Washington native Wendy Gilles has spent the last nineteen 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, the Choir of Trinity Wall Street, Ensemble Altera, Musica Sacra, Artefact Ensemble, Voices of Ascension, the New York Virtuoso Singers, American Classical Orchestra Chorus, and the New York Philharmonic Chorus, performing masterworks under the direction of such luminaries as Harry Bicket, , Gustavo Dudamel, Jaap Van Zweden, Alan Gilbert, Zubin Mehta, and Michael Tilson Thomas. A recent highlight was recording and touring Handel’s Hercules with the Clarion Choir and The English Concert in London, New York, Omaha, Hanover, and California. On weekends, Wendy can be heard singing in the professional choirs of St. Bartholomew’s Church and Temple Emanu-El synagogue.