Rebecca Miller (born 1975''International Who's Who in Classical Music 2017'', Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group), , p 595 (2017).) is an American conductor. Miller was born in

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; her mother is flutist and musicologist Leta Miller. She graduated from

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with a piano degree, then studied conducting at

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and the

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, where she was a Paul Woodhouse Junior Fellow in Conducting. Miller founded the New Professionals Orchestra in London in 1999. After winning first prize in the fourth Eduardo Mata Conducting Competition, she was a conducting fellow of the

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from 2005-2007. From 2007-2010, she was Resident Conductor of the

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. She is currently music director of the

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Choral Society and Orchestra, Director of Orchestras at the Royal Holloway University of London, and associate conductor of the Southbank Sinfonia. Miller's discography includes a disc of symphonies by

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with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, on the Signum label, that was an Editor's Choice in the May 2015 edition of ''

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'' magazine; a recording for Mode records of "String Music of

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" which was used for the score of the film '' Shutter Island''; the world-premiere recording of ''Goblin Market'' by

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for

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, which was chosen as a Recording of the Year in 2011 by MusicWeb International; and a recording of music of Henry Hadley with the BBC Concert Orchestra on

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. Miller is married to the British pianist

Danny Driver Danny Driver (born 1977) is a British classical pianist. He was born and grew up in London. His mother is Israeli, and his first language was Hebrew. His father was a keen amateur violinist who studied at Oxford University. Through his mother, ...

. The couple has a daughter and a son.

References

External links

Official Rebecca Miller website

Royal Holloway page on Rebecca Miller

Toby Deller, 'Meet the Maestro - Rebecca Miller'. Classical Music Magazine (Rhinegold Publishing), 5 June 2015
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