WAUWilliamsJoanFranks5250.xml Guide to the Joan Franks Williams Papers 1944-1995 Williams (Joan Franks) Papers Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries ©2008 (Last modified: 5/11/2018)
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-12-11. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries Joan Franks Williams papers Williams, Joan Franks 5250 14.31 cubic feet 31 boxes, including 57 sound cassettes, 20 sound tape reels, 1 videoreel, 5 compact discs; 31 boxes 1944-1995 Materials related to Joan Franks Williams' music compositions and programs. Williams was a composer in Seattle and Israel Collection materials are in English.

Joan Franks Williams was born in Brooklyn, New York, on April 1, 1930. After earning her Bachelor of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music in 1952, she completed her Master's degree in 1961 at the Manhattan School of Music. She married Irving Williams in 1954; the family moved to Seattle in 1962. In 1971, the Williams family moved to Tel-Aviv, where she worked at Kol Israel Radio and produced an annual concert series at the Tel-Aviv Museum. During this time, Williams also composed over thirty pieces, primarily chamber music, including Frogs (1974), Rudolph Heinemann in Bonn (1978), and Leah (1986). The family returned to Seattle in 1988, where Williams worked to introduce modern music to Seattle audiences through New Dimensions in Music, a nonprofit organization she founded. Williams died of complications from Parkinson's disease on January 30, 2003.

List of Williams' compositions (1955-1992), music manuscripts, notebooks, Early Education programs, correspondence, publications, cassette tapes, CDs, and reel-to-reel audiotapes, primarily of Joan Franks Williams compositions. New Dimensions in Music materials including programs, posters, articles and clippings, tax and financial documents, and other administrative and board documents.

Organized into 9 series.

Biography Music Manuscripts and Related Materials Recordings Programs Organizations and Conferences Teaching/Instruction Articles Correspondence Miscellaneous

Donated by Irving Williams between 2001 and 2014.

