Storytelling is central to all of Bill’s work – for performing, teaching, consulting, speaking and writing.
Monkey Brings Back the Maraca
An Original 3's Story. The children get to come up with how the 3rd animal succeeds in bringing back the maraca.
One of Bill's many stories available—refresh the page to see another. Visit Bill's YouTube Channel to see them all or subscribe below.
Some performance highlights include:
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The New York Philharmonic
- Commissioned by the orchestra as librettist and narrator on a new work The Roaring Mountain with composer Jon Deak for the Young Peoples Concert, World Premier, Avery Fisher Hall, NYC, April 2005.
- Instrument Village pieces created and performed with Jon Deak and Very Young Composers for Series of KIDZONE LIVE! 2005 – 2012.
- New York Philharmonic - Young People Concerts
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The Easter Egg Roll at the White House
- Washington, DC
- Featured Storyteller – 1998, 1999, 2000.
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The Byzantine Fresco Chapel Museum
- Houston, TX
- Commissioned to create and perform a program of Greek and Cypriot Tales, June 2009.
- Menil.org - Byzantine Fresco
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The Clearwater Festival
- Pete Seeger’s Hudson River Fest
- Featured storyteller, June 2007.
- Clearwater Festival
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The Tribeca Film Festival Family Day
- Tribeca, NYC
- Storytelling consultant, host and performer, 2002 – 2011
- Tribecca Film Festival
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The Gerald Ford Amphitheatre
- Vail, Colorado
- Family Concert
- www.vvf.org
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Steinway Hall
- New York City
- An Evening of Music with Stories with Carter Brey, Jon Deak & George Wurzbach, 2007.
- www.steinwayhall.com
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The American Museum of Natural History
- New York City
- Featured storyteller for Family Night
- Featured family storyteller for evening honoring major contributors to museum
- www.amnh.org
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The Museum of American Folk Art
- New York City
- Series of storytelling programs created to accompany specific exhibitions.
- folkartmuseum.org
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Scholastic’s 75th Birthday
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Family Heritage Storytelling Project
- At PS 150 Tribeca, NYC
- Funded by Parents As Partners Grant
- Worked with families on their own heritage stories.
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New York Historical Society
- A special program inspired by specific works in the collection
- New York Historical Society
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The Bronx Zoo
- A series of performances specifically tied to themes of exhibitions.
- Bronx Zoo
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Hans Christian Andersen Storytelling
- Created and curated by Diana Wolkstein
- Stories at the statue in Central Park 2005 - 2011
- Scandinavia House
- Scandinavia House – Programs of Scandinavian Tales, 2006 – 2011.
- Scandinavia House
