Bill Gilliam (piano & elctronics) & Margaret Maria (cello) and Meena Rizwan (spoken word/prose, projections, maybe ocarina) will perform an improv set at Audiopollination.
Wed, Dec 10th at 8pm
Annette Studios
566 Annette St,
Toronto, ON M6S 2C2
The Gilliam, Milmine, Pottie trio is celebrating their 10 year anniversary / reunion at Annette Studios on Wed Dec 10th at 8pm.
Our trio, based in Toronto with Bill Gilliam (piano), Kayla Milmine (soprano sax) and Ambrose Pottie (drums), has been blending spontaneous inventions and jazz compositions since 2015. After a two year hiatus we are very happy to invite you to our reunion party.
Sunday Oct 19th, 8pm
Annette Studios
566 Annette St, Toronto
$20/PWYC
"What Is Freedom In Times Like These?" a spoken word & music performance featuring actor/musician Rod Campbell & cellist Margaret Maria & myself .
Set 1: Actor / musician Rod Campbell and pianist Bill Gilliam perform poems and excerpts by authors Constantine Cavafy, Adrienne Rich, Rabindranath Tagore, Samuel Beckett, Zbigniew Herbet, Rumi and Gilliam, expressing the difficult paths we take to preserve our rights and freedoms and the need to celebrate their continuation.
Set 2: The Marbyllia duo — cellist Margaret Maria and myself — will chart a new direction, exploring the freedom of musical expression through Portalz landscapes, performing cello and piano improvisations with spacious electronic sounds and rhythms. Rod will join us for the finale to enrich our textures of sound and poetry.