BIOGRAPHY

meagan&amy, a vibrant Canadian duo consisting of violinist Amy Hillis and pianist Meagan Milatz, share an intense passion for innovative programming and fearless music-making. Praised for their energy, sensitivity, and musical maturity, they were awarded the first ever "Pan-Canadian Partnership" recital tour of 50 different Canadian cities in 13 provinces and territories. This tour was presented by Jeunesses Musicales Canada, Debut Atlantic and Prairie Debut.

meagan&amy's debut album, Roots, was released with the generous support of the Canada Council for the Arts. In addition to their Pan-Canadian Partnership Tour, performance highlights include recitals at Ottawa Chamberfest, the Festival International de Lanaudière and as part of the Graham Sommer Trio. CBC’s In Concert has broadcast multiple meagan&amy full-length recitals and the duo is regularly featured on other CBC Music programs such as Tempo with Julie Nesrallah and Backstage with Ben Heppner.

The duo’s professional and community-engaged work extends nationally and internationally. In addition to performing for school assemblies across Canada, meagan&amy presented workshops for the Young Composers Collective in Yellowknife, NWT and the Labrador Creative Arts Festival in Happy Valley- Goose Bay, NL. With the generous support of the Jeunesses Musicales Canada AIDA fund, meagan&amy studied Québécois and French repertoire as part of a residency at La Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris. The duo was also in residence at the Avaloch Farm Music Institute in New Hampshire, USA.

Both hailing from Saskatchewan, meagan&amy are currently active as a duo based in Montreal, presenting recitals in venues such as Pollack Hall, Chapelle Historique du Bon Pasteur, Tanna Schulich Hall and Redpath Hall. Performances "back home" continue to be of special importance to them. Saskatchewan highlights have included 11 concerts as their Pan-Canadian Partnership Tour as well as a duo recital presented by the Regina Musical Club Concert Series as winners of the Regina Musical Club Recital Competition. Their individual strengths - Milatz's proficiency on the fortepiano and Hillis's aptitudes for contemporary music - have combined to inform the wide range of repertoire which they present.

 

Biographie

Le duo canadien meagan&amy, composé de la violoniste Amy Hillis et de la pianiste Meagan Milatz, sont toutes deux passionnées par une pratique musicale intrépide et novatrice. meagan&amy ont débuté leur collaboration en 2011 à l’École de musique Schulich de l’Université McGill et se sont produites régulièrement auprès du public canadien. Célébrées pour leur énergie, leur sensibilité et leur maturité musicale, elles ont joué, entre autres, au Festival de Lanaudière en juillet 2018 et ont été invitées à l’émission « In Concert » de CBC Music à l’automne 2018.

 Originaires de la Saskatchewan, meagan&amy sont aujourd’hui basées à Montréal. Leurs représentations « à la maison » dans les Prairies continuent d’avoir une importance particulière pour elles. Leurs forces individuelles — la maîtrise du pianoforte de Milatz et les aptitudes de Hillis pour la musique contemporaine — se combinent pour informer le large éventail de répertoire qu’elles présentent.