William Purvis (French horn player)

William Purvis (born 1948) is an American French-horn player and conductor. He performs with the New York Woodwind Quintet, Speculum Musicae, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, and the Orchestra of St. Luke's.[1] As of September 2016, he is director of the collection of musical instruments at Yale University's School of Music.[2]

Purvis has taught at Columbia University, Juilliard, Yale University, SUNY Stony Brook, SUNY Purchase and Hochschule für Musik in Karlsruhe, Germany.

He is a graduate of Haverford College and is currently married to pianist Mihae Lee.

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  1. ↑ Schonberg, Harold. Orpheus, Conductorless Orchestra, The New York Times, March 28, 1978
  2. ↑ "Yale Collection of Musical Instruments: Staff". Retrieved September 15, 2016.


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