William Riley maintains an active schedule as a performer and educator. He currently teaches classical guitar as a member of the music faculty at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. He is also on the Preparatory School Faculty at New England Conservatory. A prizewinner in several national and international competitions, William Riley holds a Bachelor of Music degree from The University of Texas at Austin, and studied on scholarship with world-renowned guitar virtuoso Eliot Fisk at the New England Conservatory of Music, where he received his Master of Music degree, with honors. In addition to his university duties, he also teaches a large studio of young guitarists as director of the Childbloom Guitar Program of Boston.