Tania Gill - About the Band

Tania Gill is a Toronto pianist, composer, arranger, and improviser known for her versatility and originality. She plays piano, composes and arranges for the chamber jazz ensemble Runcible Spoon and is the leader of the trio The Mighty Gill Show. She is the pianist and/or keyboardist in The Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band, The See Through Trio, the band Saint Dirt Elementary School and avante-rock group Deep Dark United. She is a past member of the group ZebraDonk.

Tania has also worked with many of Canada’s greatest musicians including Andrew Downing, Mary Margaret O’Hara, Gordon Downie, Phil Dwyer, Terry Clarke, Jean Derome, David Mott, Jesse Zubot, Dylan Van Der Schyff, The Rheostatics, Mia Sheard, Johnny Favorite, One Step Beyond, John Millard, Jake Langley, Dione Taylor, Soular, Chris Gale, The WoodChoppers Association, Victor Bateman, Rob Clutton, Doug Tielli, Justin Haynes, Ronda Rindone and German synth player Thomas Lehn. She has toured and performed in several major festivals.

Tania was arranger and conductor for the recently released Ron Davis CD Shimmering Rhythm, was pianist and contributing arranger for the recently recorded John Millard CD A People’s Fame and was pianist and contributing arranger and composer for Runcible Spoon’s recently released CD Raincoat Lake. She has also recorded with Deep Dark United, St. Dirt Elementary School, Alexis Baro, ZebraDonk, The Woodchoppers Association, Dave Clark, Tannis Slimmon and Andrew Downing’s Roots IV: The Wellspring Project among others.

Tania has a BMus in Jazz Performance from McGill University, studied classical piano at The University of Victoria, and has attended the Banff Centre for the Arts. She teaches at Humber College and taught in the Cultural Studies Department at Trent University. She is currently completing a Master of Music program in Jazz Performance at the University of Toronto.

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