· San José Wind Symphony
We are delighted to announce that Greg Miller has been appointed Associate Conductor of the San José Wind Symphony.
Several talented musicians from within the ensemble stepped forward for the role. Dr. David Vickerman, our Music and Artistic Director, made his decision based on feedback from the band and his own evaluation. Every musician who took part impressed the ensemble, and we are grateful to all of them.
Greg has played trombone with the Wind Symphony since 2014, so he knows this band from the inside. He is also an accomplished music educator and conductor with more than two decades of experience directing instrumental ensembles at the collegiate, high school, and middle school levels.
Since 2010, Greg has taught instrumental music in the Palo Alto Unified School District. He has conducted wind ensembles, symphonic bands, jazz ensembles, and string orchestras at Palo Alto High School, Henry M. Gunn High School, Greene Middle School, and JLS Middle School. His ensembles have consistently earned unanimous superior ratings at California Music Educators Association festivals. He has also served as a Visual and Performing Arts Instructional Leader and Technology Representative for the CMEA Bay Section, presented professional development sessions for music educators, and coordinated student performance tours to Los Angeles and New York City.
Greg earned his Bachelor of Music Education and Master of Music Education degrees from the University of Akron, where he served as a graduate assistant with the university bands. He studied conducting with Robert D. Jorgensen, a former president of the American Bandmasters Association, and Galen S. Karriker, and trombone with Edward Zadrozny. Outside the classroom, he remains an active trombonist and has performed in community theater productions and other ensembles around the Bay Area.
Read Greg's full biography on our Conductors page.
Please join us in congratulating Greg. We are looking forward to seeing him on the podium.