| 词条 | Carol Williams (organist) |
| 释义 |
| caption = Dr. Carol Williams | image = File:CarolWilliams.jpg | image_size = | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_name = | birth_date = 1962 | birth_place = Great Britain | origin = | genre = Classical | occupation = Organist, composer | instrument = Pipe organ | years_active = 1984–present | label = Melcot Music | associated_acts = | website = http://www.melcot.com/ }} Carol Anne Williams D.M.A., ARAM, FRCO, FTCL, ARCM (born 1962) is a British-born international concert organist and composer, now living in America. She served from October 2001 and resigned her post in October 2016[1][2][3] as Civic Organist for the city of San Diego, California, performing regularly at the Spreckels Organ Pavilion.[4][5] She was concurrently serving as the Artistic Director of the Spreckels Organ Society;[6] producing the largest organ festival in North America since 2001. Formerly the Artist in Residence at St. Paul's Cathedral San Diego;.[7] Awarded the title of San Diego Civic Organist Emerita, Carol now resides in Lynchburg Virginia and is the concert organist and instructor of organ at Randolph College. She is the host of TourBus, a pipe organ documentary series,[8] as well as her YouTube series On The Bench with Dr. Carol. Early life and educationWilliams was born in Great Britain in a Welsh family with musical influences. She began private lessons at age five and was able to read music before she reading English. Her formal training started with five years at the Royal Academy of Music where she specialized in the organ, performing as a student of David Sanger. She obtained the Academy's prestigious Recital Diploma, together with the LRAM for both organ and piano. She was awarded all the major prizes for organ performing and, during her studies, she became a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists and a Fellow of Trinity College London, as well as an Associate of the Royal College of Music. Williams has also studied with Daniel Roth, the Organist at the Church of St. Sulpice, Paris. Moving to the United States, Williams undertook postgraduate study at Yale University [9] under the direction of Thomas Murray. She was appointed University Chapel Organist and was awarded an Artist Diploma (AD) together with the Charles Ives Prize for outstanding achievement. She then relocated to New York City where she became the Associate Organist at the Cathedral of the Incarnation in Long Island's Garden City. She undertook doctoral study under McNeil Robinson at the Manhattan School of Music, where she received the Helen Cohn award for her Doctor of Musical Arts (D.M.A.) degree.[10] CareerWilliams has performed around the world, including: St. Sulpice and Notre Dame, Paris; Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles;[11] Westminster Abbey; St. Paul's Cathedral; King's College, Cambridge; The Queen's College, Oxford; Salisbury Cathedral;[12] Blenheim Palace;[13] Woolsey Hall, Yale University; Memorial Chapel, Harvard University; St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York; Washington National Cathedral; St. Ignatius Loyola, New York; Riverside Church, New York. She has also given numerous concerts in Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Monaco, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Germany, Denmark, Singapore, China and Russia. Williams has been elected an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music (ARAM) in recognition of her contribution to music. A regular broadcaster in the UK and in America, she has been the guest performer with a number of leading orchestras including the BBC Concert Orchestra, San Diego Symphony Orchestra and the Beijing Symphony Orchestra. She performed the inaugural recitals on a newly installed Austin organ in Beijing's Forbidden City Concert Hall. Williams has been interviewed on many radio programs, in which she has highlighted her 'profound love' of the organ, and she is featured in the national-awareness video Pulling out all the Stops when she was filmed in concert at St. Thomas' Church on New York's Fifth Avenue. She also took part in the Virgil Fox Memorial Concert[14][15] held in the fall of 2000 at New York's Riverside Church, and a recording of the event was released. Williams also hosts a video series TourBus, which focuses on various pipe organs around the world as with the music, people and places associated with them. In October 2001, Williams became the first woman in the United States to be appointed Civic Organist. She served as the San Diego Civic Organist and Artistic Director of the Spreckels Organ Society in San Diego, California from 2001 to 2016.[16][17][18] Williams performs an average of 75 concerts a year worldwide. Williams regularly attracts new audiences to the pipe organ[19] with charismatic humor and programs of intense genre diversity, including collaborations with various jazz, blues, pop and rock bands.[20] Concert patrons have received her live performances with 'rock star' enthusiasm. PhilanthropyWilliams performs about 20 hours of free organ concerts a year to raise awareness and funds for various charitable organizations.[21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31] CompositionsPublished by Melcot Music:
DiscographyProduced by Melcot Music:[32]
Produced by Rumley Music:[33]
VideosProduced by Valentine Music:
