Jared Miller (composer)

Dr. Jared A. Miller
Born (1988-10-31) October 31, 1988
Los Angeles
OccupationsComposer, professor
AwardsSOCAN Jan V. Matejcek Award for Excellence in New Classical Composition

CBC's "30 Hot Classical Musicians Under 30" list

Juno Award nomination
Academic background
EducationB.M. in Composition
M.Mus. in Composition
DMusA in Composition
Alma materUniversity of British Columbia Juilliard School of Music
Thesis (2012)
Samuel Adler
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of North Carolina School of the Arts
Websitejaredmillermusic.wordpress.com/about/

Jared Miller (born October 31, 1988) is a Canadian-American composer of contemporary classical music.[1] Named one of CBC's "30 Hot Canadian Classical Musicans Under 30,"[2] his work has been performed by many of the major orchestras in Canada and the United States, and has garnered him a Juno-nomination.[3]

Biography

Jared Miller was born in Los Angeles, California, but soon moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, where he displayed an early interest in piano and composition.[4] He attended the University of British Columbia (BM) and the Juilliard School (MM; DMA),[5] studying composition with John Corigliano, Samuel Adler, Stephen Chatman, and Dorothy Chang, and piano with Sara Davis Buechner and Corey Hamm.[6] Other mentors have included Aaron Jay Kernis[7] and Steven Mackey.[8]

Miller was commissioned by the Vancouver Symphony to write 2010 Traffic Jam for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, subsequently becoming composer-in-residence with the Victoria Symphony at the age of 25.[9] At this time, he was commuting between the United States and Canada while teaching at Dalhousie University, the Special Music School, Kaufman Music Center, and the Juilliard School's prep division.[10]

Miller made his Carnegie Hall debut in 2011, when pianist Ang Li commissioned his Souvenirs d’Europe, which are inspired by travels throughout Europe.[11] His Fuse was premiered by Latitude 49 and the Attacca Quartet.[12] In 2014, his piece Contrasted Perspectives was featured in the New York Philharmonic's Biennial.[13][14]

In 2018, Miller composed his first piano concerto, Shattered Night, which was commissioned by Sara Davis Buechner and the Winnipeg Symphony for the 80th Anniversary of Kristallnacht.[15] Conductor Timothy Muffitt described the work as, "among the most heartfelt, poignant and moving works written in this century that I have encountered."[16]

His composition Under Sea, Above Sky was premiered by the New Jersey Symphony under Ludovic Morlot, and was commissioned for the National Youth Orchestra of Canada's 2019 tour of Spain.[17] The piece imitates whale song to convey a message of climate change awareness.[18] In addition to a nomination for the Juno Award for Classical Composition of the Year,[19] the Chicago Symphony later added the composition to their repertoire.[20]

That same year, the Detroit Symphony and Leonard Slatkin commissioned Luster, which was premiered under Robert Spano.[21] In 2023, he was featured in Grammy Award-nominated pianist Han Chen's "Infinite Staircase" project at National Sawdust, composing Prelude to pair with György Ligeti's third étude.[22]

Miller has also worked with conductors Peter Oundjian, Giancarlo Guerrero, Alexander Prior, Xian Zhang, Harold Rosenbaum, Robert Franz, Tania Miller, Jeffrey Milarsky, Jaelem Bhate, Adam Johnson, Stilian Kirov, Otto Tausk, Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser, and George Manahan. His works have been described as "playful" by The New York Times, "timely" by the Chicago Tribune, "highly personal" by CBC Radio, and he was described as a "rising star" by MusicWorks Magazine.

