William B. Slocum served as Music Director of the Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra from 1981 to 2007. He received the Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Music degrees from the University of New Mexico and earned an Artist's Diploma at the Juilliard School of Music where he studied French horn with James Chambers.
        William Slocum is a member of the faculty of the Dana School of Music of Youngstown State University.  At the Dana School he is Professor of French Horn and a member of the Dana Faculty Brass Quintet.  He is also a lecturer in conducting, symphonic literature, and the history of art and music.
        Previously, Mr. Slocum was conductor of the Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra in Wyoming.  He played principal horn in the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra under Josef Krips, toured Japan under Leonard Bernstein, and Europe and South America under Zubin Mehta with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, and toured Europe under George Szell while he was a member of the Cleveland Orchestra.
        Mr. Slocum has conducted numerous district, region, and state orchestras.  During the summer of 1994, he appeared as guest conductor with the Aguascalientes Symphony Orchestra in Mexico, performing a program devoted entirely to the music of Manual de Falla.
        In May 1999, Mr. Slocum was the guest artist at the Horn Swoggle in New Mexico, where he played a solo horn recital, conducted master classes, and conducted the professional ensemble.  He was guest professor of horn at the Harid Conservatory in Boca Raton, Florida, and most recently played extra horn with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra.