Gregory K. Williams, Violist

Gregory K. Williams is a multifaceted violist, making his mark as a soloist, orchestral, chamber musician and pedagogue. His recent performances include recitals in Canada, the Netherlands, Germany, and the United States. He presented a Lecture-Recital on the unaccompanied viola works of Günter Raphael in 2016 at the American Viola Society Festival in Oberlin, Ohio. He is Principal Violist with the Berkshire Opera Festival, and Assistant Principal Violist of the Hudson Valley Philharmonic, and the Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra. He is a founding violist of Rhymes With Opera, and the Red Door Chamber Players. Mr. Williams has also performed with the Albany Symphony, the Syracuse Symphony, and the Aspen Music Festival. He is a Doctoral candidate at the Graduate Center, CUNY, and has studied at the Eastman School of Music, and Boston University. He has taught viola at the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College, CUNY since 2012. He joined Luminous Sounds in 2017.