William Duncan McColl

Background

McColl, William Duncan was born on May 18, 1933 in Port Huron, Michigan, United States. Son of Duncan John McColl and Margaret (Orr) Beck.

Education

Student, Oberlin Conservatory, 1951-1953; student, Manhattan School Music, 1953-1954; Reifezeugnis with honors, Akademie Für Musik Und Darstellende Kunst, Vienna, Austria, 1955.

Career

Clarinetist with, various orchestras including United States Seventh Army Symphony Orchestra, Festival Casals and Orquesta Sinfónica de Puerto Rico, Orquesta Filarmónica de las Amé, others, 1957-1985; 1st clarinet, Philharmonic Hungarica, Vienna, 1959; professor, Conservatorio de Musica de Puerto Rico, San Juan, 1960-1968; clarinetist, Soni Ventorum Wind Quintet, San Juan and Seattle, since 1962; from instructor to associate professor music, U. Washington, Seattle, 1968-1980; professor, U. Washington, Seattle, since 1981.

Achievements

• William Duncan McColl has been listed as a noteworthy clarinetist, basset hornist, music educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member International Clarinet Society (Washington chairman 1980-1981, Northwest chairman since 1981).

Connections

Married Mary Suzanne Bourns, April 18, 1962. 1 child, Duncan Michael.

Father:

Duncan John McColl Beck

Mother:

Margaret (Orr) Beck

Spouse:

Mary Suzanne Bourns

child:

Duncan Michael McColl