Kathy Lamb Williams taught music for 41 years, 35 of them in the Pottsgrove School District in Pottstown, PA. She was also a graduate of Pottsgrove, so it was very important for her to give back to the community that had done so much for her.
Kathy graduated with a BS and Masters in Music Education from West Chester University. Her first teaching position was at a private school for orphan boys in Philadelphia called Girard College. After five years, a position at her alma mater opened and she moved back to the Pottstown area. During her 35 years at Pottsgrove she taught general music, chorus, elementary band, middle school concert band, jazz band, marching band and middle school orchestra. Williams was also the district music coordinator and worked with 8 other music teachers to make it an award-winning music department in the state.
She has played the French horn since the age of eight. Her father, also a music educator and the solo cornetist with The United States Army Band, Pershing’s Own, during WW11, asked her what instrument she would like to play. Kathy replied “trumpet, of course.” His answer was that girls did not play the trumpet. So Christmas morning in 1960, Santa left a French horn under the Christmas tree.
“Father Knew Best.” It was a perfect choice.. She still performs today with the Lee County Community Band, South West Florida Concert Band, Brass Music Elements and substitutes with the Gulf Coast Symphony.
Kathy was born to be a music teacher, her father taught music and founded the Pottstown Symphony in 1964. Her mother taught high school vocal and strings and her sister was a high school vocal teacher. And of course her brother, that you all know and love, Fred Lamb, spent his music career as a vocalist in The United States Army Band.
Kathy retired in 2017 and is a full time resident of Cape Coral, Florida. When she is not performing, she is busy enjoying three grandchildren Brantley, Mavric and Anna, that also live in Cape Coral.