in several world premieres, including Philip Glass's Satyagraha. He also appeared as a soloist with many symphony orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic (under Leonard Bernstein), the Boston Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, and the St. Louis Symphony. His radio appearances included several Texaco Metropolitan broadcasts, Chicago Lyric broadcasts, and broadcasts of the New York City Opera, New York Philharmonic, and Radio France, Paris. He also appeared in a telecast of Joan of Arc produced by the Canadian National Opera. While a singer, he was elected to the Board of Governors and subsequently First Vice President of the American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA), the principal union for classical operatic singers, ballet dancers, and stage directors in the United States. Media career Gill was the primary economic analyst on the Annenberg–CPB television series Economics U$A. He had written 11 textbooks, one novel (The Taking of Farnham Hall: Searching for Reality in the 1960s, 2003), and several short stories. A resident of Chocorua, New Hampshire, he died of heart failure at the age of 82 on October 25, 2010 in Providence, Rhode Island. References External links Personal website 1927 births 2010 deaths American opera singers Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni Harvard College faculty People from Tamworth, New Hampshire People from Long Branch, New Jersey United States Army soldiers Economists from New Jersey Economists from New Hampshire Singers from New Jersey Classical musicians from New Jersey