BILL WHITNEY

Bill Whitney studied music education and tuba at James Madison University, and then taught high school music at Bishop Guertin High School in Nashua, NH for five years. He then took a position as a composer and sound designer for the Boston-based video game developer, Harmonix, where he worked on all of the Rock Band and Dance Central games, as well as Disney’s Fantasia: Music Evolved before moving on to start a small business called Calderwood Percussion, which builds custom percussion instruments of all kinds. 

Some of Bill's notable clients include the musical, "Hamilton," the "SpongeBob SquarePants" Broadway musical, the U.S. Air National Guard, the Hong Kong Philharmonic, Boston's Handel & Haydn Society, as well as many percussionists, ensembles, and schools all over the world. 

Bill also co-owns, and plays bass in, a very active nine-piece wedding band called The Ward Eights, is the musical director and bassist for the Urban Nutcracker at Boston's Shubert Theater, continues to work as a freelance audio engineer, and teaches as often as he is able.