Jean Elizabeth Williams (20 January 1876 – July 1965)[1] is a composer who was born in
Wednesbury, England, and moved to
Toronto, Canada.[2] After graduating from the Royal Conservatory of Music of the
University of Toronto, she returned to England and studied to be a concert pianist.[3]
Williams changed her career plans from performance to teaching after breaking her wrist. She returned to the University of Toronto to teach voice and piano. She later taught in
Cleveland, Ohio, and
St. Louis, Missouri, before moving to
Portland, Oregon, in 1932.
Williams served as president of the National Music Teachers Association and as president of
Mu Phi Epsilon, a professional music fraternity. She collaborated on two music education books with Nellie Tholen, who later donated Williams' papers to the
University of Oregon, where they are archived.[4]
^Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in Music: an encyclopedic biobibliography. Hennessee, Don A. (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press.
ISBN0-8108-2769-7.
OCLC28889156.
^""Miss Jean Williams"". The Conservatory Bi-Monthly. 9 (3): 74–75. May 1910 – via Internet Archive.
^Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (Second edition, revised and enlarged ed.). New York.
ISBN0-9617485-2-4.
OCLC16714846.{{
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