Keith Williams, cello (Boston, MA), graduated from New England Conservatory Preparatory School with honors studying under Eugene Kim, and is currently pursuing his Bachelor of Music degree at Juilliard School under Timothy Eddy. In high school, as part of the inaugural class for "From the Top’s" year-long Center for the Development of Arts Leadership program, Keith and his team developed a year-long program to bring music into the lives of patients undergoing cancer treatment at Boston’s AstraZeneca Hope Lodge. The previous summer, he collaborated with friends to form a chamber group, which played concerts raising money for CureSearch for Children’s Cancer. Then and now, he volunteers his time to play concerts in hospitals and nursing homes. Keith has won New England Conservatory’s Preparatory School concerto competition and placed second in the American Association of Christian Schools’ nationwide competition after placing first in the Massachusetts chapter of the competition.  Keith has performed in masterclasses with such artists as Scott Kluksdahl, Frans Helmerson, and the Borromeo and Colorado string quartets, and collaborated with artists such as pianist Max Levinson and oboist Peggy Pearson.