About the Artist
Canadian pianist and composer Gary Sill was born to a band leader father and journalist mother in the small town of Fort Macleod, Alberta, on September 28, 1944. He has been a musician, composer and teacher in Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton and now lives with his wife Carole Harmon in the Canadian Rockies resort town of Banff, Alberta where he records and produces music in his own studio.
Through the Banff Centre For The Arts, Gary has worked or studied with:
Steve Reich, John Cage, R. Murray Schaffer, Oscar Peterson, Carl Berger, Ursula Oppens, and other influential contemporary composers.
Stephen Temmer, (audio engineering) and Gene Youngblood, (future of electronic media).
Music Studies at The University of Calgary:
Composition with Luigi Zaninelli and Piano with Gloria Saarinen.
Electronic Music with Dr. Stan Finn
Film History with Miroslav Malik (Czeck pioneer of holography in art).
Additional informal training included music theory with Gordon Delamont, Native Indian Culture with Abe Burnstick and Improvisational Acting with Keith Johnstone (University of Alberta).
Instructor at Grant McEwan College (Jazz Program):
piano, ensemble performance, music theory, sight singing and ear training, vocal accompaniment.
Gary is engaged in ongoing studies with French composer, Hidayat Inayat-Khan, son of the the Sufi mystic and musician, Hazrat Inayat-Khan
Product Description
With his latest CD, Restless Hearts, Gary continues to give us joyful and heartfelt music. With strength and poignancy, "Restless Hearts" presents the work of an experienced composer and skilled performer who creates with conviction and imagination. His unique approach to music combines emotional eastern melodic lines with the rich harmonies of western composition to create an uplifting musical experience. Drawing on the improvised freedom of jazz, Gary has evolved a keyboard style which connects the listener with the depth and understanding his music so beautifully expresses.