Ross O. Williams was born in Wichita and took his
bachelor's degree in music at Southwestern College. He
earned the master's degree in violin performance from
The University of Michigan and did additional graduate
studies at the University of Colorado. He also studied
violin with Szymon Goldberg and viola with William
Primrose. He taught orchestra in the Dodge City public
schools and directed the choir at Dodge City Junior
College. Most of his career was spent on the faculty of
Southwestern College. While at Southwestern, Williams
played violin in the Wichita symphony and gave recitals
throughout the Midwest. He conducted the Winfield
Oratorio Society and was choir director at the First
Presbyterian Church in Winfield. He spent many
summers at the Aspen Festival and performed in the
Aspen Festival Orchestra. He was Kansas chair of the
ASTA and was a member of NSOA, MTNA, KMTA,
MENC, and KMEA.