Welcome to vilheuston.com, the online personal presence of William (Bill) C. Houston III, conductor, violist, educator, and consultant to arts organizations. Bill has a passion for all things musical, with expertise in every aspect of orchestra operations including artistic direction, upper-level administration, conducting and playing, and day-to-day management. A diverse formal education blends with broad experience to give him special insight into the struggles of arts organizations within today's society.
As Bill continues to inspire interesting and often controversial discussions about arts in American culture, he'll contribute essays to this site with the hope of opening ears, minds and hearts to the many genres of music. In the meantime his lectures demonstrate how focused listening can reward us with satisfying mental involvement in addition to the emotional uplift for which we turn to music.