William Shuford Self (1906–1998) was an American organist and choirmaster. William Self was born April 22, 1906 in Lenoir, North Carolina. He studied at The Peabody Institute and New England Conservatory, where he received the Diploma (1926) and Soloist Diploma (1930). He also studied with Joseph Bonnet. Most of Self’s career was spent at two Episcopal Church congregations: All Saints’ Church, Worcester, Massachusetts (1933–1954) and St. Thomas Episcopal Church, New York (1954–1971). Along with William Bergsma and William Strickland, he judged the 1956 Church of the Ascension's festival anthem composition competition. William Self died April 8, 1998. References Sources William Self, For Mine Eyes Have Seen (Worcester, Massachusetts: Worcester Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, 1990) 1906 births 1998 deaths American classical organists American male organists 20th-century classical musicians 20th-century American musicians People from Lenoir, North Carolina 20th-century organists 20th-century American male musicians Male classical organists