William Waterhouse (1931-2007), known to all as Bill, was an important British bassoon performer, and researcher. He was dedicated to the advancement of knowledge of the bassoon like no other and also I might add, as eccentric as no other. I had the pleasure of knowing Bill for about the last dozen or so years of his life and I hope that the photos of him given here, all personally taken, show him as he was.
To view more photos of William Waterhouse see The Double Reed, compiled by Ronald Klimko, International Double Reed Society, 2012, Vol. 35, No. 1, p. 120-123.
Bill and Elizabeth Waterhouse in c.2003
Bill performing at the 1984 International Double Reed Society Conference in Graz, Austria (Photo Bill Fetcher)
Bill with Artemus Edwards at the 1984 International Double Reed Society Conference in Graz (Photo Bill Fetcher)
Bill Waterhouse on his motorcycle in front of his London home, 1995
Bill with Tony Bingham at Tony’s London shop, 1995
Bill playing playing a bassoon-like instrument at his London home, 1995
Bill in Milan, Italy, 2005
Bill hard at work in his beloved library at home in the Cotswolds near Cheltenham, UK, 2006
Renato Meucci and Bill in Italy, 2005
Bill with Marc Echochard in Angoulême, France, c.1998
Bill giving a lecture at the Bate Collection, Oxford, UK, 1999