Dr. Bill Harrington has been Music Director and Conductor for the East Bay Youth Orchestras (EBYO) in residence at Cal-State East Bay since 2015. Known to his students as "Dr. Bill," he is a longtime music educator and professional French horn player in the Bay Area. As a music educator, he served two terms as President of the California Orchestra Directors Association (CODA), and conducted or chaired over 65 district and state honor orchestras across the state including SCMEA, CMEA, ACSI, and most recently West Contra Costa County Honor Orchestras. An Adjunct Lecturer at Cal State University East Bay, Dr. Bill teaches classes in music education, and conducts field supervision for music credential candidates in the schools. As a professional musician, he has performed on the French horn with virtually every professional orchestra in the greater Bay Area. He currently plays with the Modesto Symphony, the Brassworks of San Francisco Brass Quintet and Band, and most recently with Opera San Jose, the West Edge Opera, Lamplighters Operetta Company, and Livermore Valley Opera. 

Dr. Harrington graduated with a four-year full scholarship from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and holds an M.A. in Music from California State University, East Bay, along with a California Lifetime Teaching Credential in Music. He graduated from Boston University with a Doctorate in Music Education. Following his dissertation, "Collaborative learning among high school students in a chamber music setting," Dr. Harrington has been a strong advocate for chamber music and is Director of the Sequoia Chamber Music Workshop every summer at Cal Poly Humboldt. Dr. Bill resides in Oakland with his wife, Hannah (cello/piano) and two daughters, Sarah and Rachel (violin/viola) where he is also Music Director at Patten Academy and Minister of Music at Christian Cathedral, both in Oakland.