William Price
William Price's music has been performed at numerous international and national events, including the World Saxophone Congress, the International Trumpet Guild Conference, the International Clarinet Association Conference, the Musica Viva Festival in Portugal, the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts Chamber Music Festival in Singapore, the National Flute Association Conference (US), the Society of Composers, Inc. National Conference, the College Music Society National Conference, the Florida State University Festival of New Music, the Bowling Green State University New Music Festival, the North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial, the 60x60 Project, the Sonic Circuits International Electro-acoustic Festival, the National SEAMUS Conference, and the Florida Electroacoustic Music Festival.
His music has received awards from numerous organizations, including ASCAP, the Percussive Arts Society, Southeastern Composers League, NACUSA, and the Alabama State Council on the Arts, and in 2009, Price was named the MusicTeachers NationalAssociation Shepherd Distinguished Composer of theYear.
Price's works are currently published by Honeyrock, Triplo Press, Northeastern Music Publications, Cimarron Music Press, Conners Publications, and Imagine Music Publishing. Recordings of Price's works can be found on Summit Records, Innova Recordings, New Tertian Recordings, Magni Publications, Ablaze Recordings, and soon by New Focus Recordings.
Price received his BMEd degree from the University of North Alabama, and his MM and DMA degrees from Louisiana State University, where he studied composition with Dinos Constantinides and electroacoustic composition with Stephen David Beck. Dr. Price currently serves as Associate Professor of Music at the University ofAlabama at Birmingham (UAB), where he teaches courses in music theory and composition.