As an undergraduate Miller studied electronic music and composition with Ingram Marshall and Peter Randlette at The Evergreen State College in Olympia WA. He then completed an MFA in Electronic Music and Recording Media at the Center for Contemporary Music at Mills College, where he studied with David Rosenboom, Larry Polansky, Maggi Payne, Anthony Braxton and William Winant.
In 1989-90 Miller was a Fulbright Scholar in composition, studying traditional and new music for gamelan at STSI-Surakarta (formerly Sekolah Tinggi Seni Indonesia, now ISI - Institut Seni Indonesia - the national performing arts college) and the Pura Mangkunegaran in Surakarta, Central Java Indonesia.
MFA - Electronic Music and Recording Media - Mills College Center for Contemporary Music; Oakland CA - 1989
Concentration in Composition and Performance utilizing electronic media with an emphasis in interactive real-time computer music systems. Studied composition and computer music with Larry Polansky and David Rosenboom, composition with Maggi Payne, composition and orchestration/instrumentation with Anthony Braxton and percussion performance with William Winant.
BA - Electronic Music/Composition/Audio Engineering - The Evergreen State College; Olympia WA - 1987
Concentrations in Electronic Music, Composition, Audio Engineering, and Media Production. Studies with Ingram Marshall (composition, electronic music) and Peter Randlette (electronic music, recording engineering and production).
Honors and awards received:
- Lillian Hellman Music Award Scholarship (2 semesters)
- Music Department Graduate Assistantship (3 semesters)
Diploma - Issaquah High School - Issaquah WA - 1983
Honors and awards received:
- Certificate of Artistic Recognition in Music - Eastern Washington University
- Outstanding Musicianship Award - King County Jazz Festival
- Letter Award in Stage (Jazz) Band - Issaquah High School
Composition
- Ingram Marshall
- Larry Polansky
- David Mahler
Percussion
- William Winant; mallets
- Glenn Velez; frame drum
- Polly Tapia Ferber; doumbek
- Chris Berry; djembe
- Sharry Sparks-Seretse; Shona marimba
Javanese Gamelan
- Widiyanto S. Putra
- Bpk. Ngabehi Tarnopangrawit
- AL Sutikno, S.Kar.
- Supardi, S.Kar.
- Jody Diamond
- I.M. Harjito
Sundanese Gamelan
- Undang Sumarna
- Deni Hermawan
Cirebonese Gamelan
- Richard North
Participant in historic 1992 dual residency by Lou Harrison and John Cage in composition and performance; Gamelan Pacifica/Cornish College of the Arts.