Music

Bill Gregg - Piano, Guitar, Autoharp, 5 string Banjo, Tenor Banjo, Country Fiddle, Dulcimer, Ukulele

Bill Gregg began formal piano lessons when he was five years old. At twelve he began performing jazz and pop standards for various events, starting with the New York State Fireman's Association convention. During his high school years he was keyboard player for a rock band, The Travelers. 

After military service, he began studying string instruments, and had the good fortune to learn from several legendary folk musicians, including Lily May Ledford, Slim Bryant, Mike Seeger, and Alan Jabbour.

He has won numerous awards in instrumental contests for folk instruments, and has performed for more than forty years at folk and bluegrass festivals. He is in demand as an instrumental workshop leader at traditional and roots music festivals. Bill has also composed, performed, and recorded experimental electro-acoustic music several albums, and has composed sets of studies for guitar, piano, and violin for his students. Bill has conducted a number of grant supported public classes for guitar, and a well-received series of dulcimer workshops for children.

In 2022 Bill won 2nd place in the National Autoharp Championship in Shippensburg, PA. Also in 2022, he was a featured performer at the North American Fiddlers' Hall of Fame in Osceola, NY. 

Over the past twenty years, four of his young fiddle students have had the honor of being selected as featured youth performers at the Fiddlers' Hall of Fame. Many of his former pupils have become professional performers or music teachers. But, his main goal is bring the joy of making music into the lives of everyone, young and old.

He is a member of the Music Teachers National Association and the New York State Music Teachers Association.