Department:
Voice & Opera

Contact:
rmiller@esm.rochester.edu
(585) 274-1495

BM, University of Southern California; MM, Manhattan School of Music; doctoral studies, Juilliard; DMA, University of Michigan. Coaching/conducting fellowship, American Opera Center; Outstanding Graduate Award, USC; Gramma Fisher Fellowship, American Institute of Musical Studies, Graz, Austria. Studied accompanying with Brooks Smith, Gwendolyn Koldofsky, Martin Katz, Marshall Williamson, Margo Garrett, Samuel Sanders, Graham Johnson, Warren Jones; opera coaching with Alberta Masiello and Nico Castel; piano with Edith Knox and Louis Nagel; song interpretation with Adele Addison. Concert performances with Marilyn Horne, Hakan Hagegard, Robert White, Isabel Bayrakdarian, Susan Shafer, Stephen Kates, Glenn Dicterow, Ronald Leonard and Donald McInnes. Collaborative recital tours in Korea, Hong Kong, Russia, and throughout the United States, including with vocal quartet "SATB." Opera coach, Florentine Opera of Milwaukee (2004-), Oberlin in Italy program (2003), Pine Mountain Music Festival (1997-2002). Master classes and residencies at conservatories, colleges and universities throughout the United States. Faculty member, Music Academy of the West (1988-94, 1996-99); Peabody Conservatory (1990); Oberlin (1993-94); Cleveland Institute of Music (1999-2001); Bowling Green State University (2000-2001); Eastman (1995-99, 2001-).