Julius Williams

President of the International Conductors Guild 2019-

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Music Director/Conductor Trilogy An Opera Company 2009-

Currently, Williams is a full-time professor at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA since fall 1998. He teaches composition, conducting, theory, and also runs the Berklee International Composers Institute. He is also the conductor of the Great American Songbook Orchestra.

Artistic Director of New York State Summer School of the Arts 1988-1995

Williams attended Herbert Lehman College and Hartt School of Music where he received his, B.S. and M.M.E. respectively. He was bestowed an honorary doctorate from Keene State College in New Hampshire. While in Colorado, Williams studied orchestral conducting and composition at the Aspen Music School in 1984. Williams has over 33 guest conducting experiences, over 11 artist-in-residencies, visiting fellowships, and teaching positions. Moreover Williams has, also, received awards for musical excellence and contributions from classical to African American folk music.

Served as assistant director of music at Abyssinian Baptist church in Harlem 1983-86

Williams was educated in the New York public school system and graduated in 1972 from Andrew Jackson High School, a performing arts school in Queens, New York.

Julius Penson Williams (born June 22, 1954 in The Bronx, New York), is an American composer, conductor, and college professor.