William Moulton
William Moulton, Associate Professor at NYU/Tisch Dance passed away March 29, 2017 at home in Astoria, NY. He was born April 18, 1949 to James Edward and Beatrice Hilton Moulton in Lansing, Michigan.
Bill earned a Bachelor of music degree (piano) from Michigan State University in 1972 and a Master of fine Arts degree from California Institute of Arts in 1975 (music composition). Bill served on the faculty of State University New York (Brockport) for 15 years. He joined the NYU faculty, Department of Dance, in 1995 to the present. He invested countless hours in developing an outstanding music program for dancers, and created the Tisch Dance and New Media program and built it into a MFA degree. He wrote and produced a musical “R/evolution” in 2015. At end of the last performance Bill married Rosalind in the theater.
Bill is survived by his wife Rosalind and brothers and sisters James Moulton, Ann Moulton, Kathryn Bauman and David Moulton.
Lovingly written and submitted by Kathryn Bauman
Mary Johnson (Frost) (1967)
To Bill Wherever you reside now - You were always a very pleasant person. could play a mean banjo and knew all the words to the folk songs back in High School. You know, Peter, Paul & Mary, Joan Baez, Kingston Trio, etc. Keep singing and playing and be at peace with a smile on your face.
Mary Johnson Frost