Biography
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.
Music 
| 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 |
Collaborations
| Title | Genre | Released | Plays |
| Baroque breakbeats | Classical | Sep 8, 2008 | 545 |

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