ABOUT US

Don Miller is adept at working with musicians of all ages – elementary and secondary students, university students, as well as community musicians and professional performers. He has music degrees from Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Wichita State University and received his Doctor of Musical Arts in Conducting from The University of Iowa. His experience includes working in public schools and universities in Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Texas, and Colorado. In addition to his teaching positions, Dr. Miller has been Conductor and Music Director of the Starlight Symphony Orchestra of Wimberley, Texas, the San Antonio Symphonic Band, the West County (St. Louis) Youth Orchestra and many other ensembles. He is currently Music Director and Conductor of Orchestra Esperanza Park City, a Chamber Orchestra in Park City, Utah. In addition to his conducting and teaching experience, Dr. Miller is author of Rehearsing the Band, Volume 2. Students of his have continued their music avocation as performers in the US Armed Services Bands, music educators, college professors and community performers. High school students and undergraduate students of Dr. Miller have been accepted to prestigious undergraduate and graduate schools of music across the US.

As an advocate of new music, Dr. Miller has been responsible for commissioning over 20 works from composers such as Timothy Mahr, Andrew Boysen, Barry Morse, James Syler and others. He is also an advocate for music education and has served as a clinician for schools and conductor of honor bands
across the US. He has made presentations at a number of professional conferences, including the College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA), the Music Educators Associations of Texas, Arkansas, Kentucky, Wyoming, and Missouri, as well as the California and Iowa Bandmasters Associations. In addition to presentations, he has been an adjudicator for Director’s Choice Music Festivals, Festivals of Music and state and national events.