Scott L. Miller

Scott L. Miller (born 1966) is an American composer best known for his electroacoustic chamber music and ecosystemic performance pieces. Career Miller’s music is characterized by collaborative approaches to composition and the use of electronics, performer-computer improvisation and re-imagining ancient composing processes through the lens of 21st-century technology. Inspired by the inner workings of sound and the microscopic in the natural and mechanical worlds, he experiments and collaborates with musicians and performers who work in various styles. His recent work experiments with virtual reality applications in live concerts. This was first realized in his composition Raba, created for the Tallinn, Estonia-based Ensemble U:. It is a collection of audio-visual music drawn from collaborations with six film and video artists. Miller’s ecosystemic works model the behavior of objects from the natural world in electronic sound, creating interactive sonic ecosystems. Ecosystemic pieces are the result of autonomous sounds competing with each other for sonic space. Recordings of his music are available on New Focus Recordings, Innova, and other labels, many featuring his long-time colla