1. Violist Clifton Bryce Gilliland is a native of Florida and has lived and studied in both the US and
Canada. An avid chamber music player, Clifton has performed in a number of ensembles in the
United States and Europe including Vols Am Schlern, La Mortella; the home of composer Sir William
Walton on the Isle of Ischia, the Baron String Quartet, and the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. As an
orchestral musician he has been principal violist in the symphonies and chamber orchestras at Stetson
University, Southern Illinois University, Evangel University and the Saint Louis Symphony Youth
Orchestra. Clifton has won the State Fine Arts competition String Solo division in North Dakota ,Ohio,
and Missouri, went on to be a finalist at the national level, he won the North Dakota Youth Orchestra
concerto competition, and has received honorable mention at the Missouri Music Teachers
Association competition. As a church musician, Clifton has served in leadership in some of North
America’s largest churches. His teachers include Jesus Alfonso, Dennis Simons (London Symphony),
Lenora Anop (The Bach Society), and Leslie Perna. Clifton is a Co-founder of MUSE ; a music
teaching organization in Missouri that provides qualified teachers and instruction to orchestral and
keyboard players. He is currently a graduate teaching assistant at the University of Missouri Columbia
and is on the panel of teachers with the Missouri String Project.
DouglasGilliland began his keyboard career in church music at age 10 and has gone on to serve as
Associate Pastor and Worship Pastor in some of North America’s largest churches. As a teacher he
has taught at Southern Illinois University, Bismarck State College, LIFE Pacific College, and Webster
University. His piano, organ, voice, and woodwind students have won scholarships and competitions
both nationally and internationally. A seasoned chamber musician; Douglas has been the pianist for
the River Bend Piano Trio, a symphony keyboardist, and coached chamber music for the Saint Louis
Symphony Gifted Musician Program. In addition, he has played recitals and made recordings with
musicians in the U.S. and Canada including Korean Soprano Young Mi Kim (winner of the Luciano
Pavarotti and La Scala, Milan vocal competitions), Mezzo-Soprano Cecelia Stearman and Violinist
Daniel Murphy. Douglas holds degrees from Southern Illinois University and the University of Florida.
His teachers include piano phenomenon Ruth Slenczynska (a student of Sergei Rachmaninoff), Jane
Allen, Willis Bodine, and Kathleen Thomerson. He is married to Latisha Gilliland, also a pianist. Doug
and Latisha have three musical children.
Special thanks to Father Henry Pendergrass and Christ Church Anglican for making this music
program possible.
JOIN THE CHRIST CHURCH ANGLICAN Worship Arts Ministry on Sunday July 3 @ 11 a.m. for
“American Dreamers”; a Patriotic musical and multi-media presentation. All branches of the military
will be recognized as we celebrate our freedom and this great nation called The United States of
America!

2. A Concert of Beautiful Music
Clifton Bryce Gilliland – Viola
Douglas Gilliland – Piano
Sunday, June 5, 2016 4 p.m.
Christ Church Anglican
Asturias (Leyenda) Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909)
Andante e Rondo ungarese Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)
Andante
Allegretto ungarese
Pastime Rag #3 (a Slow Drag) Artie Matthews (1888-1958)
Graceful Ghost Rag William Bolcom (1938 - )
Cello Suite #3 BWV 1009 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Allemande
Courante
Marchenbilder Opus 113 Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Nicht schnell
Lebhaft