1. Veda Hille was born on August 11,1968 and is a Canadian singer-songwriter, keyboardist and tenor guitar player from Vancouver, British Columbia.
20 Facts About Veda Hille
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Veda Hille writes songs about love and tragedy, as well as about topical British Columbia subjects.
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Veda Hille started playing piano when she was six, at first studying classical music, and later pop music, and jazz.
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Veda Hille attended Vancouver Community College, as well art school studying sculpture, film, and performance art.
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Veda Hille began writing music in 1990, and self-released a cassette, Songs About People and Buildings, in 1992.
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Veda Hille set up her own label, Ball of Flames, and in 1994 released her first CD, Path of a Body with Stephen Nikleva, Steve Lazin, and Martin Walton; next was a pop album, Spine, recorded with various Canadian musicians.
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In 1997 Veda Hille began working with Martin Walton, Ford Pier, Peggy Lee, Barry Mirochnick, and later Patsy Klein.
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Veda Hille was commissioned by Mascall Dance to create the score for their choreography "The Brutal Telling", about the Canadian painter Emily Carr.
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In 2000 Veda Hille commissioned Vancouver video artist Shawn Chappelle to make a 50-minute video showing the northern landscapes of Canada.
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Veda Hille created a formal show designed for small theatres and art spaces, during which a video is projected on a large screen as Hille plays the show's music on a grand piano.
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In 2002 Veda Hille created a song cycle for the Vancouver Folk Music Festival's 25th anniversary.
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Veda Hille is a member of The Fits, which perform vaudeville duets.
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In 2005 Veda Hille signed with Ape Records, run by XTC's Andy Partridge.
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Veda Hille is the in-house composer for Theatre Replacement; she collaborates with them on at least one show per year, including Empty Orchestra, YUFO, Dress Me Up In Your Love, and the yearly East Van Panto.
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Veda Hille scored Bonnie Sherr Klein's NFB film Shameless: The ART of Disability, as well as producing records for other musicians.
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Veda Hille collaborated again with McNeil and Youssef for Neworld Theatre's King Arthur's Night, a retelling of the King Arthur legend developed with a mixed ability cast.
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In 2020 Veda Hille premiered the solo show Little Volcano, created with Maiko Yamamoto and James Long of Theatre Replacement.
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In 2021 Nicholas Krgovich released an album of Veda Hille covers titled This Spring.
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When Hille put together an ensemble to perform Beach Practice, the Veda Hille Sisterhood, or VHS, was born, consisting of Patsy Klein: vocals, Lucien Durey: vocals, Nicholas Krgovich: vocals, keyboards, Thom Gill: guitar, and Julia Chien: vibraphone and percussion.
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Veda Hille is married to Justin Kellam, drummer of the now defunct bands P:ano and No Kids.