Instructor Bio

Bill Chamberlin received his BA, MA and ABD (all but dissertation) in Composition from The Juilliard School in New York City where he studied composition with Hugo Weisgall, Vincent Persichetti, Elliott Carter, and Luciano Berio. He studied piano in New York City privately with Edith Oppens, Jeaneane Dowis (Madame Levine's assistant) and Joseph Prostakoff.

In addition to his Juilliard training, he attended several universities and colleges receiving Florida State Teacher certification for Instrumental Music in1987 and has over 25 years of teaching experience both classroom and private (elementary through college).

He has performed in various idioms and venues over the years including classical, jazz, pop, and sacred music. His conducting experience includes the Capitol Chamber Artists at the Juilliard School and the Mohawk Valley Chamber Players in concert series sponsored by Meet the Composer, an outreach of the New York State Arts Council. His Master's Thesis for Large Orchestra was one of nine pieces selected from among 120 international entries for performance by the Utrecht Philharmonic Orchestra in Utrecht (Netherlands) at the Gaudeamus International Composers Competition in 1974.