JOHN MILLER
CONCISE BIOGRAPHY
John Miller began his musical life playing cornet with a local brass band in Fife, Scotland. At age 16 he joined the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, where highlights were playing the Hummel Concerto with conductor Rudolf Schwarz and The Rite of Spring with Pierre Boulez.
His undergraduate study was at Kings Cambridge during which time he was granted leave to work regularly with the London Symphony Orchestra, with Berio, Maxwell-Davies and Stockhausen and the recently founded London Sinfonietta. His subsequent performing career was based in London as a member of the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble and the Philharmonia Orchestra.
John taught trumpet at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, for almost twenty years before joining the staff of Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester where he is currently Head of School of Wind Brass and Percussion. In addition, he has enjoyed long and strong associations with both the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and the European Union Youth Orchestra.
In addition to his performing career, his educational work with young musicians has been internationally acclaimed - in 1993 he was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Guildhall School, in 2006 a Fellowship of the RNCM, and in 2010 Professorship (personal chair) of RNCM. John has been a member of the Wallace Collection since its initial foundation in 1986.
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