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Williams, Julius Penson was born on June 22, 1954 in Bronx, New York, United States.
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Julius Penson Williams
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Julius Penson Williams, American Composer, conductor. Named Honorary Distinguished Alumnus Langston U., Distinguished Alumn Herbert H. Lehman College; recipient National Cultural Through the Arts award; Eminent Dupont scholar, Virginia. Member ASCPA (award since 1979), NARAS, American Symphony Orchestra League, American Choral Dirs. Association, Music Educators National Conference.
Education
Bachelor of Science, CUNY, 1977; Master of Music, Hartt School Music, 1980; postgraduate, Aspen Music School, 1984.
Career
Music director, CPTV, 1984-1985;
assistant conductor, Aspen (Colorado) Music Festival, 1985;
conductor, composer-in-residence, Nutmeg Ballet, Bristol, Connecticut, 1986-1988;
music director, Washington Symphony Orchestra, since 1998. Artist-in-residence U. Vermont, 1988-1990. Choral artistic director New York State Summer School of the Arts, Saratoga.
Music director, principal conductor Royal Ethiopian Philharmonic. Professor music Berklee College Music. Education consultant NorwalkSymphony, 1997-1998.
Member artistic advising committee Queens Symphony, since 1997.
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Membership
Member ASCPA (award since 1979), NARAS, American Symphony Orchestra League, American Choral Dirs. Association, Music Educators National Conference.
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Named Honorary Distinguished Alumnus Langston U., Distinguished Alumn Herbert H. Lehman College. Recipient National Cultural Through the Arts award. Eminent Dupont scholar, Virginia.Named Honorary Distinguished Alumnus Langston U., Distinguished Alumn Herbert H. Lehman College. Recipient National Cultural Through the Arts award. Eminent Dupont scholar, Virginia.