Educator Bill Purse is a Professor of Music Technology and Guitar and Chair of Contemporary Music Media and Jazz at Duquesne University (Pittsburgh), where he demonstrates unique abilities as an administrator (securing accreditation for never before sanctioned degrees in music technology and electronic performance). Purse received his Bachelor of Music and Master of Music at Duquesne University, as well as an EduCom (Education Communication) grant for study with Dr. Carol Lennox at Mills College for multimedia development in 1990. Purse has studied composition with Dr. Joseph Wilcox Jenkins at Duquesne University School of Music. In addition, Purse has studied privately with Howard Massey at the Center for Electronic Music in New York, and with guitar virtuosos Pat Martino and Joe Negri. His full Curriculum Vitae is available on request.
Purse has received Duquesne University’s 1996 President’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and a 2001 Lifetime Achievement Award for guitar pedagogy and performance. He is also an honored member of the Lexington Who’s Who.
Guitar Education Bill Purse provides national outreach to music educators throughout the US. Bill Purse not only influences students but the entire music industry and music education at a national level through his association with NAMM [National Association of Music Merchants] programs Teaching Guitar Workshops (Chair Emeritus), Guitar Education Team (Chair Emeritus) and in addition through important text books he has written and published by Alfred, MusicMusic, Warner Bros., and Mel Bay. When it comes to delivering the next generation of musicians the tools of the 21st century without compromising musicianship and tradition, Bill Purse is at the forefront of the music world.
Seatle GAMA Workshop at Expirience Music
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Seatle GAMA Workshop at Expirience Music
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GAMA Workshop - San Diego
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Fender Studio Dedication with Bill Schultz
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BP Teaching kids (LP)
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BP w/ President 25 Years Teaching (LP)
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BP Presidents Award for Scholarship (LP)
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BP Lifetime Achievment Award (LP)
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BP Conducting (LP)
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BP & Aaron Shearer (LP)
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BP Conducting
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BP and Bill Swick - Guitar Advocacy 2013 NAMM (LP)
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Alfred Author Picture (LP)
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With Dick Lebeau
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With Dick Lebeau
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With Dick Lebeau
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GAMA Charlston School of the Arts 2012
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BP Science Center
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BP Munchkin Concert
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Teaching Guitar Camp
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Teaching Guitar Workshop
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BP Teaching (LP)
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Music Technology Instruction Purse has pioneered course and curriculum development for music technology at Duquesne University. He has been the Chair of Music Technology since 1992 and, in partnership with Dr. Judith Bowman and Lynn Emberg Purse, developed a new Master’s Degree in Music Technology with tracks in Digital Music Pedagogy, Electronic Composition and Electronic Performance. As an executive board member of TI:ME (Technology Institute for Music Educators) he has written curriculum for the summer TI:ME Level I & Level II courses for MIDI and Sequencing and Digital Audio Recording. His expertise in Music Technology, Electronic Performance and Electronic Composition make him a frequent lecturer, clinician and author at a wide array of national conferences, online webinars and at educational institutions in the US and Canada.
BP and Herb Deutsch (LP)
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BP at TI:ME/TMEA National Conference 2014 BP at TI:ME National Conference 2014 (LP)
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BP presenting at TI:ME/TMEA National Conference 2014 (LP)
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BP presenting at TI:ME/TMEA National Conference 2014 (LP)
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BP with Dave Smith (LP)
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BP Old Mac
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BP and G10
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Herbie Hancock and Bill Purse (LP)
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Bill on the MiniMoog Couch (LP)
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Bill and Jordan Rudess (LP)
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Bob Moog and Bill Purse (LP)
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Suzanne Ciani and Bill Purse (LP)
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Don Buchla, Mrs. Buchla, and Bill Purse (LP)
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BP Live Looper Setup (LP)
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BP Teaching the Theremin (LP)
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Kaos Pad and Private Student (LP)
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Bill & Aaron Filming for SI Guitar (LP)
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Tech Promo (LP)
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Tech Teaching (LP)
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G Vox The world’s first interactive guitar computer software . Duquesne University edition designed by Bill Purse.
Steve Morris, Nathaniel Weiss, and BP
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G Vox Outside
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G Vox Inside
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BP G Vox
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BP G Vox
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BP and Steve Morris (LP)
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Periodicals Bill Purse was an early staff writer for one of the first publications focusing on MIDI Guitarists . Please enjoy these articles.
Bill Purse with Guitar Educators and Renowned Artists
Bill Purse, Barney Kessel, and Mark Koch (LP)
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Bill Purse and Lee Sklar (LP)
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Seymore Duncan and Bill Purse (LP)
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BP with Ralph Towner (LP)
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With Ralph Towner in Italy (LP)
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Bill and Aaron Stang (LP)
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With Pat Martino (LP)
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Bill at Carnegie Science Center (LP)
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Bill with his L5 (DH)
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Bill and Mundell Lowe (LP)
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Catch 22 (LP)
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Bill and Ken Karsh (LP)
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John Murray and Catch 22 (LP)
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BP and Joe Negri
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BP Bill schultz
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BP and Joshua Breakstone (LP)
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BP with Robert and Janet Godin (LP)
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BP, Van Eps, Joe Negri (LP)
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Frank Gambale and Bill Purse (LP)
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Jennifer Batten and Bill Purse (LP)
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Tom Kikta, Jim Boyce, Steve Vai, and Bill Purse
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Tony Levin and Bill Purse (LP)
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Pat Metheny and Bill Purse (LP)
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Mark Koch, Bill Purse, and Wolf Marshall (LP)
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Catch 22 IAJE Anaheim, CA (LP)
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Steve Marris and Bill Purse (LP)
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Carol Kay Lifetime Acheivement Award Duq (LP)
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Mark Koch, Sid Jacobs, Johnny Smith, Ken Karsh, and Bill Purse (LP)
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Bob Shoemaker, Johnny Smith, and Bill Purse (LP)
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Joe Pass, Mark Koch, and Bill Purse (LP)
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Bill Purse and Steve Bailey (LP)
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Michael Hedges and Bill Purse (LP)
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Al Di Meola and Bill Purse (LP)
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Pat Metheny and Bill Purse (LP)
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