Bill Biersach is a Senior Lecturer in Composition at the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Over the past four decades, he has taught courses in Electro-Acoustic Media, Recording Arts, Music Industry, and Popular Music History. His current courses include the study of the recording techniques of the sixties and seventies, focusing on such bands as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, and Frank Zappa. Bill lectures in a multimedia environment designed to present all visual and audio aspects of the course. Bill is also a performing musician and a classically trained pianist. He is considered an expert on analog modular synthesis, particularly the systems created by Robert Moog. Currently Bill is focusing his attention on the “Railboard,” a cutting edge performance instrument created by Emmett Chapman of Stick Enterprises.

 

Bill became connected to the School for Creative Careers through his long association with Steve Stopper, not only as friends, but also involving Steve’s technically complex live performance and requisite multimedia operational needs, including sound-activated lasers. Bill has donated much gear to the school, and also has several instruments on loan here. Bill’s interest in the school and and the programs is without limits. He has agreed to host a high profile event in a large San Diego performance space where we will couple the highlights of his courses with a live performance of himself and local San Diego artists.