illiam H. Atwood is the Director of Sacred Music and Liturgical Ministries at All Saints Roman Catholic Church in Manassas, Virginia where he conducts a large and diverse parish music program.
Previously, Mr. Atwood was Director of Sacred Music for the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Somerville, New Jersey; he also served as Organist and Festival Choir Accompanist for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Metuchen, New Jersey.
A native of Connecticut, Mr. Atwood received a Bachelor of Music degree (magna cum laude) in 2001 from The Hartt School of Music at the University of Hartford, where he studied organ with Larry Allen.
In 2003 he earned a Master of Music degree (with distinction) as an organ student of Ken Cowan at Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey.
At Westminster, Mr. Atwood served as Dean of the student chapter of the American Guild of Organists and as graduate assistant with the Westminster Concert Handbell Choir.
Mr. Atwood is currently enrolled in the Doctor of Musical Arts Degree Program in Sacred Music at the Catholic University of American in Washington DC, where he is a Magi Scholar. Mr. Atwood was the recipient of the 2001 Elaine Rendler Scholarship and the 2007 Koinonia Scholarship, both through though NPM; and the 2001 Charlotte Hoyt Bagnall Scholarship for the study of church music.
CanticaNOVA Publications is pleased to offer the music of William Atwood in our catalog:
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