Joe Miller
- Email Address: joemiller@rider.edu
- Phone: (609) 921-7100 ext. 8247
- Office: Williamson Hall 43
- Mailing Address: 101 Walnut Lane, Princeton, NJ 08540
Joe Miller is conductor of two of America’s most renowned choral ensembles – the Westminster Choir and the Westminster Symphonic Choir. As director of choral activities at Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton, N.J., he oversees an extensive choral program that includes eight ensembles.
His 2009-2010 season includes collaborations with the New York Philharmonic and conductor Alan Gilbert, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and conductors John Adams and Sir Roger Norrington, the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia and conductor Helmuth Rilling and the San Francisco Symphony and conductor Michael Tilson Thomas.
In addition he will conduct the Westminster Symphonic Choir in a performance of Brahms’ Requiem with the Westminster Festival Orchestra. His season with the Westminster Choir includes a concert tour of California, a new recording project and their annual residency at the Spoleto Festival USA. He will also conduct the Westminster Chamber Choir program in Princeton during the summer of 2009. His first recording with the Westminster Choir - Flower of Beauty - was released in September 2009.
Reflecting on the role that choral music plays in the nation's cultural life, he said at a Chorus America conference, “Choral music in the United States has seen unprecedented growth in the past several decades. The influence of our past leaders is part of our fabric, but we must seize this time to create a new vision based on the foundation that has been laid before us. We must keep the traditions but be willing to change in order to build a vision for the future.”
Joe Miller earned a master’s degree and a doctorate in choral conducting from the College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati. He holds a bachelor’s degree in music education and voice from the University of Tennessee.
