Daniel Williams

Clarinet | Chicago, IL

Clarinetist, Daniel Williams is based in Chicago and is an active performer with many orchestras in the tri-state area including the Chicago Philharmonic, Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra, Joffrey Ballet, Chicago Sinfonietta, Chicago Opera Theater, Access Contemporary Music and with many of the suburban symphonies including those in Highland Park, Elmhurst as well as with the South Bend Symphony Orchestra, Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra and Orchestra Iowa. Williams especially enjoys playing chamber music and has been a member of the CHAI Collaborative Ensemble since 2018 and has additionally performed with The Fifth House Ensemble and with The Chicago Ensemble among others.

In addition to performing, Williams maintains a large studio of clarinet and saxophone students and has been on the faculty of the Merit School of Music, The People’s School of Music and has substitute taught in the preparatory and continuing ed department at Elmhurst College. He has participated in the New Hampshire Music Festival, Music Academy of West, Chautauqua, Aspen, and Bowdoin Summer Music festivals and recently joined the faculty of the Birch Creek Music Summer Music Academy.

Williams received his Bachelors of Music from the Cleveland Institute of Music and his Master's of Music Degree at the University of Southern California. His teachers have included Yehuda Gilad, Linnea Nereim, Daniel Gilbert, Eli Eban, Franklin Cohen, Charlene Zimmerman, Monica Kaenzig and David Howard.