Gillard, since relocating to Northern Ireland in 2012, has performed with Liane Carroll, Darren Beckett, Phil Robson, Tom Harrison, Gene Calderazzo, John Leighton, Joseph Leighton and Conor Murray and recorded with Quentin Collins, RBG Trio, and Comrade Hat. Before moving to the UK/Ireland, she lived in NYC and recorded/performed with Charli Persip (Quintet and Big Band), Tyshawn Sorey, Christian McBride, Diva. Her debut album ‘Day One’ was released on Greg Osby’s Inner Circle Music label in 2009. Her second release ‘Dream Within a Dream’ received many great reviews and landed on Marlbank & one of Jazzwise (Brian Priestley) top 10 lists for 2017. She has played at Dizzy’s Club, Jazz Standard, Blue Note NYC, Birdland, Minton’s Playhouse, the Vortex, Pizza Express , The Barbican, and at festivals such as Jazz Mobile, Love Supreme, London Jazz Festival, Brilliant Corners, and Cork Jazz Festivals. She is often lauded for her huge, old-school tenor sound but also for thriving in a wide-spectrum of styles, displaying endless ideas. Also notable as a composer, she has been awarded commissions from Moving On Music and Improvised Music Company.