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Jeffrey Williams
(541) 346-3774
docjwms@uoregon.edu

Jeffrey Williams, Professor of Trombone, takes on new duties as Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies. Jeff has been teaching at the School of Music since 1980. The undergraduate office suite is now located in SOM 140, accessed from the main hall near the student lounge.

Williams received the B.Mus. degree from North Texas State University in 1965, the M.S. degree from the University of Illinois in 1966, and the D.M.A. degree from North Texas State University in 1974. He studied trombone with Leon Brown, Robert Gray, and Glenn Smith.

Williams was a member of the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, the Fort Worth Symphony and Opera Orchestras, and the American Wind Symphony. He has been principal trombonist of the Eugene Symphony since 1980, and a member of the Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra since 1981.

Williams has taught at Miami University, Southwest Texas State University, and in the public schools of Garland and Richardson, Texas. He is a member of the International Trombone Association, the Music Educators National Conference, the National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors, and the Oregon Music Educators Association.

Williams teaches trombone performance and brass pedagogy, directs the University Brass Choir and Trombone Ensemble, and performs with the Oregon Brass Quintet.