Biographies - 27.11.2024

Sarah-Grace Williams

Sarah-Grace Williams is regarded as one of Australia’s most versatile and dynamic conductors, celebrated for her bold artistic vision, magnetic stage presence, and genre-crossing creativity. She is the Founding Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of The Metropolitan Orchestra (TMO, Sydney) and Principal Conductor of Synthony – a high-octane fusion of orchestra and electronic dance music that has toured internationally to audiences of up to 40,000, including at the F1 Grand Prix in Las Vegas.


A Churchill Fellow, Sarah-Grace has conducted over 700 performances with TMO and led many of Australasia’s major orchestras, including the Queensland, Adelaide, Melbourne, West Australian, Tasmanian, Christchurch, and Perth Symphony Orchestras, Auckland Philharmonia, Sydney Scoring Orchestra, Australian Pops Orchestra, Brisbane Camerata, and Bangalow Festival Orchestra. She has held key artistic roles with the Sydney Opera House Proms, Aspire International Youth Festival, Ukraine National Opera & Ballet Theatre, and The Australian Ballet.


Renowned for her exceptional versatility, she moves effortlessly between symphonic repertoire, live film and video game concerts, ballet, opera, multimedia installations, stadium events, and cross-genre collaborations. She also records regularly for film, television, and albums.


Sarah-Grace recently led the renowned Sydney Opera House production of Amadeus, starring Michael Sheen, and has collaborated with a wide spectrum of musical greats including José Carreras, Sir Bryn Terfel, Tom Odell, John Farnham, Olivia Newton-John, James Morrison, Katie Noonan, Kate Ceberano, Sir Dave Dobbyn, John Butler, Basement Jaxx, Air Supply, and Shapeshifter. Her live-to-film performances include Jaws, Batman, Jurassic Park, Love Actually, Stardew Valley, Death Stranding, and The Muppets Christmas Carol. In 2025, she will conduct the world premiere of Full Metal Orchestra with Auckland Philharmonia and lead a landmark cultural exchange with the Saudi National Orchestra at the Sydney Opera House.


Sarah-Grace's proudest role is being mum to Scarlett Grace.