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 Williams, Joan Franks--Archives New Dimensions in Music (Organization : Seattle, Wash.) Composers--Washington (State)--Seattle Composers--Israel Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington) Music Biography Series 1 Series 1 Biography/CV 1948-2003 5250-001 Box 1 1 Diplomas/Awards Undated 5250-001 Box 1 2 Student Materials Undated 5250-001 Box 1 3 Student Materials Undated 5250-001 Box 1 4 Grant Applications Undated 5250-001 Box 1 5 Music and Art Books (2) Undated 5250-001 Box 1 5 Score 1949 5250-001 Box 1 5 Score 1951-1952 5250-001 Box 2 Additional Biographical Materials 5250-001 Box 2 Music Manuscripts and Related Materials Series 2 Series 2 Music Prior to 1957 5250-001 Box 3 1-2 Rondo for Violin & Piano undated 5250-001 Box 3 1 Once By the Pacific undated 5250-001 Box 3 1 Theme & Variations for String Orchestra undated 5250-001 Box 3 1 Sur Ce Jour L'Amour undated 5250-001 Box 3 1 Perpetual Motion undated 5250-001 Box 3 1 Sonata for Violin & Piano undated 5250-001 Box 3 1 Sonatina for English Horn & Piano undated 5250-001 Box 3 1 Piano Pieces for Judy 1955 5250-001 Box 3 2 The Prince's Gift 1955 5250-001 Box 3 2 String Quartet #1 1958-1959 5250-001 Box 3 2 Variations on a Theme by Peri 1958 5250-001 Box 3 3 A Tale of Two Cities 1959 5250-001 Box 3 4 A Tale of Two Cities (Woodwinds) 1959 5250-001 Box 3 5 A Tale of Two Cities (Brass) 1959 5250-001 Box 3 6 A Tale of Two Cities (Percussion, Harp) 1959 5250-001 Box 4 1 A Tale of Two Cities (Violins) 1959 5250-001 Box 4 2 A Tale of Two Cities (Viola, Cello, Harp) 1959 5250-001 Box 4 3 A Tale of Two Cities (Related Materials) 1959 5250-001 Box 4 4 Oversized: A Tale of Two Cities 1959 19 Three Miniature for Flute and Piano 1959 5250-001 Box 4 5 Three Songs from Sonnets of the Portuguese 1959 5250-001 Box 4 6 Symphony 1959-1960 5250-001 Box 4 7 Symphony 1959-1960 5250-001 Box 5 1 Three Movements for 10 Instruments 1960 5250-001 Box 5 2 Chamber Piece for Ten Instruments 1960-1961 5250-001 Box 5 3 The Betrayal 1960-1961 5250-001 Box 5 4 The Betrayal (Woodwinds) 1960-1961 5250-001 Box 5 5 The Betrayal (Brass, Percussion) 1960-1961 5250-001 Box 6 1 The Betrayal (Harp, Violin) 1960-1961 5250-001 Box 6 2 The Betrayal (Viola, Cello, Bass, Viol) 1960-1961 5250-001 Box 6 3 The Betrayal (Related Material) Undated 5250-001 Box 6 4 Oversized: The Betrayal Undated 19 Theme and Variations for Violin, Oboe, Horn, and Cello 1962 5250-001 Box 6 5-7 Three Miniatures for Piano 1963 5250-001 Box 7 1 Composition for Piano 1964 5250-001 Box 7 2 String Quartet 1965 5250-001 Box 7 3-5 Concert Piece for Solo Violin 1966 5250-001 Box 8 1 Await the Wind 1966 5250-001 Box 8 2 Incidental Music for the Trojan Women 1966 5250-001 Box 8 3 Continuum 1967 5250-001 Box 8 4-5 Etudes from Moscow, Idaho 1968 5250-001 Box 8 6 From Paterson 1968 5250-001 Box 8 7 Haiku for Flute, Cello, and Percussion 1969 5250-001 Box 9 1 Seattle Public School Concert Piece for Trumpet, Clarinet, Cello, and Percussion 1968 19 Cassandra 1969 5250-001 Box 9 2-4 Cassandra 1969 5250-001 Box 10 1-2 Film Music for Protection of Animal Welfare Services (PAWS) 1970-1971 5250-001 Box 10 3 In Celebration 1971 5250-001 Box 10 4 Haiku for Orchestra 1972 5250-001 Box 10 Frogs 1973-1974 5250-001 Box 11 1-4 Frogs 1973-1974 5250-001 Box 12 1 Due for Solo Cello and Piano 1975 5250-001 Box 12 2 Samson the Hero 1975 5250-001 Box 12 3-6 Samson the Hero 1975 5250-001 Box 13 1 Et tu Brute 1976 5250-001 Box 13 2 Intensities 1976 5250-001 Box 13 3-5 Intensities 1976 5250-001 Box 14 1-2 In the Fashion We Have Invented for One Another 1977 5250-001 Box 14 3-4 If Stones Send Up Their Whiteness 1978 5250-001 Box 14 5 Rudolph Hienemann in Bonn 1978-1979 5250-001 Box 14 6 Sevens for Octet 1979 5250-001 Box 14 7 Compostion for Violin and Piano 1979 5250-001 Box 15 1 Willie and die Fledermaus 1979-1980 5250-001 Box 15 2 Humpty Dumpty Sat on a Waltz 1980 5250-001 Box 15 3 Two Songs and Interlude 1981-1982 5250-001 Box 15 4 For Henry Moore's Elephant Skull Etchings 1982-1983 5250-001 Box 15 5 For Henry Moore's Elephant Skull Etchings 1982-1983 5250-001 Box 16 1 The Blue-eyed Lion 1983 5250-001 Box 16 2 From Song of Songs 1983-1984 5250-001 Box 16 3-4 Gulliver's Travels undated 5250-001 Box 16 5-6 Gulliver's Travels 1984-1985 undated 5250-001 Box 17 1-3 Ceremonies 1983-1984 5250-001 Box 17 4 Ceremonies 1983-1984 5250-001 Box 18 1-2 Leah 1984 5250-001 Box 18 3 Homage to Louise Nevelson 1987 5250-001 Box 18 4 Gulliver in Lilliput 1987 5250-001 Box 18 5 Fanfaria 1988 5250-001 Box 18 6 Hildaness 1991 5250-001 Box 18 7 Piece for Paul 1991 5250-001 Box 19 1 Frogs Revisited 1992 5250-001 Box 19 2 Frogs Revisited 1992 5250-001 Box 19 3 Songs, Not Dated 5250-001 Box 19 4 Come Slowly Eden undated 5250-001 Box 19 4 A Bird Came Down the Walk undated 5250-001 Box 19 4 The Littlest Angel undated 5250-001 Box 19 4 Intreat Me Not to Leave Thee undated 5250-001 Box 19 4 Desert Places undated 5250-001 Box 19 4 Three Songs from Robert Frost undated 5250-001 Box 19 4 Duets, Not Dated 5250-001 Box 19 5 Sonatina undated 5250-001 Box 19 5 Theme and Variations undated 5250-001 Box 19 5 Not Dated 5250-001 Box 19 6 Symphonic Sketches undated Piece for Clarinet, Horn, and Bassoon undated Piano Solo undated Piano Solo undated Cello Solo undated String Quartet undated Mildred undated Piece for Percussion Undated 5250-001 Box 19 7 Transcriptions Undated 5250-001 Box 19 8 Unidentified Songs Undated 5250-001 Box 19 9 Unidentified Duets Undated 5250-001 Box 20 1 Unidentified Trios Undated 5250-001 Box 20 2 Unidentified Quartets Undated 5250-001 Box 20 3 Possible Solo Sketches Undated 5250-001 Box 20 4 Unidentified Orchestral Sketches Undated 5250-001 Box 20 5 Unidentified Sketches Undated 5250-001 Box 21 1 Unidentified Sketches Undated 5250-001 Box 21 2 Unidentified Sketches Undated 5250-001 Box 21 3 Unidentified Sketches Undated 5250-001 Box 21 4 Miscellaneous Sketchbooks Undated 5250-001 Box 22 Oversized Materials Undated 5250-001 Box 23 Recordings Series 3 Series 3 Cassettes Undated 5250-001 Box 24 Tape 1-Analysis of Cassandra undated 5250-001 Box 24 Tape 2-Ceremonies undated 5250-001 Box 24 Tape 3-Ceremonies undated 5250-001 Box 24 Tape 4-Frogs undated 5250-001 Box 24

