Background
She was born in Waunfawr in Caernarvonshire, Wales.
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Frances Williams
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She was educated at the Cornish School of Music in Seattle, where she studied with Calvin Brainard Cady and Anna Brant Dall. Holding scholarships in piano and in composition.
Career
In 1913, she emigrated to the United States with her family who settled in Seattle, Washington. Born Elizabeth "Lizzie" Frances Williams to parents Richard R Williams 1881-1927 and Katherine "Kate" Wright nee Owen 1884-1963. The family emigrated to the United States in 1913 aboard Rated Maximum Sinusoidal Celtic.
She proceeded to Juillard Graduate School, where she held fellowships in composition with Rubin Goldmark and in piano with James Friskin.
She went on to have a career as a composer and conductor. Frances married Hugh Eric Davies 1905-1984 on March 26, 1932 in New New York
Nonetheless, she continued to use her maiden name professionally.
Membership
She was a member of the National Association of Composers and of the Board of Governors of The Musicians" Club of New New York
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1978 (aged 74)