William Motzing
| William Motzing | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | William Edward Motzing Jr. |
| Born |
August 19, 1937 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US |
| Died | January 30, 2014 (aged 76) Manhasset, New York, US |
| Genres | Film score, contemporary classical music, jazz, popular music |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, conductor, arranger, trombonist |
| Years active | 1960–2012 |
William Edward "Bill" Motzing (August 19, 1937 – January 30, 2014) was an American-born composer, conductor, arranger and trombonist best known for the award-winning film and television scores and gold and platinum pop album arrangements he wrote in Australia. He was a jazz lecturer and the Director of Jazz Studies at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music over a period of 40 years.
Born in Pittsburgh, PA, William Motzing attended the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, alongside musical luminaries including Ron Carter and Chuck Mangione. He gained his bachelor's degree at Eastman in 1959, and in 1960 a master's degree from the Manhattan School of Music in New York City.
He played trombone in the Eastman School of Music's Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. He married Bette Anne Loder on April 23, 1960 and became the youngest member of the famous Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in October of the same year. After two years he began performing with jazz groups including the Kai Winding Septet, Jon Eardley Quintet, Gerry Mulligan Big Band, Bill Russo Big Band, the Sal Salvador Big Band as well as the Radio City Music Hall orchestra from 1964-1971.
From 1968-1971, Motzing also toured the world as sound designer for contemporary jazz-rock band Blood, Sweat & Tears through his job with the Clair Brothers (Audio). After visiting Australia with the group in 1971, he relocated there on January 25, 1972, to take positions as lecturer in the jazz program directed by fellow American Howie Smith at the New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music (now Sydney Conservatorium of Music) and later at the Australian Film and Television School.
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