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David Alan
Miller conductor
David Alan Miller has established
a reputation as one of the leading American conductors of his
generation. Frequently in demand as a guest conductor, he has
worked with most of America’s major orchestras, developing
especially close relationships with the Minnesota Orchestra and
the Chicago Symphony. He has also conducted the orchestras of
Philadelphia, New York, Los Angeles, Detroit, Pittsburgh, San
Francisco, Baltimore, Houston, Milwaukee and Indianapolis, as
well as the New World Symphony and the New York City Ballet.
As Music Director of the Albany Symphony
Orchestra, a position he has held since 1992, Mr. Miller has proven
himself a creative and compelling orchestra builder. Through exploration
of unusual repertoire, educational programming, community outreach
and recording initiatives, he has reaffirmed the Albany Symphony’s
reputation as the nation’s leading champion of American symphonic
music and one of its most innovative orchestras. Recent honors
include Columbia University’s 2003 Ditson Conductor’s
Award, the oldest award honoring conductors for their commitment
to American music. Additionally, Mr. Miller has received the 2001
ASCAP Morton Gould Award for Innovative Programming and, in 1999,
ASCAP’s first-ever Leonard Bernstein Award for Outstanding
Educational Programming.
In September, 2006, Mr. Miller opened
the Chicago Symphony subscription season and the Chicago World
Music Festival with four highly acclaimed concerts. During the
2006-7 season, he returns to the Minnesota Orchestra for his eighth
season as conductor, creator and host of its "Casual Classics" series.
Recent highlights included appearances with the Baltimore, Houston
and Milwaukee Symphonies, the Minnesota and Louisville Orchestras,
the Grand Teton Music Festival and his third visit to the Estoril
Festival, Portugal's leading arts festival. He recently traveled
to Australia to lead performances of John Adams oratorio, “El
Niño,” at the Sydney Opera
House.
Internationally,
Mr. Miller made his debut with the RAI Orchestra in Turin, Italy,
in the 1999-2000 season. He has also conducted major European orchestras
in Berlin, Barcelona, Prague, Dresden, Hanover, Halle and Mainz.
He has appeared with the Adelaide Symphony, Hong Kong Philharmonic,
and Singapore Symphony; led the Australian Youth Orchestra on its
European tour; and conducted the Asian Youth Orchestra on a major
tour of the Far East that included concerts in Japan, Korea, Hong
Kong and Singapore. In Canada, he has conducted the National Arts
Centre Orchestra in Ottawa and the Edmonton Symphony.
Mr. Miller
is highly regarded as a champion and interpreter of American music,
new and old. His extensive discography includes recordings of the
works of Todd Levin with the London Symphony Orchestra for Deutsche
Grammophon, as well as music by Michael Daugherty, Kamran Ince,
and Michael Torke for London/Decca. His recordings with the Albany
Symphony include discs of music by John Harbison, Roy Harris, Morton
Gould, Don Gillis, Vincent Persichetti, George Lloyd and Peter
Mennin, all on the Albany Records label. He also led the Los Angeles
Philharmonic in its recording of Mel Powell’s music, including “Duplicates:
Concerto for Two Pianos,” winner
of the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Music. Mr. Miller's most recent
CD release is the world premiere recording of Michael Torke's opera,
Strawberry Fields, on the Ecstatic
Records label. He is currently completing a disc of major works
by Greek-American George Tsontakis with the Albany Symphony for
Koch. Mr. Miller is the founder and Artistic Director of New Paths
in Music, a festival in New York City dedicated to presenting the
works of significant non-American composers who are not yet well-known
in the U.S.
Prior to his appointment in Albany, Mr. Miller was
Associate Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. During his
five-year tenure there, he conducted subscription concerts, special
programs at the Hollywood Bowl, and Symphonies for Youth concerts,
and he led the orchestra in premieres of numerous works. From 1982
to 1988, he was Music Director of the New York Youth Symphony,
earning considerable acclaim for his work with that ensemble. A
native of Los Angeles, David Alan Miller holds a bachelor’s
degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master’s
degree in orchestral conducting from The Juilliard School. Mr.
Miller lives with his wife and three children in Slingerlands,
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