Julius Penson Williams
Julius Penson Williams (* 1954 in New York City ) is an American conductor, composer and music teacher.
biography
Williams studied at the Herman H. Lehman College of the City University of New York and at the Hartt School of Music . He taught at various colleges and universities before becoming Professor of Composition and Conducting at Berklee College of Music in Boston. As a conductor he assisted Lukas Foss with the Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra and the American Symphony Orchestra and has led numerous well-known American and European symphony and chamber orchestras.
He was artistic director at the Costa del Sol Festival in Spain and the New York State Summer School of the Arts . In 1989 he conducted the opening concert of the Symphony Saint Paulia at Carnegie Hall , and in 1999 he opened the Tri-C Jazz Festival of Cleveland with a performance of Duke Ellington's Sacred Service .
Works
- Cinderella , ballet
- Easter celebration , cantata for orchestra, choir, gospel choir, tenor and dancer, 1993
- Guinevere , Opera, US 1989
- In roads for flute, oboe and cello, 1987
- Norman overture
- Sounds of colors for organ
- Toccatina for string orchestra
Discography
- Symphonic Brotherhood , 1993
- Shades of Blue , the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra under Julius P. Williams plays works by David Baker , H. Leslie Adams and Stephen Michael Newby , 2001
- The American Soloist , the Dvorak Symphony Orchestra under Julius P. Williams plays works by Andrew List , Lee McQuillan , Joaquín Rodrigo and Arthur Welwood , 2004
- The New American Romanticism , the Dvorak Symphony Orchestra under Julius P. Williams plays works by Leroy Southers , Lee McQuillan , Beth Denisch and Jack Jarrett , 2004
- Midnight Tolls , the Dvorak Symphony Orchestra under Julius P. Williams plays works by Williams, Lee T. McQuillan , Armand Qualliotine and Thomas Hojnacki , 2006
- Somewhere Far Away , the Dvorak Symphony Orchestra under Julius P. Williams plays works by Williams and Joe Westmoreland , 2008
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- AfriClassical - Julius Penson Williams (b.1954)
- Berkell College of Music - Julius Williams (Professor)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Williams, Julius Penson |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American composer, conductor and music educator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |