William Stanley is Associate Professor of Trombone at the College of
Music. Prior to his appointment at CU in 1985, he performed as a member
of the Chestnut Brass Company, a brass quintet which tours internationally
and recently won a Grammy award. Dr. Stanley performs in a wide variety
of musical settings, including as a member of the Boulder Brass, Colorado
Brass Quintet, Colorado Ballet Orchestra (principal) and as substitute/extra
with the Colorado Symphony. He has presented master classes and clinics
for many organizations and schools including the International Trombone
Association, Music Teachers National Association, and the Colorado Music
Educator’s Association, and hosted the 1998 International Trombone
Festival at CU. He has authored articles and reviews for the International
Trombone Association Journal, is co-author of Teaching Brass: A Resource
Manual (McGraw-Hill), and was a contributor to Solos for the Student Trombonist:
An Annotated Bibliography (BIM 2004). His teaching experience includes
positions at Temple, Eastern Illinois, and Millikin Universities. He holds
the BME degree from the University of Kansas and MM and DMA degrees from
the University of Illinois.
