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Runcible Spoon

Runcible Spoon with Leah State combine the sonorous sounds of strings with the contrast of clarinet, piano and voice creating diverse textures and melodic colors. Based in a jazz flavour, this innovative quartet also draws from klezmer, folk and gypsy influences arriving at something musically eclectic drawing their muse as easily from tradition as from blazing a newer musical trail.

The group combines the talents of five unique women whose backgrounds vary from classical and jazz to pop and free-form music.

Pianist Tania Gill is very active in the Toronto music scene and has performed with such diverse musicians as Phil Dwyer, Terry Clarke, Jerry Fuller, Gordon Downie and Mary Margaret O'Hara. She has recorded and toured with The WoodChoppers Association, Deep Dark United and One Step Beyond.

Violist Pamela Bettger free-lances in both the classical and pop music scenes. Having leant her talents recording with Jane Siberry, The Rheostatics, Wide-Mouth Mason and performed with John Alcorn with Strings and was a member of the Boris Brott Orchestra.

Monica Fedrigo is a jazz and classical cellist with past experience as a jazz acoustic bassist. She has worked with Hugh Fraser, John Alcorn with Strings and her jazz string trio Mirobolus, while recording with VEJI (Vancouver Ensemble of Jazz ImprovisationS, Kenny MacLean (Platinum BlondeS and Lindi.

Julia Hambleton has performed with Bob Wiseman, The WoodChoppers Association and St.Dirt Elementary School.