WILLIAM M. WOOD
billwoodmusic.com, myspace.com/ebillwood, 714/751-7232, billwood323@yahoo.com
DISTINGUISHING QUALIFICATIONS
Tenor 1 with choral singing plus singer/songwriter/guitarist experience
EXPERIENCE
CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
Independent Musician, Costa Mesa, CA
Singer/Guitarist/Songwriter
 Play acoustic and electric guitars
 Write and sing songs including pop, rock, blues, and ballads for CD releases
1994 to Present
St. John Vianney Chapel Adult Choir, Balboa Island, CA
2004
 Performed solo on acoustic guitar: Somewhere Over the Rainbow/It’s a Wonderful World
 Performed benefit concert for choir to visit the Vatican and to perform community-based activities
CHOIR GROUPS
St. John Neumann Parish Adult Choir, Irvine, CA
 Sing liturgical music in weekly masses, holy days, and annual Advent concert
 Participate in annual choral festival with nationally renowned conductors
1996 to Present
CHORAL GROUPS
Irvine Valley College Chorale, Irvine, CA
2000-2004; 2007-Present
 Perform choral/orchestral works of the oratorio repertoire from the Baroque period to the present
 Sing liturgical, popular, gospel, chant, and spiritual selections in concerts
 Sing premieres of new choral works
 Participate in invitational choral festivals
 Participate in weekly group and sectional rehearsals
 Performed music tours of Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil, and Hawai’i
Orange Coast College Chorale, Costa Mesa, CA
 Perform standard choral literature
 Appreciate music as related to choral literature.
2004-2006
Orange Coast Symphony/Orange County Women’s Chorus, Aliso VIejo, CA
 Performed choral/orchestral music program at Coast Hills Church, Aliso Viejo
2005
Orange Coast Catholic Chorale, Huntington Beach, CA
 Performed annual stars and stripes concert
2005
Los Angeles Opera’s On Gold Mountain, Barclay Theatre (World Premiere), Irvine, CA
2000
Tenor 1/Actor
 Participated in this Chinese opera—first in a series celebrating California history
 Auditioned for the Los Angeles Opera’s Voices of California Community Opera Program
 Participated in rehearsals over a four-month period in Irvine and Los Angeles with principals
 Sang several character roles
ADDITIONAL RELATED EXPERIENCE
Background also includes: playing drums and percussion
INSTRUMENTS
Acoustic guitar: Taylor 410 guitar; classical guitar: Yamaha; electric guitar: Les Paul Epiphone