You can now pick up your tickets for William's special guest appearance in Tempe, AZ on May 21, 2010 at Arizona State Gammage.

We have just launched a brand new William Joseph webstore that is stocked full of some autographed items and rare and hard-to-find items. The store is stocked with both signed, and unsigned copies of the record I sold out of the trunk of my car before I was signed to Warner Brothers Records called Within, not to be confused with Within that I released on Warner Brothers in 2004. Another special item that is in the store is the Souvenir Booklet with Shine Single. This item is pretty awesome because it comes with the super hard to find, latest CD single "Shine", and to top it off it also comes with a signed booklet. Just click on the "Store" tab, and check these items and many more!

Check out an interview that Houston Press did with William here. He discusses his musical beginnings with Fraggle Rock and listening to Led Zeppelin in the car.

Hey Everyone!!! I can hardly contain my excitement for the Mesa show tomorrow night!!! And I'm equally excited by the fact that my friend Jef who owns Jester'Z Comedy Club is throwing me a party after the show!!! WOO HOO!!!! There will be live music and a little comedy show... He keeps saying he's going to make me come up and do some musical comedy... We'll see :-)

Check this out!! http://www.jesterzimprov.com/haha/WilliamJoseph.html

SEE YOU SOON!!!!!!

WJ

Just wanted to remind everyone about the shows in Arizona coming up very soon - Thursday, November 5th in Wickenburg, AZ at the Del E. Webb Center for the Performing Arts, and the show at the Mesa Center for the Performing Arts in Mesa, AZ on Saturday, November 7th. If you haven't already purchased your tickets to one, or both of these shows - please do! Ticket links can be found below. As was said before tt would mean SO MUCH to me to have all of you there! I genuinely would LOVE to catch up with so many of you... so much so, that I am arranging a special after show party for family and friends so we can actually hang out after the Mesa Show!

Check out the Tours Page for tickets!

Hope to see each and every one of you there!!!!!

Celtic Woman - O America

William just joined The RESPECT! Campaign which is a positive campaign combatting domestic violence. As you know, William is a father and he feels this organization is important. Check out William's RESPECT! page here and the main campaign's page here.

We cannot tell you how excited we are to post this news! A few months ago the great Brendan Graham (who wrote “You Raise Me Up”) heard William perform in Los Angeles, and after hearing "Sweet Remembrance Of You" he was so inspired that he wanted to add lyrics. Now William and Brendan have created the beautiful anthem “O, America” and the Irish supergroup Celtic Woman have adopted it as their own! They have sung it every night on their American tour, and their adoring fans have rewarded the song with a standing ovation every night. And now, this song will be released to the world on June 23, 2009.

Please check out a clip of Celtic Woman performing “O, America”
here.

Let us and all the fans of Celtic Woman know what you think of this beautiful song, sprung from William’s absolutely beautiful “Sweet Remembrance of You.” Feel free to post your comments on William’s message board, but also this brand new board created on the Celtic Woman website.

A Mothers Day web video featuring William's piece, "A Mother's Heart".

A Mother's Heart by William Joseph. from gary nadeau on Vimeo.

Watch Williams Interviews
Interview (part 1)
Interview (part 2)
Interview (part 3)
Interview (part 4)

Performance
"Piano Fantasy"
"Within"
"A Mother's Heart"
"Sweet Remembrance Of You"

"Classical pop” pianist William Joseph kicked off his first U.S. headlining tour at Ruth Eckerd Hall on Friday, January 9th with a passionate and dynamic performance. Underneath sultry lights of green and purple, Mr. Joseph delivered a youthful and fresh twist on classical music, creating a hip and energetic style with his compositions.

He began delicate and careful, leaning into his piano, caressing each note softly as he played “Heroes”. He then picked up in intensity, creating a dynamic and engaging performance. After his first piece, one audience member let out a very genuine and very appropriate “Wow!”

The energy picked up as Mr. Joseph’s speed increased, faster than seemingly possible, a blur of fingers moving up and down over the keys. Despite the frenetic motion in his fingers, it was apparent Mr. Joseph was in command of the ivories and his speed, and not the other way around. He plays with the dexterity and skill of the most seasoned concert pianist while adding his own youthful zest, at once combining the wisdom of age and the energy of youth.

William JosephIf he sounds as if he has been playing for years and years despite his youthful look, it’s because he has. His incredible technique is a result of “Thousands and thousands of hours of practice throughout my life,” he says. Mr. Joseph has been playing the piano since the age of four. “It’s really been a lifetime devotion and I attribute a lot of the technical aspect and mastering technique to having a great teacher.”

Mr. Joseph is devoted to his fans just as much as he is to his music. “I really feel my fans are everything,” he says in that steady voice of his. “I love getting to know my fans.” He invited the entire audience to meet him after the show in the lobby as is his post-show tradition. “I just stay there until I talk to every single one of them.”

