Faculty Guitar & Composition William Anderson
Guitarist/composer William Anderson began performing chamber music at Tanglewood at age 19. He now performs in guitar festivals and new music festivals in Europe, the U.S., Latin America and in Japan. In New York Anderson performs regulalry with many ensembles including Sequitur, and the Cygnus Ensemble, which he founded in 1985. For ten years he was a member of the Theater Chamber Players in Washington D.C., under the direction of Leon Fleisher and Dina Koston. He has performed with the Metropolitan Opera Chamber Players, under James Levine, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Da Capo Chamber Players, Speculum Musicae and the York Philharmonic.
Anderson appears on many CD recordings, and he has made four CDs that feature him: The Guitar Music of Meyer Kupferman, on Soundspells; Diary of a Seducer, on CRi; and Hausmusik, on Furious Artisans; and Music of J.K. Mertz on Titanic Records.
He appears on numerous other CDs on various lables including Koch, Bridge Records, and Open Space.
Anderson’s compositions have been heard on Danish National Radio, Polish National Radio, and at festivals including the Europe/Asia Festival in Kazan, the Weekend of Chamber Music in the Catskills, the Rotenburg Festival in Northern Germany, and various music festivals in Spain and Italy. He teaches guitar at Sarah Lawrence College, and at Queens College.
Songs
Djuna Barnes Settings
Djuna Barnes Settings #1 & 2 Rite of Spirng/Seen From the “L”
https://youtu.be/WFZ6isrAzvk?si=78jBfC7G5V5LIYCL
#3 She Passed This Way
https://youtu.be/B_V34dWnpVE?si=lzcKPh5o5xtEPR0A
Djuna #4 Crystals
https://youtu.be/6Sns_fD4MPI?si=xt5FajeSPJYwXV3O
Djuna #5 The Child Would Be Older
https://youtu.be/euXwoPnzUEg?si=x2ZWmkd1kvXnEx8_
Djuna #5 & 6 When the Kissing Flesh is Gone
https://youtu.be/KM6i45vbZ24?si=BjSzLySVWoMKRae5
Djuna #8 Pastoral
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=re6VwSrXvAw
Blue Laws (Kevin Young Settings)
https://youtu.be/BAAyfCp-mKY?si=eC5Wil9m-Mn5KJM6
Guitar music
Of Course
https://youtu.be/ZRupXgnje5c?si=DAgo6Ta562O_9Ecw
Kern Variations
1
https://youtu.be/MdUcIuI-4-E?si=RSe3WJVpnWXHyzKc
2
https://youtu.be/DA18TNS51VE?si=RKfdEsGcsp1csfLo
#3
https://youtu.be/wG2kA-ByLGU?si=0xHuEfA4pdBt563t
4
https://youtu.be/QTR9KrDDAIM?si=Gan1u2lqYFr2FA7-
Poema armonico #1
https://youtu.be/iuFIwE8TknA?si=mts-gOwL5ZtoF0RQ
Microtonal works
Poema armonico #2
https://youtu.be/JixV8w6tCdQ?si=PNdn5LO2rUfkiu51
“O” for the Kharkiv Quartet
https://youtu.be/5pL0Vj7eo-0?si=tzs6YvJ2qzRF4A2v
4 Array pieces —
#11 - Epicurean Songs from
The Death of Virgil
https://youtu.be/2Nc2SYfLDGk?si=rzZkefqVDPp7qLX9
#2 - Various Roses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpTSUjqiOiE
#3 - Quant L’Herba Fresq
https://youtu.be/6aVRwoILNPM?si=bE8vAKdOsDJgZc34
#4 - My Morphine