Director of Music and Coordinator of Liturgical Ministries
William H. Atwood is the Director of Music and Coordinator of Liturgical Ministries at All Saints Roman Catholic Church in Manassas, Virginia where he conducts a large and diverse parish music program. Prior to his position at All Saints, Mr. Atwood was Director of Sacred Music for the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Somerville, New Jersey in addition to being Organist and Festival Choir Accompanist for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Metuchen, New Jersey. A native of Connecticut, Mr. Atwood received the Bachelor of Music Degree magna cum laude in 2001 from the Hartt School of Music at the University of Hartford, and is a 2003 graduate of Westminster Choir College in Princeton, NJ where he earned the Master of Music Degree with distinction. Mr. Atwood is currently enrolled in the Doctor of Musical Arts Degree Program in Sacred Music at The Catholic University of American in Washington, D.C where he studies organ with Dr. Edward Alan Moore and choral conducting/sacred music with Dr. Leo Nestor. Mr. Atwood was the recipient of the 2001 Elaine Rendler Scholarship, the 2007 Koinonia Scholarship, the 2008 Cardinal DiNardo Scholarship, the 2009 Steven C. Warner Scholarship, and the 2010 NPM Members Scholarship through though the National Association of Pastoral Musicians. He was also the 2001 recipient of the Charlotte Hoyt Bagnall Scholarship for the study of church music and is currently a Magi Scholar at The Catholic University of America. Recent organ recital engagements have included performances at the Church of Saint Mary the Virgin and the Cathedral of Saint Patrick in New York City, the Church of Saint Thomas Aquinas at The University of Virginia and the 2008 Eastern Regional Convention of the National Association of Pastoral Musicians.
