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photo by Bill BarnettNINE WINDS DISCOGRAPHY:
NW0118 John Rapson - Bu-Wah
NWCD0140 The Vinny Golia Large Ensemble - Decennium Dans Axlan
NWCD0150/60 The Vinny Golia Large Ensemble - Commemoration (2cd)
NWCD0170 The Vinny Golia Large Ensemble - Tutto Contare
NWCD0180 The Vinny Golia Large Ensemble - Portland 1996
NWCD0182 Mark Weber - StoriesWilliam Roper's professional experience ranges from the symphony stage to free improvisation groups. He has toured the United States, Canada, Mexico and Europe with jazz and classical ensembles. His musicianship is represented on recordings with the rock bands: Thelonious Monster, The Fibonaccis and The Other Woman; poets: Jimmy Townes and Mark Weber; avant ensemble: Motor Totemist Guild; the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Parachute Express, and Chimurenga musician Thomas Mapfumo. He has played and/or recorded with jazzmen: The Clayton/Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, American Jazz Institute ensembles, The Luckman Jazz Orchestra under James Newton, Bobby Bradford, Anthony Braxton, John Carter, Jimmy Cleveland, Douglas Ewart, Vinny Golia, Billy Higgins, Glenn Horiuchi, Clay Jenkins, Yusef Lateef, James Newton, Charles Owens, John Rapson, Kim Richmond, Adam Rudolph, Wadada Leo Smith, Horace Tapscott, Michael Vlatkovich and Francis Wong. He has received performance grants from Meet the Composer/CA. He is cofounder and a performing member of Judicanti Responsura, a tuba and percussion ensemble specializing in contemporary classical and improvised music. He was resident at the Djerassi Institute as the Gerald Oshita Memorial Fellow in March 2000.
William Roper has done extensive work in the fields of theater, dance and performance art. In addition to his own work he has collaborated with such artists as Jackie Apple, Linda Austin, Bob Carroll, Heidi Duckler, John Fleck, Anna Homler, Scott Kellman, Dan Kwong, Jeff McMahon, Joseph Mitchell, Betty Nash, Gloria Newman, Rudy Perez, Will Salmon, Joseph Santarromana, Eve Stabolepsy and Bernie White. He has received a 1993 NEA New Genres grant to create a new work in collaboration with video artist Joseph Santarromana. In 1989 he cofounded Tomato Sage Consortium, a non-profit performance organization. This organization has received grants from the City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department and the California Arts Council.
In the visual arts he has received fellowships from the Brody Arts Fund and ArtMatters, Inc. In 1990 he created a site-specific installation at New York's J.F.K. airport under the auspices of the Organization of Independent Artists. His billboard:A Flight of Angels, toured the Los Angeles area for four months in 1990.
