William Simms is an active performer of early music. Equally adept on lute, theorbo and baroque guitar, he appears frequently with Apollo’s Fire, The North Carolina Baroque Orchestra, Heartland Baroque, The Thirteen and many others. He has performed numerous opera and oratorios with such ensembles as The Washington National Opera, Opera Philadelphia, Opera Lafayette and The Cleveland Opera. Venues include The Kennedy Center, The National Cathedral, St Martin-in-the-fields, The Barns at Wolftrap and Tanglewood. He tours regularly with Apollo’s Fire and with Heartland Baroque. He performed on the Grammy winning Songs of Orpheus with Apollo’s Fire and Karim Sulayman. His recording with Ronn Macfarlane, Two Lutes, was the CD pick of the week on WETA in Washington DC. Mr. Simms received a Bachelor of Music from The College of Wooster and a Master of Music from The Peabody Conservatory. He has recorded for the Dorian, Centaur, Naxos and Eclectra labels.