Anthony Whittaker

Anthony John Whittaker-Mahoney (born 1968) is an English composer. His first musical experiences were in the local church choir age 7 and as a tenor recorder player; he did not begin formal study of the piano until 1982 with Peter Wild. Lessons with Ann Bond on the organ followed in 1986. After acquiring the LRAM diploma in 1989, ARCO and LTCL in 1991, he graduated from the University of London in 1994 BMus (hons). Composition became increasingly important for Whittaker during the 1990s where he composed for staff and students at the Performing Arts department of Liverpool Community College. His MMus and PhD degrees are from the University of Liverpool where he studied with James Wishart (1957–2018) https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2018/apr/15/james-wishart-obituary and the American composer, Ben Hackbarth.Notoriety came in 2000 with the SPNM http://www.spnm.org.uk/ performance of Drift for six pianos which was performed alongside Steve Reich’s music for 6 pianos; the principal pianist was Joanna MacGregor. Choral music became important after this time;Agnus Dei (TTBB) received performances in Berlin and Montreal. A Litany also for TTBB was performed at the International Eis