Gail Williams, horn

Gail Williams is in demand as a soloist, chamber musician, and recording artist. After 20 years with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, she is currently Principal Horn of the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra and has recently performed on a number of prestigious chamber music series. She is one of the founding members of The Chicago Chamber Musicians and the Summit Brass. 

Featured on many recordings, Ms Williams has commissioned works for horn by composers Dana Wilson, Anthony Plog, Douglas Hill and Augusta Reed Thomas. She is the horn professor at Northwestern University, where she has been on the faculty since 1989. Her awards included Ithaca College's Young Distinguished Alumni Award and an honorary Doctorate of Music, also from Ithaca College. In May of 2005, Ms. Williams was awarded the Charles Deeing Mccormick Teaching of Excellence Professor from Northwestern University. This is her first year on faculty with the Sarasaota Music Festival.