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NATHAN WILLIAMS

Nathan Williams--hailed by critics as "outstanding for his musicality, breath control, robust, and brilliant tone, and flawless technique" (El Nuevo Dia Domingo, San Juan), "a highly effective soloist" (The New York Times), and "a stellar musician, capable of the most exquisite and expressive playing" (The Winston-Salem Journal)–-has appeared as concerto soloist and given recitals and chamber music performances at Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Hall, and Kaufmann Hall at the 92nd St. Y, as well as throughout the United States, and in Austria, Canada, China, Hungary, Germany, Japan, Taiwan, Israel, the Netherlands, and the Czech Republic. His enthusiasm for new music has led to several commissioned works, and world premiere recordings and performances for Albany Records, CBC Radio, National Public Radio, Composers Recordings, Inc., Naxos, Arizona University Recordings, the New York Guild of Composers, the Austrian Composers Foundation, the Focus! Festival at New York’s Lincoln Center, and San Francisco’s Composers, Inc. He earned the Artist’s Diploma from the Academy of Music and Fine Arts in Vienna, Austria, and graduate degrees from Eastman (MM) and Juilliard (DMA). He is a founding member of Strata, a trio he founded with violinist/violist James Stern and pianist Audrey Andrist. He is on the Artist Roster of Lois Scott Management, Inc. Since 2001, he has been the Instructor of Clarinet at the Interlochen Arts Academy.

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Performances with STRATA:  Click here
 

Other Opportunities to hear Nathan Williams:

February 3, 2007
Hang Chiao Bilingual School
Taipei, Taiwan
-Master Class for Taiwan Band Association

February 5, 2007
Hang Chiao Bilingual School
Taipei, Taiwan
-Solo Recital with Chin-lin Fan, piano

March 9, 2007
Wichita State University
-Master Class

March 10, 2007
Wichita State University
-Solo Recital

April 28, 2007
Interlochen Arts Academy Orchestra
Interlochen, Michigan
-Soloist, Debussy/Premiere Rhapsodie and Piazzola/Oblivion


May 3, 2007
Interlochen Arts Academy Band
Interlochen, Michigan
-Soloist, Daugherty/Brooklyn Bridge


July 3-8, 2007
International Clarinet Association
ClarinetFest
Vancouver, B.C.
-Solo Recital

July 2-14, 2007
Amalfi Coast Music Festival & Institute
Amalfi, Itlay
-Clarinet & Chamber Music Workshop, private lessons, master classes, faculty recitals
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Highlights of Past Performances:

NATHAN WILLIAMS

  • Solo performances in China, The Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Austria, Canada, Germany, Japan and Taiwan
  • Recordings for Albany, CRI, Naxos, Arizona University Recordings
  • Performances broadcast on NPR's Performance Today, CBC Radio, NCRV (Dutch Radio), Austrian Radio
  • International Clarinet Association ClarinetFest performances in 1995 (Arizona), 2004 (Maryland), and 2005 (Japan)
  • Solo and chamber performances in Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Hall, Kaufmann Hall at the 92nd Street Y
  • Recitals and chamber concerts at Florida State University, Eastern Michigan University, University of Maryland, Michigan State University, University of New Mexico, University of Alabama, Bowling Green State University, Interlochen Arts Academy, University of North Carolina, East Carolina University
  • Solo performances at Chinese International Clarinet and Saxophone Festivals in Xi'an (2002), Changchun (2004), and Yantai (2005)
  • Summer festival performances at Tanglewood Music Center, Sarasota Music Festival, Appalachian Summer Festival
  • 1996-2002, Principal Clarinet with the Winston-Salem Symphony, Winston-Salem, NC