Miss America 2008 Kirsten Haglund
Vocal: “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.” To watch a portion of Kirsten's talent performance, click here.
Miss America 2007 Lauren Nelson
Vocal: “You'll Be In My Heart.” To watch a portion of Lauren's talent performance, click here.
Miss America 2004 Erika Dunlap
Vocal: “If I Could.” To watch a portion of Ericka's talent performance, click here.
Miss America 1999 Nicole Johnson
Vocal: “That's Life.” To watch a portion of Nicole's talent performance, click here.
Miss America 1996 Shawntel Smith
Vocal: “Woman In The Moon.” To watch a portion of Shawntel's talent performance, click here.
Miss America 1993 Leanza Cornett
Vocal: “A New Life.” To watch a portion of Leanza's talent performance, click here.
Miss America 1990 Debbye Turner
Marimba Medley
Bill holds a BA in vocal/instrumental music education with a minor in piano from the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. He has done graduate work at the University of Missouri in Kansas City. After graduating from UNL he taught high school music for five years in Neligh, Nebraska, directing many award winning choirs, show choirs, and madrigal groups.
While attending graduate school in Kansas City he could be heard performing throughout the city at various hotels, nightspots and dinner theatres. From 1992 to 1996 he served as the producer of the award winning television broadcast of the Miss Missouri Pageant seen live across the state. In 1992, he started producing arrangements for competition to be used by contestants on the local, state, and national levels of the Miss America Pageant. From 1990 to 2008 Bill has worked on music for SEVEN Miss Americas and had from one to five contestants place as semi-finalists every single year.
Music is Bill’s passion, and making every contestant he works with the best that she can be is his specialty.