Tel Aviv Background

 Tape 5-Frogs undated 5250-001 Box 24 Tape 6-From Song of Songs 1988-11-14 5250-001 Box 24

University of Washington Contemporary Group: Emilie Berendsen, voice; Felix Skowrenek, flute; Steve Novacek, guitar

 Tape 7-From Song of Songs undated 5250-001 Box 24

University of Washington Contemporary Group: Emilie Berendsen, voice; Felix Skowrenek, flute; Steve Novacek, guitar

 Tape 8-From Song of Songs 1986-03-13 5250-001 Box 24 Tape 9-From Song of Songs undated 5250-001 Box 24 Tape 10-From Song of Songs 1985-06-24 5250-001 Box 24

Emilie Berendreu, mezzo soprano; Wendy Kashi, flute; Orly Lavanne, guitar

 Tape 11-Gulliver's Travels Rehearsal undated 5250-001 Box 24 Tape 12-Gulliver's Travels 1985-05-03 5250-001 Box 24

American Wind Symphony Orchestra; R. Boudreau, cond.; Ronald Rogers, narrator

 Tape 13-Gulliver's Travels World Premier 1985-05-17 5250-001 Box 24 Tape 14-Gulliver's Travels Rehearsal 1985-05-15 5250-001 Box 24 Tape 15-From Song of Songs 1991-04-09 5250-001 Box 24

Outdoor Concert

 Tape 16-Gulliver's Travels 1985-05-20 5250-001 Box 24

American Wind Symphony Orchestra in Burlington, IA

 Tape 17-Gulliver's Travels 1985-06-24 5250-001 Box 24

Burlington, IA

 Tape 18-Gulliver's Travels undated 5250-001 Box 24

American Wind Symphony Orchestra; Robert Boudreau, cond.

 Tape 19-Conversations about Gulliver's Travels undated 5250-001 Box 24

Premier Trip Discussion

 Tape 20-Hildaness 1990-05-21 5250-001 Box 24

Collegium Program

 Tape 21-Hildaness undated 5250-001 Box 24 Tape 22-Homage to Louise Nevelson undated 5250-001 Box 24

Early ideas

 Tapes 23-26-Homage to Louise Nevelson undated 5250-001 Box 24 Tape 27-Humpty Dumpty Sat on a Waltz 1990-04-16 5250-001 Box 24

WCF Concert

 Tape 28-Humpty Dumpty Sat on a Waltz undated 5250-001 Box 24

Roger Nelson, piano; Jeff Domoto, trombone; Susan Kohler, clarinet; Phyllis Allport, cello

 Tape 29-In the Fashion We Have Invented for One Another undated 5250-001 Box 24 Tape 30-Intensities undated 5250-001 Box 24 Tape 31-Lea Goldberg undated 5250-001 Box 24 Tapes 32-33-Lecture at University of Tel Aviv undated 5250-001 Box 24 Tape 34-New Dimensions in Music Concert 1971-02-21 5250-001 Box 24 Tape 35-Piano and Violin Piece undated 5250-001 Box 24

Rehearsal, Eddie K.

