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Canadian composer
Allan Gilliland
Born
1965 (age 58–59) Darvel, Scotland
Occupation
composer
Nationality
Canadian
Allan Gilliland (born 1965 in Darvel, Scotland) is a contemporary Canadian composer.
Gilliland moved to Canada in 1972 and settled in Edmonton, Alberta. He received a diploma in Jazz Studies (trumpet) from Humber College, and degrees in performance and composition from the University of Alberta. His teachers were Violet Archer, Malcolm Forsyth and Howard Bashaw.
He has written music for solo instruments, orchestra, chorus, brass quintet, wind ensemble, big band, film, television and theatre.
His works have been performed by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, ProCoro Canada, the Canadian Brass, the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, the New York Pops, the Hammerhead Consort, and the brass section of the New York Philharmonic.
From 1999 to 2004, Gilliland was Composer in Residence with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, composing nine major works, including concerti for violin, and two harps. Dreaming of the Masters I (2003), a jazz concerto written for clarinet soloist James Campbell, is perhaps his most popular work, and received its American premiere by the Boston Pops in 2004.
Dreaming of the Masters II - GEB, a jazz rhapsody for piano and orchestra written for William Eddins and jointly commissioned by CBC and the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, received its world premiere on February 22, 2008. Dreaming of the Masters III, a three-movement jazz suite for trumpet and orchestra written for Jens Lindemann and commissioned by the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra with funding from the Alberta Foundation for the Arts received its world premiere on September 17, 2010. His orchestral work On the Shoulders of Giants won first prize at the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra's Composers Competition in 2002.
Composers Allan Gilliland, Malcolm Forsyth, Allan Gordon Bell, John Estacio, and Jeffrey McCune following the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra's performance of their music in April 2005
In 2007, the Alberta-based Arktos Recordings Limited label released Collaborations, a CD devoted exclusively to Gilliland's music. The track listing is:
The Winspear Fanfare
M'bira
Suite from the Sound
Cancion
Love's Red Rose
Four by Four
Roots
Concerto for Oboe, Strings and Harpsichord
Gilliland is currently Chair of the Music Program and Head of the Composition Department at MacEwan University in Edmonton.
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retirement. Her notable students include Larry Austin, Jan Randall, AllanGilliland, and Allan Gordon Bell. Archer built a career as a musician and composer...
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remote and a jitterbug contest at Union Square." Allan M. Newman of KSFO said of the show that Gilliland, "interviewed damn near everybody involved during...
(2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 275. Gilliland, John (1994). Pop Chronicles the 40s: The Lively Story of Pop Music in...
mid-1970s, they are known for their distinctive three-part vocal harmony style. Allan Clarke and Graham Nash founded the band as a Merseybeat-type group in Manchester...
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Life Sitcom March 10, 1998 (1998-03-10) April 7, 1998 (1998-04-07) Eric Gilliland Productions Two Guys and a Girl May 16, 2001 (2001-05-16) 4 In Front Productions...
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commercially recording the first country music songs in 1922 with Henry Gilliland (1845 - 1924). Robertson was born in Arkansas and grew up on a farm in...
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Deming, Mark. The Credibility Gap at AllMusic. Retrieved January 2, 2008. Gilliland, John; Shearer, Harry (October 11, 1969). "Pop Chronicles Interviews #41...
of Russ Roulette". Billboard. January 8, 1955. p. 14. ISSN 0006-2510. Gilliland, John (1969). "Show 4 – The Tribal Drum: The Rise of Rhythm and Blues...
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