Faculty Biography

Dr. William H. Bates
Professor of Organ

B. M. Howard Payne College
B. A. Howard Payne College
M. M. Indiana University
D. M. Indiana University

A native of Texas, William Bates earned the Bmus in organ and church music and the BA in music theory from Howard Payne University and both the Mmus and the Dmus in organ performance at Indiana University. Dr. Bates has presented recitals and workshops for churches and AGO chapters throughout much of the United States and for a number of music conventions, including national meetings of the American Guild of Organists and the Organ Historical Society. He has also played recitals in Europe, including those at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris and King’s College in Cambridge, England. In addition, he has contributed articles and reviews to The American Organist, The Diapason, Journal of the American Liszt Society, and BACH: Journal of the Riemenschneider Bach Institute. Several of his choral works are available from Hinshaw Music (Chapel Hill, NC), and five organ collections have been printed by Concordia Publishing House. Since 1978 Dr. Bates has taught at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, where he holds the position of Professor of Organ and Coordinator of Music History/Literature. He has also served as associate dean and director of graduate studies for the music school.