William Dick
William Dick was the recipient of the 1994 Elizabeth Green Music Educator of the Year award from the American String Teachers’ Association. He has also been named “Director of the Year” by the Texas Orchestra Directors Association. For twenty-seven years he was on the orchestra faculty of the Austin ISD. During that time he instituted the annual Fall Festival for Strings, the AISD Best of Class Solo Recital, and conducted the Austin Youth Symphony Orchestra. He has presented sessions and conducted at the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic, the Suzuki Association of the Americas Conventions, the American String Teachers Conventions, and at numerous state music conventions.
Mr. Dick is a registered Teacher Trainer for the Suzuki Association of the Americas. Together with Laurie Scott, he is co-author of the textbooks Mastery for Strings, Level One and Level Two. Since retiring from the Austin, Texas Independent School District, Mr. Dick has been on the faculties of Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas and the ‘Iolani School in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Mr. Dick is a registered Teacher Trainer for the Suzuki Association of the Americas. Together with Laurie Scott, he is co-author of the textbooks Mastery for Strings, Level One and Level Two. Since retiring from the Austin, Texas Independent School District, Mr. Dick has been on the faculties of Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas and the ‘Iolani School in Honolulu, Hawaii.