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Bill Gilliam

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Date: October 20, 2013 Oct 20
Musideum
Toronto, ON, Canada: Musideum
401 Richmond W. Suite 133
Toronto, ON ON M5V 3A8
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(416) 599-7323; More

About Bill

Bill is a Toronto based composer / pianist who creates and improvises new music compositions blending contemporary harmony and jazz idioms with his unique style of piano and prepared piano playing. Bill is from London, England and moved to Toronto after studying jazz and film composition at Berklee College of Music in Boston.

Bill has composed for film, dance and theatre and produced jazz CDs with assistance from the Canada Council and FACTOR. His compositions have been performed by Canadian new music ensembles with assistance from the Ontario Arts Council and Toronto Arts Council. As a pianist / improviser he has performed with many Canadian artists and his ongoing projects include collaborations and performances with the Toronto Improvisers Orchestra, Glen Hall, David Story, Michael Lynn, Ambrose Pottie, Kayla Milmine, Cheryl O, Penn Kemp and other artists.

Upcoming Concerts

Date

June 4, 2023 Jun 04

Counterstasis Trio with Kathryn Ladano

Registry Theatre, 122 Frederick Street Kitchener Ontario N2H 2L9

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Registry, Theatre, 122 Frederick Street Kitchener Ontario N2H 2L9
1 pm
$25 / $5 with valid student ID

Counterstasis performs spontaneously composed explorations of gestures and sonorities connected to new chamber music, free jazz, sound art, experimental, and other creative music traditions.

In this performance Counterstasis will feature special guest bass clarinetist Kathryn Ladano. Dr. Kathryn Ladano has established herself as one of Canada’s foremost bass clarinetists. As a specialist of contemporary music and free improvisation, Ladano is a dynamic soloist and in-demand collaborator. She is currently the Artistic Director of NUMUS concerts, the Director of ICE (Improvisation Concerts Ensemble) and instructor of improvisation at Wilfrid Laurier University. Kathryn has released two solo albums, “Open” (2010) and “Masked” (2019)

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July 18, 2023 Jul 18

Minstrels & Bards Performance with Penn Kemp

Toronto, ON, Canada

292 Brunswick Ave
Toronto, ON M5S 1Y2
Canada

(416) 923-8137

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A performance at a poetry show with Penn Kemp at the Tranzac Club on Tue, July 18th at 7pm - 9pm as part of the Minstrels & Bards Summer Soirée 2023 Edition, hosted by Brenda Clews.

The Southern Cross Lounge is at The TRANZAC, 292 Brunswick Ave, Toronto, ON M5S 2M7

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Recent PostsFeed

Light Through Dark album released Nov 1st 2021
December 3, 2021
Counterstasis – Refracted Voices CD Release
September 18, 2019
“Entangled Pathways” CD Release
October 4, 2017

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