Don Williams

A long-time resident of Colorado, Don completed his Master's degree in trumpet performance at the University of Colorado – Boulder and received his Bachelor's degree in music from the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley.

He is currently Principal trumpet in the San Juan Symphony and Second / Associate Principal trumpet in the Wyoming Symphony as well as Trumpet Instructor at Casper College in Casper, WY.

Don has performed with the Breckenridge Music Festival Brass Ensemble, the University of Wyoming Faculty brass quintet, and is about to spend his sixteenth holiday season playing with the Best Brass of Farmington, an 11-piece brass ensemble based in the northern New Mexico area. He has also performed with the Colorado Symphony, the Colorado Springs Philharmonic, the Cheyenne Symphony, the Fort Collins Symphony, and the Greeley Philharmonic, and the Chamber Orchestra of the Springs.

Don is a founding member of the Apollo Chamber Brass, a non-profit organization dedicated to educational outreach and assisting school band programs. As an active private instructor and clinician, Don maintains a large private studio and is in his tenth year as an instructor with Opening Notes – part of the Littleton Community Music Association.
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He has performed as a guest artist and/or presented master classes with the Fort Collins Wind Symphony (as a member of the Apollo Chamber Brass, performing Eric Ewazen’s Shadowcatcher), at the University of Wyoming, Sul Ross State University in Alpine, Texas, Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington, and Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado. Don lives in Littleton, Colorado, with his wife, son, daughter, and their two cats