Bill Douglas, born November 7, 1944 in London, Ontario, Canada, is a Canadian
musician and composer. He began playing piano at age four and started composing
songs influenced by early rock musicians at eight. Douglas received an
"Associate of the Royal Conservatory of Toronto" diploma in classical piano at
seventeen and obtained a BA in music education from the University of Toronto
from 1962 to 1966. In 1967, he played three concerti with the Toronto Symphony.
After receiving a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship in 1966, Douglas attended Yale
University until 1969, where he met clarineti...