William Manley

William Manley

William Manley, a native of Columbus Ohio began playing the violin at the age of eight with Kari Gunderson. He then spent his high school years at Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan where he studied with Rosemary Malocsay and Julia Bushkova. He then attended Manhattan School of Music in New York City completing his Bachelor of Music degree where he was a student of Albert Markov and Oleh Krysa, as well as Sylvia Rosenberg and Ariana Bronne. He then completed his Master of Music degree at Indiana University where he was a student of Nelli Shkolnikova. William attended numerous summer festivals such as Meadowmount with Sally Thomas and Anne Setzer as well as Encore School for Strings with Victor Danchenko. He also attended Schlesvig-Holstein in Germany as well as the Spoleto Festival in Italy. William also lived in Hong Kong for several years where he played with the Hong Kong Sinfonietta and the City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong. After returning to the U.S. he played in the Arkansas Symphony in Little Rock. In 2005 William returned to Ohio and has since been performing with the Dayton Philharmonic where he has been serving as Assistant Concertmaster since 2009. William also has been performing as a member of the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra of Columbus since 2006 and as an Associate Musician with Columbus Symphony since 2007. William is now happily serving in his first season as a full time member of the violin section of Columbus Symphony.