Kevin J. Miller, pianist, is a graduate of University of Michigan where he received his Artistic Diploma and Masters of Music degree in Collaborative Piano with the world renowned Martin Katz.  A native of New York City, Mr. Miller completed his Bachelor of Music degree from Mannes College of Music.  In July 2010, Mr. Miller collaborated in recital with countertenor David Daniels at the Glimmerglass Opera.  In March 2010, Mr. Miller worked with Jessye Norman at Carnegie Hall on Laura Karpman’s production of Langston Hughes’s Ask Your Mama.  Mr. Miller made his international solo debut in recital at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Netherlands in June 2008. Mr. Miller’s honors include full scholarships to the Aspen Summer Music Festival in 2006, Boston University Tanglewood Institute of Music in 2001 and 2002 and the Bart Pitman Piano Competition Prize. 

Two of Mr. Miller’s original compositions, Psalm 13 and Psalm 145, were premiered in February 2004 with the Mannes Symphony Orchestra in conjunction with a chorus under the direction of Chantell Wright.  In 1997, at the age of thirteen, Mr. Miller was featured in the Lake George Opera Association’s performance of Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.  That summer, the orchestra of Lake George performed a symphony composed by Mr. Miller.  From 1993-2002, he attended the Choir Academy of Harlem, the school of the Boys Choir of Harlem, Inc. During this time, Mr. Miller performed in Holland, Israel, Austria, Japan, and throughout the United States, occasionally serving as accompanist.  He participated in symphonic works with the New York Philharmonic and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and was an alto soloist in Antonio Vivaldi’s Gloria.

 

 

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