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William Ludwig joined the faculty of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music as professor of bassoon in August 2007 and was appointed chair of the Woodwind Department in 2010. Prior to this appointment, he had been professor of bassoon at Louisiana State University (LSU) since 1985. Since 2002, he has been in residence at the Brevard Music Center as principal bassoon of the Brevard Music Center Orchestra and artist-teacher faculty. His orchestral experience also includes principal bassoon with the Baton Rouge Symphony (1986-2007) and the Florida Orchestra (1980-85) and as an extra with the Los Angeles Philharmonic (2014). A noted chamber musician, he has performed in a wide variety of settings in the United States and Europe, including at the Prague Spring International Music Festival, Highlands (N.C.) Chamber Music Festival, and Hot Springs Music Festival, and with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Timm Wind Quintet, and Ars Nova Wind Quintet. He was artist-in-residence at the State University of New York-Stony Brook Department of Music from 1989 to 1994 concurrently with his LSU appointment and taught at the University of South Florida from 1979 to 1985. He holds degrees from Louisiana State University and Yale School of Music, and had the privilege of studying with John Patterson, Sol Schoenbach, Leonard Sharrow, Bernard Garfield, and Arthur Weisberg.