Alec Toku Whiting is a composer, improviser, and multi-instrumentalist based in Providence, Rhode Island. He makes music on the koto, electronic instruments, and the computer. His work results from the investigation and synthesis of abstract formal processes and intuitive structures in pursuit of a multiplicitous musical event.
Alec’s music has been performed in the United States, France, Spain, and Australia and he has collaborated with musicians including Mark Fell, the Mivos Quartet, Wendy Eisenberg, Lina Tullgren, Ted Reichman, and Jan Williams. As a performer, Alec has premiered pieces by Eva-Maria Houben, Miya Masaoka, and Anthony Coleman.
Alec holds a BM in Contemporary Improvisation from New England Conservatory where he studied composition with Stratis Minakakis and Anthony Coleman. Other teachers have included Joe Morris, Carla Kihlstedt, and Curt Patterson.
