Christopher Williams, violist, is a native of Fort Worth, Texas. Mr. Williams has been an orchestra performer and recitalist in numerous music festivals including the Baylor Intensive Chamber Music Program, ENCORE School for Strings, Musicorda, The International Festival Institute at Roundtop, Manchester Music Festival, and the Colorado College Summer Music Festival. In addition, Mr. Williams has received invitations from the Interlochen Center for the Arts, Music Academy of the West, and a fellowship in 2009 to the Atlantic Music Festival in Waterville, Maine. He has served as a section member of the Las Colinas, Arlington, and Garland Symphony Orchestras. As a chamber musician he has studied with the Emerson, St. Petersburg, Tokyo, Colorado, and Ying String Quartets.

Mr. Williams has performed as a soloist with several orchestras including the Youth Orchestra of Greater Fort Worth, the Brazos Chamber Orchestra, the Paschal Orchestra, and the University of North Texas Symphony Orchestra as a winner of the annual concerto competition. He received the chamber music prize at the Hubbard Competition in 2001 and was a national semi-finalist in the 2002 ASTA solo competition. In 2003, he was featured twice on NPR’s “From The Top,” on which he was accompanied by world-renowned pianist Christopher O’Riley. This was followed by his solo recital debut at The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. An advocate for new music, in 2004 Mr. Williams worked with composer Hsaio-Lan Wang, performing new compositions for viola and percussion. Mr. Williams’ most recent concert engagements have included performances at Carnegie Hall, the Yale Club, and the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC as part of the Conservatory Project.

Mr. Williams received his Bachelor of Music from The University of North Texas. He is currently pursuing his Master of Music at Yale University as the recipient of the Henry and Lucy Moses full-tuition scholarship and the Irving S. Gilmore fellowship. He performs on a 1953 viola made by Cesare Maggiali.

Title	Genre	Released	Plays
I Wanna	Electronica	Jun 8, 2009	91
Hot To The Touch	Electronica	Jun 8, 2009	74
Come Back to Me	Dance	May 31, 2008	271
Telemann Canonic Sonata in C Major (Mvt. 1)	Classical	May 30, 2008	253
This Is The Night	Pop	May 30, 2008	170
Rock Tran	Electronica	May 29, 2008	167
Beauty Enters	Electronica	May 29, 2008	167
Oh No	Electronica	May 29, 2008	179

Title	Genre	Released	Plays
Baroque breakbeats	Classical	Sep 8, 2008	545