A native of Orem, Utah, violinist and violist Adrienne Williams enjoys a versatile career as a chamber musician, orchestral player, recording artist, and teacher. Praised by the South Florida Classical review for “sweetness of tone” and “astute musicality”, Adrienne is currently a member of the Palm Beach Symphony and Florida Grand Opera, where she often serves as assistant principal violist. Since 2017 she has played with the Utah Symphony and she also has frequently served as concertmaster of Memphis Sinfonietta and the Frost Symphony orchestra. As a soloist, Adrienne has performed with the Utah
Valley Symphony, Oquirrh Mountain Symphony, and BYU Symphony orchestras.
An avid chamber musician, Adrienne is a member of Trio Osceola, an award-winning piano trio based in Miami. In 2023, Trio Osceola performed at the 50th annual Fischoff Chamber Music Competition, where they received the Horszowski award for highest-ranking piano trio. Trio Osceola has since performed throughout Florida and across the US, most recently appearing at the Harvard Chamber Music Festival.
Adrienne is passionate about teaching and has served as violin faculty at the Lutheran Summer Music Festival and Academy for 6 years and was most recently invited as guest faculty at the BYU Young Musician’s Summerfest. She also remains devoted to building and sustaining music programs in public school systems, having devoted many years to teaching and assisting at various orchestra programs in at-risk public schools across Utah valley. She has also been a featured guest-artist and lecturer in numerous educational outreach programs, including a collaboration with the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Rochester, and previously the Rosemary Beach Foundation in Florida.
Adrienne holds a DMA from the Frost School of Music, where she served as teaching assistant to Charles Castleman and also studied viola from Jodi Levitz. Previously, Adrienne earned an MM from the Eastman School of Music and BM from the BYU School of music. Former teachers include Mikhail Kopelman, Monte Belknap, Alex Woods, and Barbara Williams. She has received additional studies from the Brentano Quartet, Ying Quartet, Vienna Piano Trio, Rachel Barton Pine, David Kim, David Coucheron, William Preucil, Patty Kopec, and others.
In her free time, Adrienne can be found cycling, bird-watching, and napping, though usually not
simultaneously.
