Dr. William “Will” Wulfeck is a trombonist, composer, and music educator based in Atascadero, California. A native of California’s Central Coast, Will recently returned to the area after more than a decade studying, teaching, and performing in Los Angeles and Miami. He currently works with the Atascadero High School and Atascadero Middle School music programs as an Artist in Residence, while maintaining an active schedule as a performer, composer, arranger, and private teacher.
Will spent five years on the faculty of the Studio Music and Jazz program at the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music, where he taught jazz theory, aural skills, jazz piano, and jazz ensembles. He has also taught elementary music, beginning band, improvisation, and music theory to students ranging from young beginners to university music majors. His teaching experience includes more than 850 elementary students at Keys Gate Charter School and five years with the Community Arts Program at Coral Gables Congregational Church.
Will earned his Doctor of Musical Arts in Jazz Trombone Performance from the University of Miami, a Master of Fine Arts in Jazz Trombone Performance from the California Institute of the Arts, and a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies from California State University, Northridge.
As a performer, Will has appeared with artists and ensembles including the Foo Fighters, New World Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas, John Daversa, and the Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra. His work as a composer has included a premiere in a program featuring Michael Tilson Thomas and the New World Symphony, and he appears on a Grammy-nominated recording by trumpeter John Daversa.
Now back on the Central Coast, Will is focused on performing, composing, arranging, and helping students develop as creative, confident musicians.
He is available for performances, arranging and composition projects, and private music lessons in San Luis Obispo County and online.