Abigail Whitman
Abigail Whitman (she/they) is an LA-based performer-composer, improviser and Alexander Technique teacher, with a specialization in operatic and experimental vocal techniques. Their artistic practice centers around the voice as a whole body instrument. They strive to bring an updated approach to classical repertoire by modernizing staging and acting to transcend the stereotypes of these beloved older works. Beyond traditional repertoire, they work with living composers to premiere new vocal works that utilize non-traditional vocal styles. As a composer, Abigail writes pieces that explore collaborative storytelling by using improvisatory notation that allows space for performer agency. Abigail received their Bachelors of Music and Alexander Technique Teaching Certificate from Boston Conservatory at Berklee, and their Masters of Fine Arts from CalArts.
"Night" by Florence Price
"Why Do They Shut Me Out of Heaven" by Aaron Copland
"Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" from Phantom of the Opera
"Love, Let the Wind Cry! How I Adore Thee" by Undine S Moore
"Journey to the Past" from Anastasia: The Musical
"My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music by Rodgers and Hammerstein
"Popular" from Wicked
"Diva's Lament" from Monty Python's Spamalot
"A Photo of My Mother, 1980" by Tanner Pfeiffer*
"In uomini, in soldati" from Cosi Fan Tutte by W.A. Mozart
"To This We've Come" from The Consul
a quiet rumbling in the dark
"Mein Herr, Marquis" from Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss II
"Ah! Je Veux Vivre" from Romeo et Juliet by Charles Gounod
"Deh vieni, non tardar" from Mozart's Le nozze de figaro"
"Vedrai Carino" from Mozart's Don Giovanni
"Thorns" by Ashley Hazel Pilger
Se non piange un infelice
Die Alte by Carola Bauckholt
Why We March- For NeurOpera
"Stripsody" in Quarantine
"Why Me?" an improvisation
Die Stille Lotusblume
Povero cor tu palpiti
Per La piu Vaga
Se non piange un infelice
O Lust O Lust
Liebst du um schonheit
Die Lorelei
Belle au bois dormant