In his latest recording Together We Rise, the first half of the album introduces and expands on themes that are used cyclically over the full 44 minutes of music. A longtime collaborator with film director Skye Fitzgerald, Campbell has also scored the films Hunger Ward, which was nominated for an Academy Award in 2021 Lifeboat, nominated for an Oscar and a News & Documentary Emmy in 2019 and the Oscar-shortlisted 50 Feet from Syria. Additionally, Campbell has composed the scores for full-length feature films and documentaries, with his score for Fourth Wall Films' locally produced Sons & Daughters of Thunder receiving the 2020 Award of Excellence from the Iowa Motion Picture Association. The gifted educator and musicians earned degrees from the University of Arizona (B.M.), the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (M.M.), and the University of Oregon (Ph.D.), and having led contemporary music at churches for more than 20 years, Campbell is the Director of Contemporary Music at Davenport's St. Ambrose, where he was department chair for eight years and has served on faculty since 2005. Previously at Pima Community College and Missouri State University, Campbell is Professor of Music Theory & Composition at St. Ambrose University professor William Campbell will be held at Rock Island's Sound Conservatory Music Academy & Shoppe on July 22, the contemporary-classical composer stating of his latest, "This music was created in my belief that we can all work for the common good and justice for everyone within our society.” Held in conjunction with the vinyl-release after-party for his full-length concept recording of piano and electronics, the Together We Rise Farewell Concert with St. Sound Conservatory Music Academy & Shoppe, 1200 Second Avenue, Rock Island IL
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