Inspired variously by popular culture, socio-political conditions, gender dynamics, scientific, natural, and technological phenomena, and the human voice, LJ White’s music serves ideals of direct, focused, and socially relevant expression. LJ has worked with many of the leading performers in contemporary classical music, including Alarm Will Sound, Ensemble SIGNAL, Ensemble Dal Niente, the JACK Quartet, the Quince Ensemble, the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, Third Angle Ensemble, Third Coast Percussion, the Spektral Quartet, and members of the International Contemporary Ensemble, Roomful of Teeth, and the Bang on a Can All-Stars. Recent projects include collaborations with The Crossing, Steven Schick, Sleeping Giant, Chamber Project St. Louis, Transient Canvas, Mvstermind, the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, the San Francisco Symphony, Post:Ballet, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra’s “Live at the Pulitzer” series, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s “Music NOW” series.
LJ’s work has been featured at venues and festivals including the Bang on a Can Marathon in New York, the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, CULTIVATE at Copland House, the Ecstatic Music Festival, the Resonant Bodies Festival, REDCAT, Omaha Under the Radar, the Breckenridge Music Festival, and the Composers Conference at Wellesley College. He has won grants from the American Composers Forum, the Puffin Foundation, and Chamber Music America and held residencies at MacDowell, Yaddo, the Atlantic Center for the Arts, the Banff Arts Centre, the Manship Artist Residency & Studios, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. LJ is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Music at New College of Florida. He is also a transgender male singer cultivating vocal performance and vocal pedagogy practices alongside his compositional work.

Residency Term

2022