Joe Williams | Featured Artist

Joe Williams, M. M. is a sound liberator and arts leader from Tacoma, WA. He serves on the Tacoma Arts Commission and the national DEI committee for Music Teachers National Association. He is an advisory board member of New Music Initiative for Black Voices as well as Ebony Music, Inc. He recently served as Sound Salon’s guest artistic director to create a portrait concert of Brian Raphael Nabors.

His curatorial work has been recognized by the National Endowment for the Arts. He is currently teaching piano and American Music History at Interlochen Arts Camp.

Previous appointments include staff instrumental collaborative pianist at Oberlin Conservatory, coach at Portland Opera, and behavior therapist at Center for Autism and Related Disorders. Williams is currently researching Florence Price's complete keyboard catalogue having been awarded the 2022 Paul Charosh Independent Scholar Fellowship from the Society for American Music.

Learn more about Joe and his work at the links below:

official website

Joe appears on these Resonance programs:

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