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Composers BureauLewis M. MillerBiography Lewis M. Miller, a native New Yorker, holds degrees from Queens College, Manhattan School of Music, and North Texas State University (Ph.D), where he studied respectively with Karol Rathaus, Vittorio Giannini, and Samuel Adler. He served as composer-arranger for the Fourth Infantry Division Special Services Unit while stationed in Germany. During 1961-63 he was Resident Composer in Elkhart, Indiana and El Paso, Texas under the Ford Foundation's Young Composer Project. He has composed extensively in all the traditional media, including opera, and has had his works performed throughout the United States and in Europe. His publications include works for orchestra, band, chorus, solo voice, and a variety of chamber ensembles. He has received ASCAP Awards annually since 1979. In 1989, he received the Artist Fellowship Award from the Kansas Arts Commission - carrying a $5,000 stipend and performances of three of his works. In 1990, his Brass Quintet - composed for the New Mexico Brass Quintet - was selected as one of the official performance pieces at the International Competition for Brass Quintets held biennially in Narbonne, France. In 1991, he was chosen as the President's Scholar at Fort Hays State University where he was Professor of Music and Composer-in-Residence. He is retired and living in Albuquerque, where he teaches occasionally at the University of New Mexico. Further Information
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