Miller is currently the composer-in-residence at the Lansing Symphony Orchestra[23] and is on the faculty at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.[10] Past students have included pianist Kevin Chen.[24] He has represented Canada at the ISCM World Music Days 3 times, for which he composed a violin concerto.[25]

References

  1. ↑ "Jared Miller | Ensemble Paramirabo". ensembleparamirabo.com. 2020-06-07. Retrieved 2026-03-29.
  2. ↑ "30 hot Canadian classical musicians under 30, 2015 edition". CBC Music. Retrieved 2026-05-20.
  3. ↑ "Juno Awards 2020 Winners and Nominations". 2020.
  4. ↑ Gasparik, Jordan (24 Sep 2021). "In Conversation with Jared Miller - Graham Sommer Competition Finalist Jared Miller talks about first rehearsals, the value of making mistakes, and the place nostalgia holds in his compositions". McGill University. Retrieved 29 March 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ↑ Taruc, Marivel (30 Sep 2017). "Meet the Canadian composer who's created a basketball symphony for the TSO". CBC News. Retrieved 29 March 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ↑ "Jared Miller | Composer". ClassicalQueer. Retrieved 2026-03-29.
  7. ↑ Wheelahan, Colleen (2019-09-25). "Nashville Symphony Composer Lab Showcases Five Unique Voices Of New Music". Nashville Classical Radio. Retrieved 2026-05-29.
  8. ↑ "One moment, please..." symphony.org. Archived from the original on 2026-01-24. Retrieved 2026-05-29.
  9. ↑ "Concert Music Composer Jared Miller". SOCAN Words and Music. 2019-10-04. Retrieved 2026-03-29.
  10. 1 2 "Jared Miller". www.uncsa.edu. Retrieved 2026-03-29.
  11. ↑ "Ang Li, Pianist in Review | New York Concert Review, Inc". nyconcertreview.com. Retrieved 2026-03-29.
  12. ↑ "LATITUDE 49". andyhallsaxophonist. Retrieved 2026-03-29.
  13. ↑ "New York Philharmonic Biennial Booklet". New York Philharmonic Press.
  14. ↑ Staff, NewMusicBox (2014-04-24). "13 Emerging Composers Selected for June 2014 Readings and Performances by NY Philharmonic & American Composers Orchestra". New Music USA. Retrieved 2026-03-29.
  15. ↑ Cosentino, Lawrence (2026-01-13). "Chill winds and garlic bread". City Pulse. Retrieved 2026-03-29.
  16. ↑ "Comings and Goings". MY SITE. Retrieved 2026-05-19.
  17. ↑ Newswire (2019-07-04). "The National Youth Orchestra of Canada to premiere composer Jared Miller's Under Sea, Above Sky on its 2019 TD Odyssey Tour". Retrieved 2026-03-29.
  18. ↑ Tania (2021-09-23). "Natural world inspires lineup of Elgin Symphony season opening concert - Tania Miller". Retrieved 2026-03-29.
  19. ↑ "Jared Miller". The JUNO Awards. Retrieved 2026-03-29.
  20. ↑ "Sound Waves with Chicago Symphony Orchestra". Artelize. Retrieved 2026-03-29.
  21. ↑ ccaspell (2018-06-01). "Detroit Symphony Orchestra – Robert Spano conducts Luster & Rite of Spring – Seong-Jin Cho plays Chopin [live webcast] - The Classical Source". Retrieved 2026-03-29.
  22. ↑ Rabinowitz, Chloe. "Han Chen to Perform György Ligeti's 18 Etudes and New Commissions at National Sawdust". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2026-03-29.
  23. ↑ "Composer-in-Residence | Lansing Symphony Orchestra". www.lansingsymphony.org. Retrieved 2025-09-11.
  24. ↑ reports, Staff (2014-10-05). "Abbotsford Youth Orchestra presents 'Prodigy Doubled'". Abbotsford News. Retrieved 2026-03-29.
  25. ↑ Ditmars, Hadani (2019-10-12). "A World of New Music Encourages the International Art of Deep Listening —the 2017 ISCM World New Music Days in Vancouver". ISCM – International Society for Contemporary Music. Retrieved 2026-03-29.
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