Born February 24, 1920 in Ilion, New York. Bill developed an early interest in sports and music when he joined the Boy Scouts at age 12. He received a bugle for Christmas and enjoyed it so much that he he played it almost all day. Soon after, he started taking lessons on the trumpet and advanced very quickly. At age 14 he won First Prize in a trumpet competition for Central New York State.
His family moved to Utica the following year. He continued improving his trumpet playing and study. He became the youngest member of the Utica Symphony Orchestra, plus playing in Dance Bands and many other musical groups. That year he won First Prize for the trumpet contest in New York State. He then won a scholarship to attend the National Music Camp at Interlochen, Michigan for the next four summers of (1937 - 1940) and played in the National High School Orchestra and Band. He was also Life Guard at the National Music Camp for two of these summers. He received a scholarship to attend Ithaca College in 1938, and graduated in 1942.
World War II had just started and he enlisted in the Army Signal Corp in May, 1942. Four months later he was sent to the Army Music school in Washington, D.C. for training to be a Band Master. In December, 1942 he finished his training and was appointed Conductor and Commanding Officer of the Air Force Band at West Point, New York. He stayed there until the end of the war in 1945. While at West Point he conducted the orchestra and band for military shows on Broadway in New York City and many other places. Included in these venues were command performances for President Roosevelt at Hyde Park and in Washington, D.C. Some of the best musician in the country became members of his organization. Bill developed arthritis of the spine near the end of the war and spent several months in hospitals in New York and other parts of the country. He was discharged in December, 1945.
In 1946 he was named Director of Instrumental Music for all of the Utica Public Schools. He also organized and conducted the Utica College Band and Choir. For six years he organized and conducted the Utica Symphonette. This was a chamber orchestra that brought good music to small areas in New York State that did not have their own professional organizations. In 1951 he received his Masters Degree in Music from Syracuse University, after three years of summer school, evening classes during the winter months.
In 1953, Bill left work in Utica and joined Ginn and Company, a large educational publisher in Boston. Later, Xerox Corporation of Rochester, New York purchased the company and Bill became Sales Manager for New York State. He continued there until his retirement in 1976.
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Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, NY
Carney, William D.: PENFIELD: Sept. 22, 2002.
Survived by his wife, Margaret "Peggy"; children, David (Barbara), Stephen (Laurie), James Carney, Kathleen (David) Dyer; grandchildren, Ryan and Michael Carney and Emily Dyer; brother, G. Robert (Patricia) Carney. Friends may call at Nulton, Mattle & Ashton Funeral Home, 1704 Penfield Rd. Wednesday 2-4 & 6-8pm. Bill's Funeral Mass will be celebrated Thursday, 11:00 am at St. Joseph's Church, 43 Gebhardt Rd. Penfield. Interment, Oakwood Cemetery. Those wishing may contribute to GRHCA Hospice.
His family moved to Utica the following year. He continued improving his trumpet playing and study. He became the youngest member of the Utica Symphony Orchestra, plus playing in Dance Bands and many other musical groups. That year he won First Prize for the trumpet contest in New York State. He then won a scholarship to attend the National Music Camp at Interlochen, Michigan for the next four summers of (1937 - 1940) and played in the National High School Orchestra and Band. He was also Life Guard at the National Music Camp for two of these summers. He received a scholarship to attend Ithaca College in 1938, and graduated in 1942.
World War II had just started and he enlisted in the Army Signal Corp in May, 1942. Four months later he was sent to the Army Music school in Washington, D.C. for training to be a Band Master. In December, 1942 he finished his training and was appointed Conductor and Commanding Officer of the Air Force Band at West Point, New York. He stayed there until the end of the war in 1945. While at West Point he conducted the orchestra and band for military shows on Broadway in New York City and many other places. Included in these venues were command performances for President Roosevelt at Hyde Park and in Washington, D.C. Some of the best musician in the country became members of his organization. Bill developed arthritis of the spine near the end of the war and spent several months in hospitals in New York and other parts of the country. He was discharged in December, 1945.
In 1946 he was named Director of Instrumental Music for all of the Utica Public Schools. He also organized and conducted the Utica College Band and Choir. For six years he organized and conducted the Utica Symphonette. This was a chamber orchestra that brought good music to small areas in New York State that did not have their own professional organizations. In 1951 he received his Masters Degree in Music from Syracuse University, after three years of summer school, evening classes during the winter months.
In 1953, Bill left work in Utica and joined Ginn and Company, a large educational publisher in Boston. Later, Xerox Corporation of Rochester, New York purchased the company and Bill became Sales Manager for New York State. He continued there until his retirement in 1976.
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Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, NY
Carney, William D.: PENFIELD: Sept. 22, 2002.
Survived by his wife, Margaret "Peggy"; children, David (Barbara), Stephen (Laurie), James Carney, Kathleen (David) Dyer; grandchildren, Ryan and Michael Carney and Emily Dyer; brother, G. Robert (Patricia) Carney. Friends may call at Nulton, Mattle & Ashton Funeral Home, 1704 Penfield Rd. Wednesday 2-4 & 6-8pm. Bill's Funeral Mass will be celebrated Thursday, 11:00 am at St. Joseph's Church, 43 Gebhardt Rd. Penfield. Interment, Oakwood Cemetery. Those wishing may contribute to GRHCA Hospice.
