Jared Miller (composer)

Jared Miller (born October 31, 1988) is a Canadian-American composer of contemporary classical music. Named one of CBC’s “30 Hot Canadian Classical Musicans Under 30,” his work has been performed by many of the major orchestras in Canada and the United States, and has garnered him a Juno-nomination. 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. He attended the University of British Columbia (BM) and the Juilliard School (MM; DMA), studying composition with John Corigliano, Samuel Adler, Stephen Chatman, and Dorothy Chang, and piano with Sara Davis Buechner and Corey Hamm. Other mentors have included Aaron Jay Kernis and Steven Mackey. 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. 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. Miller made his Carnegie Hall debut