Active as a composer and pianist, Amy Williams performs at and has had her music performed at well-known contemporary music festivals and in prestigious venues in her native U.S. and beyond. She is also a noted educator.
Williams was born in Buffalo, New York, in 1969. Her father, Jan, was a percussionist and a member of the faculty at the University of Buffalo, and her mother, Diane, was a Buffalo Philharmonic violist. Williams took up the piano at four and also played the flute as a child. She grew up amidst Buffalo's vital contemporary music scene and personally knew such ...