Born February 24, 1920 in Ilion, New York. Bill developed an early interest in sports and music when he joined the Boy Scouts at age 12. He received a bugle for Christmas and enjoyed it so much that he he played it almost all day. Soon after, he started taking lessons on the trumpet and advanced very quickly. At age 14 he won First Prize in a trumpet competition for Central New York State.
His family moved to Utica the following year. He continued improving his trumpet playing and study. He became the youngest member of the Utica Symphony Orchestra, plus playing in Dance Bands and many other musical groups. That year he won First Prize for the trumpet contest in New York State. He then won a scholarship to attend the National Music Camp at Interlochen, Michigan for the next four summers of (1937 - 1940) and played in the National High School Orchestra and Band. He was also Life Guard at the National Music Camp for two of these summers. He received a scholarship to attend Ithaca College in 1938, and graduated in 1942.
World War II had just started and he enlisted in the Army Signal Corp in May, 1942. Four months later he was sent to the Army Music school in Washington, D.C. for training to be a Band Master. In December, 1942 he finished his training and was appointed Conductor and Commanding Officer of the Air Force Band at West Point, New York. He stayed there until the end of the war in 1945. While at West Point he conducted the orchestra and band for military shows on Broadway in New York City and many other places. Included in these venues were command performances for President Roosevelt at Hyde Park and in Washington, D.C. Some of the best musician in the country became members of his organization. Bill developed arthritis of the spine near the end of the war and spent several months in hospitals in New York and other parts of the country. He was discharged in December, 1945.
In 1946 he was named Director of Instrumental Music for all of the Utica Public Schools. He also organized and conducted the Utica College Band and Choir. For six years he organized and conducted the Utica Symphonette. This was a chamber orchestra that brought good music to small areas in New York State that did not have their own professional organizations. In 1951 he received his Masters Degree in Music from Syracuse University, after three years of summer school, evening classes during the winter months.
In 1953, Bill left work in Utica and joined Ginn and Company, a large educational publisher in Boston. Later, Xerox Corporation of Rochester, New York purchased the company and Bill became Sales Manager for New York State. He continued there until his retirement in 1976.
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Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, NY
Carney, William D.: PENFIELD: Sept. 22, 2002.
Survived by his wife, Margaret "Peggy"; children, David (Barbara), Stephen (Laurie), James Carney, Kathleen (David) Dyer; grandchildren, Ryan and Michael Carney and Emily Dyer; brother, G. Robert (Patricia) Carney. Friends may call at Nulton, Mattle & Ashton Funeral Home, 1704 Penfield Rd. Wednesday 2-4 & 6-8pm. Bill's Funeral Mass will be celebrated Thursday, 11:00 am at St. Joseph's Church, 43 Gebhardt Rd. Penfield. Interment, Oakwood Cemetery. Those wishing may contribute to GRHCA Hospice.
His family moved to Utica the following year. He continued improving his trumpet playing and study. He became the youngest member of the Utica Symphony Orchestra, plus playing in Dance Bands and many other musical groups. That year he won First Prize for the trumpet contest in New York State. He then won a scholarship to attend the National Music Camp at Interlochen, Michigan for the next four summers of (1937 - 1940) and played in the National High School Orchestra and Band. He was also Life Guard at the National Music Camp for two of these summers. He received a scholarship to attend Ithaca College in 1938, and graduated in 1942.
World War II had just started and he enlisted in the Army Signal Corp in May, 1942. Four months later he was sent to the Army Music school in Washington, D.C. for training to be a Band Master. In December, 1942 he finished his training and was appointed Conductor and Commanding Officer of the Air Force Band at West Point, New York. He stayed there until the end of the war in 1945. While at West Point he conducted the orchestra and band for military shows on Broadway in New York City and many other places. Included in these venues were command performances for President Roosevelt at Hyde Park and in Washington, D.C. Some of the best musician in the country became members of his organization. Bill developed arthritis of the spine near the end of the war and spent several months in hospitals in New York and other parts of the country. He was discharged in December, 1945.
In 1946 he was named Director of Instrumental Music for all of the Utica Public Schools. He also organized and conducted the Utica College Band and Choir. For six years he organized and conducted the Utica Symphonette. This was a chamber orchestra that brought good music to small areas in New York State that did not have their own professional organizations. In 1951 he received his Masters Degree in Music from Syracuse University, after three years of summer school, evening classes during the winter months.
In 1953, Bill left work in Utica and joined Ginn and Company, a large educational publisher in Boston. Later, Xerox Corporation of Rochester, New York purchased the company and Bill became Sales Manager for New York State. He continued there until his retirement in 1976.
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Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, NY
Carney, William D.: PENFIELD: Sept. 22, 2002.
Survived by his wife, Margaret "Peggy"; children, David (Barbara), Stephen (Laurie), James Carney, Kathleen (David) Dyer; grandchildren, Ryan and Michael Carney and Emily Dyer; brother, G. Robert (Patricia) Carney. Friends may call at Nulton, Mattle & Ashton Funeral Home, 1704 Penfield Rd. Wednesday 2-4 & 6-8pm. Bill's Funeral Mass will be celebrated Thursday, 11:00 am at St. Joseph's Church, 43 Gebhardt Rd. Penfield. Interment, Oakwood Cemetery. Those wishing may contribute to GRHCA Hospice.
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