Bio
Canadian Conductor Tania Miller has distinguished herself as a dynamic interpreter, musician and innovator. On the podium, Maestra Miller projects authority, dynamism and sheer love of the experience of making music. As one critic put it, she delivers calm intensity . . . expressive, colourful and full of life . . . her experience and charisma are audible.” Others call her performances “technically immaculate, vivid and stirring”.
Tania Miller is Artistic Director of the Brott Music Festival in Canada and the Artistic Director and Conductor of the National Academy Orchestra of Canada and of Brott Opera. Maestra Miller has upcoming concerts with the National Symphony of Mexico, the Janacek Philharmonic in Ostrava, Czech Republic, and Madison Symphony with recent concerts with the Eugene Symphony, Winnipeg Symphony and South Bend Symphony. Maestra Miller conducted Vancouver Opera’s production of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, and a 2024 concert with highly acclaimed soprano, Sondra Radvanovsky with Vancouver’s Opera West. Other recent debuts include the Warsaw Philharmonic, I Musici de Montreal, Baton Rouge Symphony and the New Haven Symphony.
Miller has conducted the KBS Symphony in Seoul, and the Virtuoso Chamber Orchestra at the World Orchestra Festival in Daegu, South Korea with concerts in Daegu, Hwaseong, and Seoul. She has appeared as a guest conductor in Canada, the United States and Europe with such orchestras as the Bern Symphony Orchestra, NFM Wroclåw Philharmonic, Toronto Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Oregon Symphony, Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, Ottawa’s National Arts Centre Orchestra, Orchestra Métropolitain de Montreal, Vancouver Symphony, Orchestre Symphonique de Quebec, Naples Philharmonic, Hartford Symphony, Madison Symphony, Calgary Philharmonic, Rhode Island Philharmonic, Louisiana Philharmonic and numerous others. Maestro Miller was Music Director of Canada’s Victoria Symphony for 14 years, and was named Music Director Emerita for her commitment to the orchestra and community. She has distinguished herself as a visionary leader and innovator with a deep commitment to contemporary repertoire and composers and has gained a national reputation as a highly effective advocate and communicator for the arts.
Miller conducted Calgary Opera’s production of Lehar’s Merry Widow and numerous opera productions as Artistic Director of Michigan Opera Works and guest conductor of Opera McGill in Montreal. She was Assistant Conductor of the Carmel Bach Festival for four seasons, and Assistant and Associate Conductor of the Vancouver Symphony from 2000-2004. She was Assistant Conductor of the Banff Summer Festival of the Arts opera production of Michael Daugherty’s Jackie O.
Ms. Miller has a Doctorate and Masters degree in Conducting from the University of Michigan. Maestro Miller received an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Royal Roads University, and an Honorary Fellowship Diploma from Canada’s Royal Conservatory of Music for her commitment to leadership in community and music education. She was recipient of the 2017 Friends of Canadian Music award from the Canadian League of Composers for her dedication to the performance of contemporary music.
Tania Miller’s conducting was fresh and inquisitive and kept the audience’s interest at every turn.But it was Miller’s pulsing, joy-filled rendition of Beethoven’s Fourth Symphony that stood out. Miller made about the best case for this piece I can recall, underscoring playful moments as well as tender ones. And the whirlwind final movement was breathtaking.
– Channing Gray, Providence Journal
Throughout the work, [Tania Miller] kept the MSO pushing forward, breathing new life into Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony. She displayed wonderful control over the orchestra as if she carried a quiver of gestures that matched perfectly the mood of each musical section…watching Miller brought a new dimension to the performance. Tchaikovsky’s Fifth was the highlight of the evening.
– Madison Capital Times
Chicago Symphony