 Tape 36-Piano and Violin Piece undated 5250-001 Box 24

Concert, 3rd St. Settlement

 Tape 37-Rudolph Hienemann in Bonn undated 5250-001 Box 24

Stuart Dempster, trombone

 Tape 38-Shimshon Hagibor undated 5250-001 Box 24 Tape 39-Viola da Gamba Demo undated 5250-001 Box 24 Tape 40-Collected Works undated 5250-001 Box 24

Includes Homage to Louise Nevelson, Frogs, and Recitativo/Aia e Burlesca by Sergei Slonimsky

 Tape 41-Collection of Pieces undated 5250-001 Box 24

Includes Gulliver's Travels and Ceremonies

 Tape 42-Collection of Pieces undated 5250-001 Box 24

Includes For Henry Moore's Elephant Skull Etchings and Frogs

 Tape 43-Collection of Pieces undated 5250-001 Box 24

Includes Frogs, If Stones Send Up Their Whiteness, and Ceremonies

 Tape 44-Collection of Pieces undated 5250-001 Box 24

Includes If Stones Send Up Their Whiteness, Frogs, and Ceremonies

 Tape 45-Collection of Pieces undated 5250-001 Box 25

Includes Humpty Dumpty Sat on a Waltz and Hildaness

 Tape 46-Collection of Pieces undated 5250-001 Box 25

Includes For Henry Moore's Elephant Skull Etchings and Frogs

 Tape 47-Collection of Pieces undated 5250-001 Box 25

Includes Ceremonies and In the Fashion We Have Invented for One Another

 Tape 48-Collection of Pieces undated 5250-001 Box 25

Includes Shimshon and Willie and die Fledermaus

 Tape 49-Collection of Pieces undated 5250-001 Box 25

Includes For Henry Moore's Elephant Skull Etchings and In the Fashion We Have Invented for One Another

 Tape 50-Collection of Pieces undated 5250-001 Box 25

Includes If Stones Send Up Their Whiteness, Frogs, and Ceremonies

 Tape 51-Collection of Pieces undated 5250-001 Box 25

Includes In the Fashion We Have Invented for One Another and Rudolph Hienemann in Bonn

 Tape 52-Retrospective 1992-04-06 5250-001 Box 25

Includes Fanfaria, Hildaness, Gulliver in Lilliput, Humpty Dumpty Sat on a Waltz, Leah, Rudolph Hienemann in Bonn, Homage to Louise Nevelson, Duo for Cello Solo, and Frogs Revisited

 Tape 53-Restrospective 1992-04-06 5250-001 Box 25 Tape 54-Other Recordings 1978 5250-001 Box 25

The Blind Fiddler, Peter Maxwell Davies (comp.); Orkney Festival

 Tapes 55-57-Unknown undated 5250-001 Box 25

Possibly New Dimension in Music Concert

 Reels Reel 1- Cassandra undated 5250-001 Box 26 Reel 2- RHenry Moore's Elephant Skull Etchings undated 5250-001 Box 26 Reel 3- Frogs undated 5250-001 Box 26

Emilie Berendsen, mezzo soprano; Israel Chamber Orchestra, Joan Franks Williams, cond.

 Reel 4- Frogs undated 5250-001 Box 26 Reel 5- If Stones Send Up Their Whiteness undated 5250-001 Box 26 Reel 6- Collection of Pieces undated 5250-001 Box 26

Includes Frogs and Intensities

 Reel 7- Collection of Pieces undated 5250-001 Box 26

Includes Concert Piece for Solo Violin, Await the Wind, and Composition in Three Movements for Violin and Piano

 Reel 8- Collection of Pieces undated 5250-001 Box 26

Includes From Paterson, Concert Piece for Solo Violin, Await the Wind, and Composition for Violin and Piano

 Reel 9- Collection of Pieces undated 5250-001 Box 26

Includes Concert Piece for Solo Violin, Await the Wind, and Composition in Three Movements for Violin and Piano

 Reel 10- Shapey Lesson 1962-03-03 5250-001 Box 26 Reel 11- Shapey Lesson 1962-04-03 5250-001 Box 26 Reel 12- Shapey Lesson 1962-04-10 5250-001 Box 26 Reel 13- Shapey Lesson 1962-05-10 5250-001 Box 26 Reel 14- Shapey Lesson 1962-06-09 5250-001 Box 26 Reel 15- Shapey Lesson 1963-03 5250-001 Box 26 Reel 16- Shapey Lesson 1963-03-15 5250-001 Box 26 Reel 17- Shapey Lesson 1963-03-29 5250-001 Box 26 Reel 18- Shapey Lesson undated 5250-001 Box 26 Reel 19- Interview with Williams and Morton Subotnik undated 5250-001 Box 26 Reel 20 and slides- Mavena 1967-09-28 5250-001 Box 26

