Bill Moffit Passes Away Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Dr. William Moffit, former marching band director for the Michigan State, the University of Houston and Purdue University died in Jacksonville, FL, on March 5th 2008, at the age of 82. He was an exclusive arranger for the Hal Leonard Corporation’s famous “Soundpower” marching band series from the mid-1960′s to early 1980′s. His more than 450 marching band publications sold over a million copies, and several titles are still in print. “The Horse”
His arrangement of the Fanfare and the Star Spangled Banner sold more than 40,000 copies and is the bestselling and most-performed version of the U.S. national Antehm.