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Millar Piano Duo

Based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the Millar Piano Duo has been giving high-energy performances since 2008, appearing in venues and series in Canada and the U.S., including Westwood Concerts (Toronto), Tapestry Concerts (Lancaster, ON), Sunday Rendez-vous at Stewart Hall (Pointe-Claire, QC), Gallery 345 (Toronto), the Musideum (Toronto), Music on the Hill (Rhode Island), Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, VA) and the Arlene Kies Piano Recital and Master Class Series at the University of New Hampshire. They are featured on composer Frank Horvat’s album, Me to We.

Gregory Millar

Gregory Millar is a versatile soloist and chamber musician whose career has taken him to several Canadian provinces, the Northeastern United States, and Europe. In 2019 he appeared as a concert pianist in the Netflix sci-fi thriller In the Shadow of the Moon. Millar has performed as concerto soloist with the Kindred Spirits Orchestra and the Mississauga Symphony. He can be heard on two recordings of chamber music by Frank Horvat, Me to We and The Current Agenda, and plays alongside New York City freelance musicians on Phibbs and Phriends, a CD of music for horn ensemble and percussion by Milton Phibbs. Millar served as resident collaborative pianist for the Kendall Betts Horn Camp in New Hampshire and the Banff Centre’s summer masterclasses. He holds a DMA from the Eastman School of Music, an Artist Diploma from the Glenn Gould School, a MusM from the University of Toronto, and a BMus from McGill University. In addition to performing, Millar teaches private lessons in piano and theory, and self-publishes a growing catalogue of original compositions, transcriptions, and pedagogical materials.

Lisa Raposa Millar

Lisa Raposa Millar maintains a varied career as a piano recitalist, adjudicator, and instructor. Renowned for the clarity and tonal beauty of her playing, she has appeared in esteemed venues including Koerner Hall, the Toronto Convention Centre, the Gardiner Museum, Heliconian Hall, and the former Gallery 345. She has also performed on The Piano Lunaire, a series devoted to music of the 20th and 21st centuries. Raposa Millar has contributed to American Music Teacher magazine and has taught piano for over two decades. Before relocating to Canada, she earned a BA from the University of New Hampshire, an MM from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, where she twice received the Eugenie May Award for Outstanding Accomplishment as a Solo and Collaborative Pianist, and a DMA from the Eastman School of Music, where she was honoured with an Excellence in Accompanying Award. Her principal teachers included Arlene Kies, Estela Olevsky, Jean Barr, and Nelita True, and she participated in numerous master classes with visiting artists. Outside of music, Lisa works as a freelance web designer and is an avid runner.

Elizabeth Raum

Elizabeth Raum has established herself as one of Canada’s most eminent composers whose music has been played in concerts and festivals throughout Canada, the US, South America, Europe including Rome, England, Portugal, Switzerland, Germany, Hungary, Russia, China and Japan. She has written 6 operas, numerous works for large orchestra and over 80 chamber compositions. Her music has been recorded on over 50 commercial CDs and she is included in the New Grove’s Dictionary of Music and Musicians, the New Grove’s Dictionary of Opera, and the New Grove’s Dictionary of Women Composers as well as numerous other prestigious publications.

Her honours include an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax Nova Scotia, the Saskatchewan Order of Merit, the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal, and many other awards.