William Bradley Strickland

This article is about the composer, music educator, and music publisher. For the science fiction and fantasy writer, see Brad Strickland.

William Bradley Strickland, also known as Willie Strickland, (August 21, 1929 – April 9, 1990) was an American composer, music educator, and music publisher. In his early career he worked as a public school music teacher for Hempstead Union Free School District and Rockville Centre Union Free School District. He later worked as a composer, orchestrator, and arranger for television and Broadway musicals, and also wrote band music repertoire used for education purposes. He was the founder of the music publishing house Consort Music. He ended his career teaching on the music faculties of Hofstra University and Adelphi University.

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