The AD and conductor of The Metropolitan Orchestra has been honoured for her contributions to music and the community.

Sarah-Grace Williams, artistic director and chief conductor of The Metropolitan Orchestra, has been presented with the 2017 Chancellor’s Leadership Alumni Award by Western Sydney University. The Alumni Awards formally acknowledge and celebrate the outstanding achievements and contributions of its graduates. Williams’ award, the highest honour the Awards bestow, was recognised for her leadership, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Selected from 53 finalists, Williams is the second person to win the highly prestigious award.

“Western Sydney University has over 170,000 graduates and I was humbled enough just being included amongst such esteemed company,” Williams said. “To actually take out the most prestigious award of the evening left me speechless.”

“To receive this recognition for my Leadership, Innovation and Entrepreneurship means the world to me and having an esteemed institution such as Western Sydney University appreciate and honour what I am trying to achieve in both my career and the importance of founding of The Metropolitan Orchestra, is not only a huge pat on my back and reassurance that I am doing something right, but also a recognition of the importance of supporting the Arts...