New to the Front Range, Jill Van Gee is a member of the Oakland Symphony and a former member of the Santa Cruz, Austin, and San Antonio Symphonies. She served as Principal Violist for the Festivale dei Due Mondi in Spoleto, Italy, and has performed with the Colorado Symphony, Boulder Philharmonic, Boulder Chamber Orchestra, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, and the Fort Worth Symphony. A long-time contributor to the Crested Butte Music Festival, she has also performed with Mendocino Music Festival, the Midsummer Mozart Festival, the Victoria Bach Festival, and the Chamber Music Society of Sacramento. As a collaborator with the avant-garde ballet company La La La Human Steps, Ms. Van Gee toured extensively throughout Europe, Asia, and North America, and recorded original music by David Lang and Gavin Bryars. Her chamber music projects have included the Nguyen-Van Gee Duo, the El Portal String Quartet, and the Altea Piano Quartet. A laureate of the 2006 Canadian Music Competition, she was privileged to perform in recital at the International Viola Congress. Recently, she was a featured soloist for the Bear Valley Music Festival and the Mission College Symphony.

Ms. Van Gee holds a Bachelor of Music from The Juilliard School, a Master of Music from the Université de Montréal, and enjoys working with the next generations of musicians through private lessons and orchestra coachings.