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Dr. William O'Neil joined the Faculty of the University of Texas Pan American in 1992, where he now holds the rank of Professor. Dr. O'Neil received his DMA (Doctor of Musical Arts) degree in clarinet from the University of Minnesota in 1990 where he studied with Cloyde Williams and John Anderson. He subsequently held one-year appointments at Utah State University and at Memorial University of Newfoundland before coming to UTPA. Dr. O'Neil is active as a recitalist, chamber musician, and clinician as well as being a prolific arranger of music for clarinet and saxophone solos and ensembles. Notable among his teachers have been Leon Russianoff, Mitchell Lurie, John Anderson, and Cloyde Williams. He is the creator of a highly successful On-Line Music Appreciation class being offered through the UT Telecampus since 1996. He is co-founder of the Valley Classic Ensemble and the University of Texas-Pan American faculty Ensemble Romantique. As an orchestral performer, he has been principal/co-principal clarinetist with the Valley Symphony since 1994. He has also played with the Minnesota Orchestra, the Omaha Symphony, the Victoria (TX) Symphony, the Symphony Orchestra of Nuevo Leon (Mexico), the Minnesota Opera, the North Star (MN) Opera, and the South Texas Lyric Opera. He recently was featured soloist with the Valley Symphony in the Weber Concertino for clarinet and orchestra. Dr. O'Neil attributes much of his success as a teacher to a terrible start on the clarinet, with no formal instruction whatever from his start in 7th grade until his second year in college. Having corrected every bad clarinet habit in the world, he has both the diagnostic/remedial skills to fix most students' problems, and the patience to help a student past some of their own personal musical crises.
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