A native of Pennsylvania, horn player William Purvis enjoys a multifaceted career in the US and abroad as soloist, chamber musician, conductor, and educator. A passionate advocate of new music, he has participated in numerous premieres as hornist and conductor. Purvis is a member of the New York Woodwind Quintet, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Yale Brass Trio, and Triton Horn Trio, and is an emeritus member of Orpheus. A frequent guest artist with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, he has also collaborated with the Tokyo, Juilliard, and Orion string quartets. His extensive list of recordings spans from original instrument performance and standard repertoire through contemporary solo and chamber music to recordings of contemporary music as a conductor. His recording of Peter Lieberson’s Horn Concerto (Bridge) received a GRAMMY and a WQXR Gramophone Award.

Purvis is currently a faculty member at the Yale School of Music where he is coordinator of winds and brass and served as the director of the Morris Steinert Collection of Musical Instruments from 2008-2023.