About

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Philip White, photo: Kevin Earl Taylor


Philip White is a NYC based sound designer and musician specializing in immersive, idiosyncratic and non-conventional performance.

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

Musical performance highlights: soloist with Kronos Quartet at Carnegie Hall, performances at MOMA, BAM, SF Opera, LA Opera, several tours and more.

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.

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

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)