Lila Wildy Quillin

(1999 - )

Robbie Bui

Lila Wildy Quillin (b. 1999) is a Montreal-based composer originally from the Atlantic coast of Maryland. Having spent much of her life investing in the visual arts, film, and architecture as well as composition, Lila is especially dedicated to exploring the relationships between music and other fields of design. In her young career she has worked with performers and ensembles including International Ensemble Modern Academy, Divertimento Ensemble, Ensemble Suono Giallo, JACK Quartet, the Zodiac Trio, Elena Urioste, Tom Poster, and Anthony McGill. Lila is currently pursuing her Master's degree in composition with Philippe Leroux at McGill's Schulich School of Music under the Edith Jacobson Low-Beer Fellowship, and holds her bachelor's degree in composition from New England Conservatory, where she studied with Efstratios Minakakis and John Mallia under the Presidential Distinction Scholarship. She has also studied with Dr. Judah Adashi at Peabody Preparatory, where she was the recipient of The Peabody Preparatory Achievement Award in Composition in 2016 and 2017. She has been the composer-in-residence for the Chamber Music by the Sea festival since 2018, and has attended Divertimento Ensemble’s International Workshop for Young Composers (2023), Darmstadt (2023) Lucerne Festival (2022), ilSUONO Contemporary Music Week (2022), New Music on the Point (2021), Zodiac Music Festival and Academy (2019), Curtis Summerfest Young Artist Summer Program (2016), and Interlochen Arts Camp (2015). In her free time, Lila enjoys studying piano and playing clarinet in improvisation-based ensembles, as well as sketching, painting, and animating.