New Music Coming 6/24
“Colors Collide”, a collection of pieces written about Petrified Forest National Park will be premiered at 2 pre-release concerts during the ARTx festival in May.
Alaska CD Release
Alaskan Soundscapes is now available and features the Eykamp String Quartet. Review by Kathy Parsons Jill Haley’s Alaskan Soundscapes is part of a continuing series of albums inspired by her Artist-In-Residence positions in various US National Parks. What better way could there possibly be to compose music that embodies a place than by staying there for an […]
New Release: Into the Quiet
Into The Quiet is the second collaboration between electronic ambient visionary Deborah Martin and renowned English Horn player and Oboist Jill Haley. Their previous album was 2021’s The Silence Of Grace, a pastoral collection that received numerous accolades including Zone Music Reporter’s list of Top 20 albums of the year. Read more…
Review: The Forests and Shores of Acadia by Kathy Parsons
The Forests and Shores of Acadia is part of a continuing series of albums created by Jill Haley as an “artist in residence” in a variety of US National Parks. Best-known for her evocative oboe and English horn music, Jill has been adding more and more piano to her recordings, and she also adds some […]
International Double Reed Society: Interview with Jill Haley
Noah BrenemanLos Angeles, California Interview held in October 2021 Jill at Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona.
Acadia National Park Performance
Jill Haley, a composer-in-residence at Acadia in 2021, is returning to the park to share pieces that she has since produced as a CD, “The Forests and Shores of Acadia.” Her performance begins at 2 pm Tue Sept 20 at the Sieur de Monts Nature Center, 47 Sweetwater Circle in Bar Harbor. Parking is expected […]
New Release: The Forest and Shores of Acadia
The Forest and Shores of Acadia will be out on 9/2/2022. Compilation of tunes Jill wrote while an Artist in Residence at Acadia National Park in Maine. “I don’t know how she does it, but Jill Haley has done it again. Wonderfully transportive, ultra-relaxing, beautifully composed, and impeccably played, “The Forests and Shores of Acadia,” […]
The Final on Vinyl (podcast)
Interview With Jill Haley – The Final On Vinyl Podcast It was nice to speak to Jill Haley and learn more about here latest release and prior projects. Keith “MuzikMan” Hannaleck
Mainly Piano Interview
Interview with Jill Haley, September 2021 Jill Haley is a fascinating composer/musician who is getting ready to release her third album for 2021 in November. Jill is probably best-known as an oboist/English horn player, but she is also a very accomplished and expressive pianist. In addition to her own recordings, Jill has played on dozens […]
New Orchestrations
The National Park Suite was premiered in June by Berks Sinfonietta and Jill. This featured 4 of her compositions arranged for orchestra and solo oboe/ English horn. National Park Suite II is currently in production with David Himes arranging another group of Jill’s pieces for orchestra and solo oboe/ English horn. Plans are being made to […]