 In 2008 he composed the bassoon quartet "Bright Angel", in memory of a hike with his father through the Grand Canyon.William Waterhouse was celebrated in his 80th birthyear on 16 April 2011 in a Memorial Concert "The Proud Bassoon" in Wigmore Hall.Players included his three children, Gervase de Peyer and Timothy Brown as former members of the Melos Ensemble, players who succeeded him such as Roger Birnstingl (Orchestre de la Suisse Romande) and Julie Price (BBC Symphony Orchestra), bassoonists from around the world, such as Jim Kopp, Lyndon Watts and Takashi Yamakami, his students and a bassoon quartet from the RNCM, led by Stefano Canuti.