William Manley

Violin

The Fran Luckoff Chair

William Manley, a native of Columbus, began playing the violin at the age of eight. He spent his high school years at Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan studying with Rosemary Malocsay and Julia Bushkova. He attended Manhattan School of Music, in New York City, completing his Bachelor of Music degree where he was a student of Albert Markov and Oleh Krysa, as well as Sylvia Rosenberg and Ariana Bronne. William completed his Master of Music degree at Indiana University where he was a student of Nelli Shkolnikova. William attended numerous summer festivals including the Meadowmount with Sally Thomas and Anne Setzer, as well as Encore School for Strings with Victor Danchenko. He also attended the Schlesvig-Holstein Festival in Germany, and the Spoleto Festival in Italy. William lived in Hong Kong for several years where he played with the Hong Kong Sinfonietta and the City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong.

After returning to the U.S., he played in the Arkansas Symphony in Little Rock. During 2004, William was an invited guest soloist with the Fuzhou Symphony Orchestra in China. In 2005, William returned to Ohio performing with the Dayton Philharmonic where he served as Assistant Concertmaster since 2009 and was interim Associate Concertmaster 2021-2023.
William has been a substitute with the Cincinnati Symphony since 2006, performing in their 2008 European tour.
William has been performing as a member of the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra since 2006. William was an Associate Musician with Columbus Symphony 2007-2023, and is now performing his second season as a full time member of the Columbus Symphony violin section. This will be his nineteenth season with ProMusica.
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