William was a chorister at York Minster, before holding organ scholarships at Wells and Hereford Cathedrals. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists as a teenager, winning the Turpin and Durrant prize and then became an organ scholar and a prizewinning academic scholar at Magdalen College, Oxford, from where he graduated with a first class degree in Music.

William teaches the organ at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and gives recitals throughout the UK. His recording of the organ works of Cecilia McDowall was released in 2021, gaining 5 * reviews in Choir and Organ and The Organ. As a continuo and orchestral organist William has recently appeared with the Gabrieli Consort and Players, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the City of London Sinfonia and the Cardinall’s Musick.

Supported by Lottery Project Funding from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland