Julius Penson Williams (born June 22, 1954, in The Bronx, New York), is an American composer, conductor, and college professor.

[2] An author of both instrumental and vocal music, Julius Williams has composed operas, symphonies, and chorus works for stage, concert hall, film, and television.

[1] Primarily a classically trained musician,[3] Williams also writes in genres including gospel, jazz, and other contemporary forms.

Born in New York,[2] on June 22, 1954, in the Bronx, he began playing drums at age eight, then picked up other instruments such as the piano.

[10] People who Williams has credited as having influenced his music are Ulysses Kay, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson,[4] Charles Bell and John Corigliano.