Tania Miller (born August 28, 1969, in

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) is a Canadian conductor. She is currently Music Director Emerita of the

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following her retirement as music director, a post she had held since 2003. Prior to that, she was Assistant Conductor (2000–03) and then Associate Conductor (2003–04) of the

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. At the time of her appointment to the Victoria Symphony, Miller was 33 years old, and was the youngest conductor of a major Canadian orchestra. She was also the first woman appointed to lead such an orchestra. She was named Interim Principal Conductor of the

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, following the death of music director

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, in 2022. Previous positions she has held include conductor and artistic director of Michigan Opera Works (Ann Arbor), conductor of Opera McGill (

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), conductor of the ERGO contemporary chamber ensemble, and assistant conductor of the Carmel Bach Festival ( Carmel), 1997–2001. She has also made appearances conducting the

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(

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), Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal, Toronto Symphony,

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, Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, Winnipeg Symphony, Edmonton Symphony, Calgary Philharmonic,

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, Tucson Symphony, Naples Symphony,

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, Elgin Symphony,

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, Bern Symphony Orchestra and Vermont Symphony Orchestra. Miller grew up in

, where she began studying

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and

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at age 8. She became the organist and choir conductor at her church when she was 13. She received her bachelor's degree in music from the

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in 1991, and received both her masters (1997) and doctoral (2000) degrees in conducting from the

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. She lives in

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with her husband and two sons.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Miller, Tania Living people 1969 births Canadian women conductors (music) University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance alumni 21st-century Canadian conductors (music) 21st-century Canadian women musicians