ELTON WILLIAMS. IS A PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN WHO HAS TRAVELLED AND
PERFORMED THROUGHOUT THE CARIBBEAN, FRANCE, GERMANY AND NORTH AMERICA.
ELTON IS A NATIVE OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO IN THE CARIBBEAN.
IN 1994 ELTON WILLIAMS WAS NOMINATED FOR AN AWARD IN THE DEPARTMENT
OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES BY THE MAYOR OF WASHINGTON D.C.FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAMS TARGETING ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE.
MR WILLIAMS ALSO TOURED WITH THE EAST OF THE RIVER STEEL ORCHESTRA ( A GROUP OF TEENAGERS FROM THE D.C. AREA )
TO TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO.
ALL OF THE INSTRUMENTS FOR THE EAST OF THE RIVER STEEL BAND WERE MADE
BY MR WILLIAMS
HE WAS ALSO THE MUSICAL DIRECTOR FOR THE PANTASTIC STEEL ORCHESTRA OF
WASHINGTON D.C. AND TUNED INSTRUMENTS FOR THE PANMASTERS STEEL ORCHESTRA. MR WILLIAMS IS ONE OF THE FEW PROFESSIONAL
STEEL DRUM MUSICIANS IN THE WORLD TODAY AND IS RECOGNISED BY PANTRINBAGO AS AN INSTRUMENT MAKER, HISTORIAN,
PERFORMER AND TEACHER.
ELTON HAS ALSO COMPOSED MUSIC FOR THE STEEL DRUM AND PERFORMED WITH
HIS OWN STEEL DRUM BAND AT TRINIDADS PANORAMA.
ELTON WILLIAMS IS A TEACHER OF GREAT EXPERIENCE AND A PERFORMER THAT
WILL MAKE YOU REMEMBER THE STEEL DRUM INSTRUMENT.
from the T&T Guardian.
ELTON WILLIAMS WAS FEATURED AS AN INSTRUMENT MAKER
AT THE NATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL IN RICHMOND VIRGINIA ON OCTOBER 13th &14th 2007.
