Washington native Wendy Gilles has spent the last seventeen years in New York thoroughly enjoying singing for her supper. Her “sweet, declarative voice” (eJazzNews) and “infectious performances” (AllMusic) on the Gil Evans Project’s two GRAMMY Award-nominated albums, Centennial and Lines of Color, were roundly praised by critics. Wendy has performed as a leader or featured vocalist in NYC at Dizzy’s Club (Jazz at Lincoln Center), Birdland, Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall, Jazz Standard, Cornelia Street Cafe, 55 Bar, and Shapeshifter Lab, and in many fine concert venues across the country.

Wendy also enjoys fine ensemble singing with The Clarion Choir, Musica Sacra, Voices of Ascension, Sacred Music in a Sacred Space, American Classical Orchestra Chorus, and Concert Chorale of New York, performing masterworks under the direction of such luminaries as Harry Bicket, Jaap Van Zweden, Alan Gilbert, Gustavo Dudamel, Zubin Mehta, and Michael Tilson Thomas. A recent highlight was recording and touring Handel’s Solomon with the Clarion Choir and The English Concert in London, Madrid, and California. On weekends, Wendy can be heard singing in the professional choirs of St. Bartholomew’s Church and Temple Emanu-El synagogue.