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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
the Kennedy Center, 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, Italy, Israel, Hungary, Germany, Japan, Taiwan, the Netherlands, and the Czech Republic.
He was a prize winner in Rotterdam’s International Gaudeamus Interpreters Competition for performers of contemporary music,
the William C. Byrd Young Artists Competition, the Eastman Concerto Competition, and the Naumburg International Competition.
He has been a resident artist at the Banff Centre in Alberta, Canada, and a fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center, where he
won the C. D. Jackson Award for outstanding achievement.
Mr. Williams has been heard in concert broadcasts on National Public Radio, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the
Austrian Radio Network, NCRV (Dutch Radio), and WNCN-New York. He has commissioned several solo and chamber works, from
such composers as Robert Maggio, Scott McAllister, Adam Silverman and Edward Jacobs, and he has taken part in world-premiere
recordings and performances of both solo and chamber music for 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 was the principal
clarinetist of the Winston-Salem Symphony from 1996 to 2003, and from 1990 to 2001 he was on the faculty of the East
Carolina University School of Music in Greenville, N. C.
Mr. Williams has received critical acclaim for his compact disc recordings for Albany
Records, Composers Recordings, Inc., Naxos,
New Dynamic Records, and Arizona University Recordings. He is also a featured soloist on "Music from the I.C.A.,"
distributed by the International Clarinet Association. In 1999, Strata–-a trio he founded with violinist James Stern
and pianist Audrey Andrist--recorded works by Aram Khachaturian, Max Bruch, Martin Rokeach, Igor Stravinsky, and Don
Freund for AUR. A duo CD with Andrist, Spontaneous Lines (Albany Records, TROY 311), features works by American
composers Leslie Bassett, Sebastian Currier, Robert Maggio, Robert Muczynski, and Martin Rokeach,
Igor Stravinsky, and Don Freund for AUR.
A duo CD with Andrist, Spontaneous Lines (AlbanyRecords, TROY 311),
features works by American composers Lesle Bassett, Sebastian Currier,
Robert Maggio, Robert Muczynski, and Martin Rokeach.
Mr. Williams earned the Artist Diploma with highest honors from the Academy of Music and Fine Arts in Vienna,
Austria, as well as graduate degrees from the Eastman and Juilliard schools, where he studied with Stanley Hasty.
A former clarinetist with the Continuum ensemble in New York, he was the
principal clarinetist of the Winston-Salem Symphony from 1996 to 2003,
and from 1990 to 2001 he was on the faculty of the East Carolina
University School of Music in Greenville, N.C. From 2001 to 2008,
he was the Instructor of Clarinet at the Interlochen Arts Academy, and during 2003-2004 was also
named Visiting Associate Professor at Michigan State University’s School of Music.
He joined the faculty of the Butler School of Music at the University of
Texas at Austin in the fall of 2008. In October 2008, he was appointed
principal clarinetist of the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra in Houston,
Texas. He is also an Artistic Director for the 2010 International
Clarinet Association ClarinetFest, which will be held at the Butler
School of Music July 21-25.
Mr. Williams is on the Artist Roster of Lois Scott Management, Inc. in New York,
and is an Artist/Clinician for the prestigious French clarinet
manufacturer Buffet Crampon. Mr. Williams also recently joined the
artist faculty of the Amalfi Coast Clarinet Workshop and Chamber Music
Institute in Vietri-sul-Mare/Naples, Itlay.
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Current Performances with STRATA:
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Other Opportunities
to hear Nathan Williams:
August 5,
2009;
7:30 p.m.
Taiwan National University of the Arts
Taipei, Taiwan
-Solo Recital
August 11, 2009;
5:30 p.m.
Casa di Musica
Porto, Portugal
-Concerto Soloist
September
11, 2009
Butler Dedicatory Series
Bates Recital Hall
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas
-Faculty Gala Concert
October 10, 2009;
5:00 p.m.
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra
Joel Smirnoff, Conductor
The Church of St. John the Divine
Houston, Texas
-Principal Clarinet
October 11, 2009; 7:00 p.m.
Evans Arts Series
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra
Joel Smirnoff, Conductor
Chapelwood United Methodist Church
Houston, Texas
-Principal Clarinet
October 18
& 19, 2009
Salon Concerts Series
Austin, Texas
-for further information, visit
www.salonconcerts.org
October
20, 2009; 6:00 p.m.
Armstrong Community Music School
Austin, Texas
November
7, 2009; 7:30 p.m.
Jessen Series of Distinguished Faculty Artists
Jessen Auditorium
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas
-Solo Recital
November 16, 2009,
7:00 p.m.
Boston Conservatory
Boston, Massachusetts
-Master Class
January 26, 2010;
5:30 p.m.
ROCOco, a River Oaks Chamber Orchestra
Music and Wine Tasting event
The Tasting Room at Uptown Park
Houston, Texas
-Solo Performance
February 13, 2010;
5:00 p.m.
Conductorless concert
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra
The Church of St. John the Divine
Houston, Texas
-Principal Clarinet
February 14, 2010; 5:00 p.m.
Conductorless concert
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra
The Houstonian Hotel
Houston, Texas
-Principal Clarinet
February 23, 2010;
8:00 p.m.
University of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina
-Solo Recital
February 24, 2010; 12:00 noon
University of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina
-Master Class
February 27, 2010; 8:00 p.m.
New Music & ECU Festival
Fletcher Recital Hall
East Carolina University
Greenville, North Carolina
-Solo Recital
February 28,
2010; 8:00 p.m.
Coastal Carolina Community College
Jacksonville, North Carolina
-Solo Recital
March 22, 2010;
8:00 p.m.
Performing Arts Center
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia
-Solo Recital
March 26, 2010;
7:30 p.m.
University of Texas Wind Ensemble
Bates Recital Hall
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas
-Concerto Soloist
April 17, 2010; 5:00 p.m.
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra
Robert Moody, Conductor
The Church of St. John the Divine
Houston, Texas
-Principal Clarinet
April 18, 2010; 6:30 p.m.
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra
Robert Moody, Conductor
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Houston, Texas
-Principal Clarinet
July 6-9, 2010
Aria International Summer Academy
Mt. Holyoke College
South Hadley, Massachusetts
-Artist/Faculty
July 21, 2010
International Clarinet Association ClarinetFest
Bates Recital Hall
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas
-Host Recital
April 16 & 17,
2011
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra
Alastair
Willis, Conductor
Houston, Texas
-Concerto Soloist
Highlights of Past Performances:
NATHAN
WILLIAMS
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Solo performances in China, The Netherlands, the Czech Republic,
Hungary, Austria, Canada, Germany, Japan and Taiwan
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Recordings for Albany, CRI, Naxos, Arizona University Recordings
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Performances broadcast on NPR's Performance Today, CBC Radio, NCRV
(Dutch Radio), Austrian Radio
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International Clarinet Association ClarinetFest performances in 1995
(Arizona), 2004 (Maryland), and 2005 (Japan)
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Solo and chamber performances in Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Hall,
Kaufmann Hall at the 92nd Street Y
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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
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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
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1996-2002, Principal Clarinet with the Winston-Salem
Symphony, Winston-Salem, NC
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