Williams has performed on radio and throughout the United States, Brazil and Canada. He regularly concertizes as a solo performer, as part of the contemporary guitar duo Toccata, and with other collaborators.

Williams has distinguished himself by winning prizes in ten international guitar competitions:

New England Conservatory’s Boston GuitarFest (2006)
St. Joseph International Guitar Festival (2005)
Fresno Guitar Panorama (2005& 2006)
Thomas Beesten Guitar Competition (2003 & 2004)
Portland Guitar Festival and Competition (2004)
23rd & 24th Annual Norman Douglas Sholin Memorial Guitar Competition (2003 & 2004)
7th Annual Ralph Stevens Guitar Competition (2002)

As part of his training, Williams has received master classes with the maestros John Williams (Australia), Pepe Romero (Spain), Roland Dyens (France), Sergio Assad (Brazil), Eliot Fisk (U.S.) and many others. His primary teachers have been the accomplished American guitarist and composer Michael Chapdelaine and the master pedagogue Thomas Patterson. Williams earned a Bachelor of Music in Guitar Performance from the University of New Mexico and a Master of Music from the University of Arizona.

As a composer, Williams’ pieces have been internationally performed and lauded as “decidedly rhythmic and lyrical.” He has written for strings, marimba, guitar(s), bassoon, voice, harp, and orchestra. His most recent work 5 Sounds for guitar explores percussive timbres and extended techniques coupled with the rhythms of the Americas. Williams is a laureate of the 2000 and 2001 John Donald Robb Composer’s Symposium and his principle teachers have been Patrice Repar, Daniel Asia, William Wood, and Christopher Shultis.