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| The Carolina Summer Music Festival Meet the Musicians . . . Paul Gilles, pianoPianist Paul Gillies began his performing career at the age of 12 while living in Okinawa, Japan. As an active soloist and chamber music performer, Paul enjoys performing a wide range of music for the piano; in addition to standards of the piano repertory, he plays many lesser-known works, and has premiered several new compositions. In the winter of 2007, he premiered Kenneth Frazelle’s Winter Traces, and in 2003 he gave the first performance of Lawrence Dillon’s Chicane at the Reynolda House Museum of American Art in North Carolina. Also that year, he performed a solo recital including music of Kenneth Frazelle at the Museum of the American Piano in New York City. Paul received a Bachelor of Music degree in piano from the North Carolina School of the Arts in 2001, where he was a student of Eric Larsen. In 2004, he earned his Master of Music degree from the Manhattan School of Music, as a student of Marc Silverman. Mr. Gillies has been on the faculty of the School of Music at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, and is currently on the piano faculty of the UNCSA Community Music School. Back to Artists Roster |
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