new music & electro-acoustic compositions...

Poems from a Love Triangle - 2009-05-02 - Music Gallery, 197 John St, Toronto

Poems from a Love TriangleA New Music Concert with Poetry staged as a Radio DramaBased on the erotic love poems of Irish poet W.R. Rodgers conceived and composed by Bill Gilliam
Featuring: Gregory Oh (musicial director/conductor), Marion Newman (mezzo soprano), Declan Whelehan (actor), Bill Gilliam (composer/actor), Stephen Tam (flute), Micah Heilbrunn (clarinets), Jeanie Chung (piano), Tim Francom (percussion). Anne Anglin directs

Produced by: Bill Gilliam From 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Website: http://www.musicgallery.org/node/174

Memory Vision - Nuit Blanche - 2007-09-29 - Canadian Music Centre, 20 St Joseph St, Toronto, ON, M4Y 1J9

Using recordings of Bill Gilliam’s electro-acoustic compositions and performance collaborations with sound poet Penn Kemp, visual artist Gera Dillon has created multi-media works combined with pieces by visual artists Arnold Wytenburg and Luke Gilliam into this presentation. The underlying themes and interpretations of this music and imagery are based on myth, memory vision and metaphors of the subconscious.

From 7:00 pm to am pm
Phone: 416-763-2150
 Email: bgilliam@sympatico.ca
 Website: http://www.scotiabanknuitblanche.ca/detail.html?id=17&zone=A

Poetry/Process/Performance - 2007-02-06 - Drake Hotel, Toronto

Alternative word cabaret with Jill Battson, Andrew Staniland, Penn Kemp, Bill Gilliam, Nancy Bullis, Michael Morse and David Story.

Produced by: Jill Battson

Echoes of Ancient Egypt - 2006-02-17 - King's Univeristy College, London, ON

Electro-acoustic music with sound poet Penn Kemp

Deceptive Moves - 2005-09-30 - The Music Gallery, Toronto

A concert of new music compositions by Bill Gilliam & Colleen Ostoforoff

The Music Gallery, as part of the "Composer Now Face to Face" series, presented "Deceptive Moves", the compositions of Bill Gilliam and Colleen Ostoforoff.

This concert was an evening of World premieres of new music showing how each composer approaches, explores and embraces the theme of "deception".

Bill & Colleen decided to collaborate on this music project based on their common artistic vision, approach and style of composition. The topical theme of deception allowed each artist a broad scope of interpretation while at the same time providing an opportunity to compliment each other's work and explore collective comment on current then events.

For this concert, Bill's compositions were motivated by observations of deceptive behaviour in nature, children's emotions and adult machinations, using extended techniques for voice and instruments. In the same vein, Colleen's compositions focused on the themes of political systems' deception, manipulation and environmental concerns. Her chamber music scores explored the limits of the ensemble's sonic pallet through the use of concealed sound re-enforcement and signal processing.

Bill's style of music ranges from scores for new music ensembles to pieces for contemporary jazz performance to improvised soundscapes using handcrafted electronic samples. The music for this project included contemporary new music compositions interwoven with sampled / processed sound.

Bill's premiere works were:

  • Natural Deception, Voice, French Horn, Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, tape
  • Childs Play, words & music by Bill Gilliam in 7 sections for Voice, Clarinet, Bassoon, Cello, Percussion
  • The Shadow, poetry by Penn Kemp, music for Voice, Clarinet, French Horn, Bassoon, Cello, & Percussion

Often inspired by the challenges of a unique sound source, Colleen set out to re-create the sound or create a useful musical notation for an unconventional instrument (for example a push lawn mower, a toy laughing stick, sheet metal or a water phone).

Her world premieres were:

  • Polymer Smog with adapted lyrics from the poet, Penn Kemp, for Voice, Bb Clarinet, French Horn, Bassoon
  • Standing Frozen In The Forest, a multi-disciplinary work featuring Bassoon/Contrabassoon, Cello, Percussion, Dancer & Multi-Disciplinary artist
  • tra... ces... for Female Voice, Radio, Cell phones, sampled & environmental sounds

Website: http://www.bill-gilliam.com/audio/composition_mp3_url_The Shadow.mp3

Solos & Duets - 2003-03-24 - Music Gallery, Toronto

New music concert of compositions by Bill Gilliam

Produced by: Music Gallery

Ought One Festival - 2001-08-25 - Montpelier, Vermont

Solo electro-acoustic performance

Bill Gilliam & Penn Kemp, Macdonald Stewart Art Gallery - 2000-10-01 - London, ON

Sound poetry / electro-acoustic performance,

Bill Gilliam & Penn Kemp - 2000-03-24 - McIntosh Gallery, London, Ontario

Sound poetry / electro-acoustic performance,

Gilliam, Sacks & Sounds - 1999-10-01 - Music Gallery, Toronto

New music concert featuring the electro-acoustic music of Bill Gilliam and Richard Sacks

Bill Gilliam + Friends, Victoria Music Festival - 1998-04-01 - Music Gallery, Toronto

Burning Ambitions - 1994-10-01 - Music Gallery, Toronto

New music concert featuring Bill's compositions

ARRAYMUSIC Young Composers Workshop - 1986-12-01 - Music Gallery, Toronto

Performance of "Dangerous Species"