Hall, performances at MOMA, BAM, SF Opera, LA Opera, and work with the LA Phil. Though to be honest I preferred the shows in all the random basements, warehouses and galleries in Bushwick, Ridgewood, and out on the road in the middle of the US (looking at you Denton, Texas).

I released albums with Ted Hearne (R WE WHO R WE), Chris Pitsiokos, Paula Matthusen, Brandon Seabrook, Suzanne Thorpe and Nic Jenkins on New Focus Recordings, Carrier Records, Moving Furniture Records, Tape Drift, and anticausal systems.

Selected Press:

Brooklyn Rail

Wall Street Journal

Village Voice (solo)

Village Voice (with Chris Pitsiokos)

Time Out Chicago (R WE WHO R WE)

Auxilary Out (with Suzanne Thorpe)