Produced by Bell Video:[8]
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This website is for sale!|website=sosorgan.com|accessdate=20 December 2018}} 7. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.stpaulcathedral.org/music-st-pauls-organ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-01-18 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130624021313/http://stpaulcathedral.org/music-st-pauls-organ |archivedate=2013-06-24 |df= }} 8. ^1 "TourBus", Bell Video 9. ^{{cite web|url=https://music.yale.edu/2013/11/08/carol-williams-98ad-first-american-woman-serve-civic-organist/|title=Carol Williams '98AD is first American woman to serve as civic organist|website=Yale School of Music|accessdate=20 December 2018}} 10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.alumniconnections.com/s/1846/index.aspx?sid=1846&gid=1&pgid=60&cid=169&referer=&query=errors%2f404.aspx|title=System - Error 404|website=alumniconnections.com|accessdate=20 December 2018}} 11. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.laphil.com/philpedia/artist-detail.cfm?id=4041|title=Bio at Walt Disney Concert Hall|publisher=|accessdate=20 December 2018}} 12. ^bio at Salisbury Cathedral {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105111629/http://www.salisburycathedral.org.uk/news.archive.php?id=191 |date=January 5, 2009 }} 13. ^{{cite web|url=http://melcot.com/blenheim/index.html|title=Carol at Blenheim Palace|website=melcot.com|accessdate=20 December 2018}} 14. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.agohq.org/bulletin/docs2001/090100.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-04-23 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020223211828/http://www.agohq.org/bulletin/docs2001/090100.html |archivedate=2002-02-23 |df= }} 15. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.gothic-catalog.com/product_p/g-49122.htm|title=Virgil Fox Memorial Concert|website=The Gothic Catalog|accessdate=20 December 2018}} 16. ^[https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/28/arts/music/28orga.html "With Jets Providing Accompaniment, a Rare City Treasure Stands Exposed"], New York Times, April 28, 2007 17. ^"San Diego Civic Organist Carol Williams stepping down", San Diego Union-Tribune, September 8, 2016 18. ^[https://spreckelsorgan.org/2016/08/30/career-transition-for-dr-carol-williams/ "Career transition for Dr. Carol Williams"], Spreckels Organ Society, August 30, 2016 19. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.telegram.com/article/20120417/NEWS/104179894&Template=printart |title=Coming to Worcester, not your traditional organist |publisher=Telegram.com |date=2012-04-17 |accessdate=2018-12-20}} 20. ^{{cite web|url=http://diffuser.fm/drive-like-jehu-spreckels-organ/|title=Drive Like Jehu Perform Reunion Gig with Spreckels Organ|first=Chuck|last=Armstrong|website=Diffuser.fm|accessdate=20 December 2018}} 21. ^ {{dead link|date=December 2018}} 22. ^ {{dead link|date=December 2018}} 23. ^{{cite web|url=http://operationrebound.kintera.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=471167&supid=358491335 |title=Blackbaud Internet Solutions - Online Events and Marketing Solutions |publisher=Operationrebound.kintera.org |date=2013-04-02 |accessdate=2018-12-20}} 24. ^ {{dead link|date=December 2018}} 25. ^{{cite web|url=http://presidiosentinel.com/entertainment/spreckels-organ-concert-benefits-the-san-diego-chapter-of-the-american-red-cross|title=Spreckels Organ Concert Benefits the San Diego Chapter of the American Red Cross : Presidio Sentinel|website=presidiosentinel.com|accessdate=20 December 2018}} 26. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.performingartslive.com/Events/Spreckels-Organ-Pavilion-Civic-Organist-Carol-Williams-Hosts-12-Hour-Organ-Concert-Marathon-Benefiting-Wounded-Warriors-5242015|title=12-Hour Organ Concert Marathon - San Diego Civic Organist Dr. Carol Williams - Spreckels Organ Pavilion|website=performingartslive.com|accessdate=20 December 2018}} 27. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Q9o6RQ9Q7I|title=Dr. Carol Williams plays 12 straight hours in Balboa Park - 6 News|first=|last=Dr. Carol Williams|publisher=|accessdate=20 December 2018|via=YouTube}} 28. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDokY3P30eg|title=Dr. Carol Williams to play 12 hour concert at Balboa Park - 10 News|first=|last=Dr. Carol Williams|publisher=|accessdate=20 December 2018|via=YouTube}} 29. ^{{cite web|url=https://timesofsandiego.com/arts/2014/12/31/civic-organist-plans-free-new-years-day-concert-spreckels/|title=Civic Organist Plans Free New Year's Day Concert at Spreckels|date=31 December 2014|publisher=|accessdate=20 December 2018}} 30. ^{{cite web|url=https://sandiegodowntownnews.com/give-us-a-home/|title=Give us a home!|date=7 August 2015|publisher=|accessdate=20 December 2018}} 31. ^{{cite web|url=https://ism.yale.edu/news/carol-williams-ad-97|title=Carol Williams (A.D. ’97) - Institute of Sacred Music|website=ism.yale.edu|accessdate=20 December 2018}} 32. ^{{cite web|url=http://melcot.com/recordings.html|title=TourBus video series and Carol Williams CDs|website=melcot.com|accessdate=20 December 2018}} 33. ^{{cite web|url=http://melcot.com/cds/HOS.html|title=Bagpipes and Organ|website=melcot.com|accessdate=20 December 2018}} External links{{Commons category|Carol Williams}}
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