teaching

William is Senior Associate Teacher on the MA in Composition for Film and Television course at Bristol University. Full information about this course is available here.

William also gives seminars on Music for Film for a variety of educational and industry organisations. These have included Wildscreen Festival, Music Industry Education, City University London, Shepton Mallet Digital Arts Festival and Earth Music Festival.

In May 2010 William worked, as composer in residence, on a major music for film project with the BBC Concert Orchestra and 27 young musicians. The project was commissioned by the Bristol Festival of Nature 2010 and was supported by the BBC Natural History Unit.

Previous teaching posts have included Director of Music at Badminton School and Assistant Director of Music at Clifton College.

panel

William is occasionally asked to join panel discussions on aspects of media and the music business. In November 2010 he chaired a panel on Music, Media and Performance as part of Music South West's annual conference at The Watershed, Bristol. Other recent panel discussions have included Music, Media and Opportunities: Career Networking (2010, Chair: Miguel Mera) at City University London, How To Get Your Dream Job (2010, Chair: Ed Drewett) at Bristol Festival of Nature, and The Business of Music (2009) for Bristol Music Foundation.