Bill grew up in the Philadelphia, PA area and completed his undergraduate degree from The College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio. He later served as a graduate teaching assistant while earning his Master of Music degree from Kansas State University. Over the course of his career, Bill has been an orchestra teacher at the elementary, middle, and high school levels in various states most recently in North Carolina. In addition to teaching orchestra, Bill has taught other music courses and math classes along with serving in leadership positions in his schools. During the 2013 - 2014 school year, Bill was the Teacher of the Year at West Cary Middle School and a semi-finalist for the Wake County Public School System's Teacher of the Year. He also earned an Employee Excellence Award in 2021 from the Wake County Schools.

Outside of the public school classroom, Bill worked as an orchestra instructor at The College of Wooster's week-long Music Camp for 18 years ending in 2019. He served NC-ASTA (North Carolina's Chapter of the American String Teachers Association) as Membership Chair prior to his six-year commitment as President-Elect, President, and Past-President which ended in the spring of 2020. Bill also was a member of ASTA’s national Membership Committee from 2011 - 2014. A violist and violinist, Bill most recently performed with the Chapel Hill Philharmonia and was co-music librarian for over 10 years.

Bill and his wife moved to the Columbia area in the summer of 2022 where his wife is employed by the University of South Carolina. He teaches Orchestra and an 8th grade Supplemental Math class and is enjoying working with the Meadow Glen community. Outside of school, Bill plays the viola (and violin) in the Lake Murray Symphony Orchestra.