William Short

William Short was appointed Principal Bassoon of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in 2012. He previously served in the same capacity with the Delaware Symphony Orchestra and has also performed with the Houston and Detroit Symphonies and the Philadelphia Orchestra. William has performed as soloist with the Vermont and Delaware Symphonies, the New York Classical Players, and the Strings Festival Orchestra. He is a founding member of the Gotham Wind Quintet and is a regular performer with Camerata Pacifica and Dolce Suono chamber music series.

A dedicated teacher, William serves on the faculties of The Juilliard School, Manhattan School of Music, and Temple University, and is a Valade Fellow at Interlochen Arts Camp. In addition, he is a Visiting Faculty member at The Tianjin Juilliard School and has held visiting guest positions at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music and the University of Colorado at Boulder. He has presented classes at colleges and conservatories around the world and at conferences of the International Double Reed Society, for which he served as a board member from 2017-2021.

William has performed and taught at the Lake Champlain, Lake Tahoe, Mostly Mozart, Stellenbosch (South Africa), Strings, and Twickenham Festivals. An occasional arranger, editor, and composer, his works have been published by the Theodore Presser Company and TrevCo-Varner Music.

Committed to forging connections between audiences and performers, William's articles on the subject have been lauded not only by The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, but also by noted arts consultant Drew McManus and prolific cultural commentator Norman Lebrecht.

William received his Bachelor of Music from the Curtis Institute of Music, where he studied with Daniel Matsukawa and Bernard Garfield, and his Master of Music at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music, where he studied with Benjamin Kamins. He attended festivals including the Music Academy of the West, Pacific Music Festival, Spoleto Festival USA, and the Verbier Festival. Additional major teachers have included Jeanine Attaway, Kristin Wolfe Jensen, and William Lewis.

Sep
25
7:30 PM19:30

Juilliard Faculty Recital

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WILSON "Traditional Shawl" from Dance Suite
JOSQUIN Ave Verum
STILL "Bayou Home"
MOZART "Ach, ich fühl's" from Die Zauberflöte
POULENC Trio pour hautbois, basson et piano
SCOTT Just Us (World Premiere)

—Intermission—

DU PUY Quintet in A Minor for Bassoon and Strings
COLEMAN Tzigane for Wind Quintet

Seth Morris, Flute
Julia DeRosa, Oboe
Nathan Hughes, Oboe
Anton Rist, Clarinet
Harrison Hollingsworth, Bassoon
Daniel Matsukawa, Bassoon
Katherine Jordan, Horn
Miran Kim, Violin
Sarah Vonsattel, Violin
Zoë Martin-Doike, Viola
Joel Noyes, Cello
Bryan Wagorn, Piano
Anna Stoytcheva, Piano

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Jan
14
7:30 PM19:30

POSTPONED Juilliard Faculty Recital

WILSON "Women's Traditional" from Dance Suite
JOSQUIN Ave Verum
STILL "Bayou Home"
MOZART "Ach, ich fühl's"
POULENC Trio pour hautbois, basson et piano
SCOTT Just Us (World Premiere)

—Intermission—

BÖDDECKER Sonata Sopra "La Monica"
DU PUY Quintet in A Minor for Bassoon and Strings
COLEMAN Tzigane for Wind Quintet

Seth Morris, Flute
Julia DeRosa, Oboe
Nathan Hughes, Oboe
Anton Rist, Clarinet
Harrison Hollingsworth, Bassoon
Matthew McDonald, Bassoon
Katherine Jordan, Horn
Miran Kim, Violin
Sarah Vonsattel, Violin
Zoë Martin-Doike, Viola
Gabriel Cabezas, Cello
Bryan Wagorn, Piano

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