University of Southern California

USC Thornton School of Music

William Skeen

Adjunct Instructor of Early Music


Instruments/Expertise: Baroque cello and viola da gamba

williamskeen@hotmail.com

Biography

William Skeen serves as principal cellist of the American Bach Soloists, Seattle Baroque orchestra, Los Angeles Baroque Orchestra, Los Angeles Bach Society, and Musica Angelica Baroque orchestra. William has also appeared with El Mundo, the Carmel Bach Festival, Voxfire, Hesperus, Baroque Northwest, and Just Strings, a microtonal ensemble. He earned degrees in performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music and USC's Thornton School of Music, where he now teaches baroque cello and viola da gamba.

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