Natalie Williams is an Australian-born composer, academic and artistic manager based in the United States. A graduate of the Elder Conservatorium (University of Adelaide, first-class Honours, 1998) and the University of Melbourne (Master of Music), she completed a Doctor of Music at the Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University, and has since held composition faculty positions at the Australian National University and the University of Georgia, alongside arts-management roles in Chicago and New York. Her music has been commissioned and performed by the Melbourne, Adelaide and West Australian Symphony Orchestras, the Atlanta Opera, Omaha and Berkeley Symphonies, Musica Viva and ABC Classic. Honours include the Sue W Chamber Music Prize (2020), the Albert H. Maggs Award (2018), the Judith Lang-Zaimont Prize (2016), and two Atlanta Opera Competition wins. She is a represented artist of the Australian Music Centre.