The Villanovan (PA), live review of January 28 Pittsburgh show, February 5

CLASSICAL-POP PIANIST WILLIAM JOSEPH EMBARKS ON

FIRST-EVER U.S. HEADLINING TOUR JANUARY 9TH, 2009
January 5 — Burbank, CA — Pianist, composer and performer William Joseph will launch his first-ever headlining tour of the U.S. in support of his current 143 Records/Reprise album Beyond. The tour, which begins January 9th in Clearwater, FL, comes on the heels of his 2008 tours of Canada and the U.K., where the Phoenix native performed at London’s prestigious Royal Albert Hall and appeared on the U.K.’s top-rated morning show This Morning.

A passionate and dynamic performer, William is eager to bring the powerful live experience of Beyond to U.S. audiences. “To me, touring — and meeting people — completes the journey of making music, and it means so much to me to meet everyone who comes out to the shows,” William says. “I have never been prouder of anything I’ve done as I am of Beyond, and I want to share this music with everyone. I will meet every single person that comes to my shows, whether they want to or not!”

Released in summer 2008, the cinematic-sounding Beyond is a genre-defying crossover mélange that captures a variety of moods, from the dramatic, to the heart-wrenching, to the light and playful, and all performed with the emotional power and polished precision that William has become known for. The album was executive produced by the legendary David Foster, who discovered William at a charity event in 2003 and also produced his debut album, 2004’s Within. William is a featured artist on Foster’s new CD/DVD Hit Man and performs on the star-studded special David Foster and Friends currently airing on PBS.

Beyond has been included on Spectrum Culture’s “Best CDs of 2008,” which praised William for his “breathtaking piano playing.” He has also been called “a major young pop talent” by The Toronto Star.

William did an interview with Bob Jones on Classic FM, here's the link:
http://www.classicfm.com/artsdaily

William's CD is on a "Best Of" blog. Checki it out:
http://spectrumculture.com/2008/12/best-cds-of-2008-part-1.html

William on "This Morning":
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=iC9Ubej9OFs

Check out an interview with William on Musicnotes.com's official blog, InTune, here

Also check out the added UK & US dates in William's tour section.

Hello my friends!!!

I wanted to give an update on how things are going...First of all, THANK OU SO MUCH for all of the encouraging emails you have sent to me. It gives me an added energy and excitement to hear from you and you can keep those emails coming at contactwj@gmail.com. Second of all...we had our first show of the tour last night in Sherbrooke, Quebec!!! Woohoo!!! A huge thank you to all the people who were there!

Well, I have to go now because we are leaving for the next show...I'll be sure to keep you posted with the funny things that are bound to happen over the next couple of weeks adn please post your tour photos on myspace or send them to me so I can put them up in my photo section.

Always,
William

I can’t believe that by this time next week I will be in Canada beginning the BEYOND TOUR!!!!! Don’t make me beg – this tour will be so lonely unless you all come out and join me. If you can’t come, send your friends. I promise to take photos with them so you can see what you missed ;-)

I really want to hear from you while I’m on the road. If you send me messages to contactwj@gmail.com, I promise to respond right back. And, I look forward to seeing you at the following shows:

Oct 23 2008 8:00P
Centennial Theatre- Bishop’s University Sherbrooke, Quebec

Oct 24 2008 8:00P
La Tulipe Montreal, Quebec

Oct 25 2008 8:00P
Centrepointe Theatre Ottawa, Ontario

Oct 27 2008 8:00P
RBC Theatre Sarnia, Ontario

Oct 28 2008 8:00P
The Oakville Centre For The Arts Oakville, Ontario

Oct 30 2008 8:00P
Rose Theatre Brampton, Ontario

Oct 31 2008 8:00P
Brock Centre for the Arts St. Catherines, Ontario

Always, William

William is a featured artist on David Foster's new CD/DVD, "Hit Man," in stores 11/11. Check back soon for updates!

Hi there!

I know my Tour Date page has been blank and boring for a while now, but I finally have great news to share. I’m taking my show on the road!! I’m starting the Beyond World Tour in Canada, and hope to see all of you there - or as many as will fit in these theaters! We’ll be playing many songs off of the new record, plus some old favorites, and as always, I will be there after the show each and every night to meet you all, take photos, and generally just spend some time with the best fans a guy could have.

Buy your tickets early and let me know in the forum or on my myspace page which songs you want to hear most!!

Always, William

Hey Josephans,

I am organizing my pictures and wanted to share this album with
you! While I was touring with Il Divo through Canada last year, I
had an opportunity to perform for this great radio station Classical
96.3. They are based out of Toronto and it is THE classical station... in
fact, it is a national show. I am usually pretty comfortable
performing however I was definitely feeling added pressure with this
performance. I was feeling like I was about to be put under a
microscope because the listening audience would mostly be classical
listeners. Now, as many of you know, I am classically-trained by my piano teacher Stella so I am very aware of
the demand for perfection. (No wrong notes!!) The other thing about
this performance is that we played without drums and basically did
"unplugged" versions of my music - which meant no Steve on drums. Despite the added nerves and the
new acoustic arrangements, I thought the performance went really
well and the interview ended up being quite fun.

I hope you
like the pictures I have posted and... TAKE A LISTEN TO THE AUDIO OF
THE LIVE PERFORMANCE INCLUDING THE INTERVIEW!!! Let me know what you
think!!!

Always, William