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William Flynn
Guitarist, educator, and composer based in Wichita, KS. Currently teaching at Wichita State University.
About Me
Described as “playing a mean guitar” (Wichita Eagle), William Flynn is a Kansas-
based guitarist and composer emerging onto the contemporary jazz community
with an increasingly original musical voice. William’s recent professional
engagements include sharing the stage with saxophonist Bob Reynolds (John
Mayer, Snarky Puppy), as well as performances at The Blue Room (Kansas City),
the Charlie Parker Celebration Festival (Kansas City), and the Wichita Jazz
Festival. William’s playing and composing can be heard on the Artists Recording
Collective label (Traveler, 2017), and Armored Records (The Songbook Project,
2016).
As a graduate student at the University of North Texas, William held the guitar
chair with the world-renowned and Grammy-nominated One O’ Clock Lab Band.
As a member of the One O’ Clock, William performed alongside such jazz
luminaries as John Clayton, Wayne Bergeron, and Terell Stafford, and he can be
heard featured on the band’s 2012 release Lab 2012.
As an educator, William has taught, presented, and adjudicated at conferences
and universities across the country, including the Seattle Jazz Guitar Society, the
South Carolina Music Educators Association, the University of Oklahoma, the
University of Missouri, Capital University (Columbus, OH), and South Dakota State
University. Additionally, William is the co-author of Mel Bay’s 2016 publication
Jazz Guitar Duets.
William holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Jazz Studies from Capital University
(Columbus, OH), and a Master of Music degree from the University of North
Texas, where he held a position as a Graduate Teaching Fellow.
William currently serves as Assistant Professor of Jazz Guitar at Wichita State
University, where he teaches applied jazz guitar, jazz improvisation, and directs
the Guitar Ensemble.
