Chris Williams
Percussion
 Chris Williams became the Baltimore Symphony's principal percussionist and assistant timpanist in 1978. He received his Bachelors degree in music education from the University of Delaware and earned a Master degree in music from the University of Michigan. He was head of the percussion departments at the Peabody Conservatory of Music and the University of Delaware. Mr. Williams has been a soloist with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Baltimore Chamber Orchestra and was a recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award in 1987 presented by the Delaware Music Educators Association. He is an active participant in the BSO's Arts Excel program, which utilizes music and Symphony musicians to teach subjects across the curriculum. He was a featured performer in the acclaimed March 1996 youth concert, Music Talks, and just recently on the March 2002 youth concert entitled "Percussion Strikes Again." This is his
seventh summer with AYO.
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