Composer, guitarist William Anderson began playing chamber music at the Tanglewood Festival at age 19. He later performed with the Metropolitan Opera Chamber Players, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, NY Philharmonic, and many other NYC-based ensembles and organizations.  He was a member of the Theater Chamber Players, the resident ensemble at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC.   Anderson founded the Cygnus Ensemble in 1986.   Cygnus is based in New York and has toured in Europe and Asia.  Cygnus was in residence at the Library of Congress in 2012.   Anderson has been Artistic Director of the Roger Shapiro Fund and Marysas Productions since 2011.  His compositions have been presented in guitar festivals and new music festivals in the US, Asia, and Europe. Recently, his T-räume, in collaboration with poet Katharina Johanna Ferner was performed by the Gunnar Berg Ensemble at the Mozarteum in Salzburg for their annual Bloomsday celebration. Many of his works are recorded and can be found on Furious Artisans, Marsyas Productions, and Bridge Records. Anderson teaches classical guitar at Sarah Lawrence College and Queens College.