The New York Times reviews the Composer Portrait of Amy Williams
"A Musician's Portrait, as Both Composer and Pianist"
In his review of the Composer Portrait of Amy Williams on February 22, 2024, featuring the JACK Quartet and the composer as pianist, The New York Times critic Zachary Woolfe writes that Williams, "whether as a composer or as a pianist, is first and foremost, in her heart of hearts, a chamber musician."
According to Woolfe, Williams' work is "witty and light on its feet, curious and playful, and never self-serious, even when the sounds are intense or harsh." JACK, who has collaborated with Williams for over a decade and performed a selection of her works at the Portrait including the world premiere of Tangled Madrigal commissioned by Miller Theatre, "conveys the qualities at the core of Williams’s style."
“The quartet has the pristine clarity to execute all the challenges Williams calls for: the supersoft passages and tight coordination; the complex, exposed unison rhythms; the variety of touch among the four players; and a mood both easygoing and changeable.”