WilliamBates

William Bates (b. 1943), a native of Texas, earned the BMus degree in organ and church music and the BA degree in music theory from Howard Payne College, Brownwood, TX, and the MMus and DMus degrees in organ performance at Indiana University. He has presented recitals and workshops for churches and AGO chapters and national meetings throughout much of the United States. In addition, he has contributed articles and reviews to The American Organist, The Diapason, and The Journal of the American Liszt Society, and is a published composer.

Since 1978  he has taught at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, where he holds the position of Professor of Organ. He has served as associate dean and director of graduate studies for the music school.

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