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John McLaughlin Williams is a four-time GRAMMY nominee, and the first African-American conductor to win a GRAMMY award. He has received acclaim from international publications Gramophone, Classic FM, International Record Review, Fanfare, American Record Guide, and the distinguished French recording journal Diapason. His career has brought conducting engagements throughout the United States, and he is known particularly for his advocacy of music by American and minority composers. John McLaughlin Williams’ musicianship crosses musical genres; in addition to his classical conducting he has been active in Broadway performances, orchestral pops concerts, and as orchestral conductor for artists such as Al Jarreau, Brian McKnight, The Winans, and the Celtic ensemble Colcannon. His guest conducting appearances include the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Colorado Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony and National Radio Orchestras of Ukraine, Chicago Sinfonietta, Classic FM Symphony Orchestra (Sofia, Bulgaria), Cleveland Chamber Symphony, Macon Symphony Orchestra, Cayman Islands Arts Festival (B.W.I.), and the Britt Festival Orchestra. John received a Grammy Award in 2007 for his performance of Messiaen’s Oiseaux Exotiques, recorded with the Cleveland Chamber Symphony and pianist Angelin Chang. John has since received three more Grammy nominations for his recordings of the Ernest Bloch and Benjamin Lees Violin Concerti with soloist Elmar Oliveira, and the Complete Viola Works of Quincy Porter with violist Eliesha Nelson.

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