Composed by Ivo Malec

 Film 60mm Film: Cassandra Undated 5250-001 Box 26 CDs CD1 - Jacob Gilboa 1995 5250-001 Box 26

Conducted by Joan Franks Williams

 CD 2 - A Retrospective of Music by Joan Franks Williams 4/6/1992 5250-001 Box 26

Includes Hildaness, Gulliver in Lilliput, Humpty Dumpty Sat on a Waltz, Leah, Fanfaria, Rudolph Heineman in Bonn, Homage to Lousie Nevelson, Duo for Cello Solo, and Frogs Revisited

 CD 3 - A Retrospective of Music by Joan Franks Williams (Rough Edit) 4/6/1992 5250-001 Box 26

Includes Hildaness, Gulliver in Lilliput, Humpty Dumpty Sat on a Waltz, Leah, Fanfaria, Rudolph Heineman in Bonn, Homage to Lousie Nevelson, Duo for Cello Solo, and Frogs Revisited

 CD 4- Joan Franks Williams Celebration--Disk 1 Undated 5250-001 Box 26 CD 5 - Joan Franks Williams Celebration--Disk 2 Undated 5250-001 Box 26 Programs Series 4 Series 4 Programs - Concerts of her music or concerts that she performed in 1949-1979 5250-001 Box 27 1 Concerts of her music or concerts that she performed in 1980-1989 5250-001 Box 27 2 Concerts of her music or concerts that she performed in 1990-1995; Undated 5250-001 Box 27 3 ISCM 1980 5250-001 Box 27 4 New Dimensions in Music 1962-1985 5250-001 Box 28 1-4 New Dimensions in Music Undated 5250-001 Box 28 5 Organizations and Conferences Series 5 Series 5 American Composers Alliance/American Wind Symphony Orchestra Undated 5250-001 Box 29 1 Composers Forum Undated 5250-001 Box 29 2 International League of Women Composers Undated 5250-001 Box 29 3 International Society for Contemporary Music Undated 5250-001 Box 29 4 International Women's Music Festival Undated 5250-001 Box 29 5 Jewish Music Conference Undated 5250-001 Box 29 6 New Dimensions in Music Newsletters Undated 5250-001 Box 29 7 New Dimensions in Music Undated 5250-001 Box 29 8-9 Teaching/Instruction Series 6 Series 6 University of Tel Aviv Spring 1985 5250-001 Box 29 10 Miscellaneous Teaching Materials Undated 5250-001 Box 29 11 Articles Series 7 Series 7 Articles 1960-1993 5250-001 Box 29 12-13 Articles Undated 5250-001 Box 29 14 In Hebrew Undated 5250-001 Box 29 15 Correspondence Series 8 Series 8 Correspondence 1948-2006 5250-001 Box 29 16-25 Correspondence Undated 5250-001 Box 29 26 Miscellaneous Series 9 Series 9 Photographs Undated 5250-001 Box 30 1 Speeches Undated 5250-001 Box 30 2 Program Notes and Agenda Undated 5250-001 Box 30 3 Interviews Undated 5250-001 Box 30 4 Budgets, Contracts, etc. Undated 5250-001 Box 30 5 Competition Judging Records Undated 5250-001 Box 30 6 Handwritten Notes Undated 5250-001 Box 30 7 Handwritten Notes Undated 5250-001 Box 30 8 Unidentified Hebrew Documents Undated 5250-001 Box 30 9 Unidentified Hebrew Documents Undated 5250-001 Box 30 10 Unidentified Hebrew Documents Undated 5250-001 Box 30 11 Miscellaneous Texts - Pandora 1967 5250-001 Box 30 12

Commissioned by Port Townsend Summer School of the Arts

 Miscellaneous Texts - Gertrude 1906; 1968 5250-001 Box 30 12

Hjalmar Söderberg, author; Raymond Jarvi, trans.

 Miscellaneous Texts - The King of Cats Undated 5250-001 Box 30 12

Eleanor Keats, author

 Miscellaneous Texts - Guiteau Undated 5250-001 Box 30 13-14

James Neyland, author

 Miscellaneous Texts - Unidentified Undated 5250-001 Box 30 15 "Examining the Composer--Audience Gap in Contemporary Music" 1969-06-08 5250-001 Box 30 15

Dr. Leland A. Lillehaug; The Augustana College Association

 Posters - New Dimensions in Music event posters 1985 5250-001 Box 0

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