There are at least two artists with this name: Grace Williams (1906-1977) was a Welsh composer, primarily of orchestral music. Williams was born on 19th February 1906 in Barry, and educated at Barry Grammar School and University College, Cardiff. After graduating with a B.Mus. in 1926, she went on to study with
Ralph Vaughan Williams and
Gordon Jacob at the Royal College of Music in London, and with
Egon Wellesz in Vienna. She spent some time working as a teacher at the Camden School for Girls and at Southlands College of Education, but returned to Wales in 1946. Aside from work o…
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