JAMES MILLER is the associate principal trombonist with the Los Angeles
Philharmonic, a position he has held since 1999. His duties include performing on
alto, tenor, and bass trombone, tenor tuba, and bass trumpet. His previous
orchestral experience includes the North Carolina Symphony, the Long Island
Philharmonic and the New York Philharmonic. Miller earned his Bachelor of
Music Education degree from the University of Northern Iowa and his Master of
Music degree from the Juilliard School, where he was a scholarship student of Per
Brevig.
His performance experience includes the Silk Road Ensemble, the Paragon
Ragtime Orchestra, Ensemble ST-X, the Michael Bublé big band, and with a
variety of jazz, rock, ska, and latin ensembles. He has been a participant in the
Mainly Mozart Festival, the Aspen Music Festival, and the Ojai Music Festival as
well as featured on the Los Angeles Philharmonic Green Umbrella Series. As a
composer, he has had world premieres in New York’s Lincoln Center and
continues to perform his own works in solo performances throughout the country.
He serves on the faculty of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts,
the California Institute of the Arts, and UCLA. Miller is a
Conn/Selmer clinician and has a CD entitled from coast to coast on All Barks Dog
records.
Visit his website at: http://www.jamestmiller.net/live/
