William Hugh Albright (October 20, 1944 – September 17, 1998) was an American composer, pianist and organist.
He attended the Juilliard Preparatory Department (1959–62), the Eastman School of Music (1962–63) and the University of Michigan (1962–70), where he studied composition with Ross Lee Finney and George Rochberg, and organ with Marilyn Mason.
[6] He was an enthusiast for ragtime[7] and made notable recordings of the piano rags of Scott Joplin and others.
[8] He commissioned new works for the organ from other contemporary composers to play on his international concert tours.
Albright's notable students include Derek Bermel, John Burke, Evan Chambers, Chihchun Chi-sun Lee, Gabriela Lena Frank, Alexander Frey, Evan Hause, Katt Hernandez, Joseph Lukasik, John Howell Morrison, Carter Pann, Frank Ticheli, and Michael Sidney Timpson.