Tristan Williams
Violist and music educator; Teaching Artist at the Oakland Public Conservatory of Music in Oakland, California, and Vanderbilt University graduate (viola performance).
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Oct 22, 2026
Rhiannon GiddensHOST
Participating with the girls in the session was revelatory for her as well.
Tristan WilliamsGUEST
It was really interesting to see how the students reacted to a different kind of structure.
Tristan WilliamsGUEST
It was a lot of their first experiences with that concept of just playing whatever.
Tristan WilliamsGUEST
And it was really fun to myself be challenged by it, but then to watch the students.
Tristan WilliamsGUEST
When we started, it was... a lot of confused faces and not knowing what to do.
Tristan WilliamsGUEST
And then I think by the end of it, a lot of the kids really wanted to make sound and were just really excited to be able to make sound.