David Alan Miller
| David Alan Miller | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Cowboy Dave |
| Genres | Classical, Avant-garde rock, Funk, Folk |
| Occupation(s) | Conductor |
| Years active | 1989 to present |
| Labels | Naxos, Albany Records |
| Associated acts | Albany Symphony Orchestra, Dogs of Desire |
| Website | David Alan Miller at the ASO |
David Alan Miller (born 1961 in Los Angeles, California) is a Grammy Award-winning American symphony orchestra conductor, and since 1992, the conductor of the Albany Symphony Orchestra. Miller has also served as assistant and associate conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and music director of the New York Youth Symphony.
Miller was raised in the Los Angeles area. He graduated with a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley. He then earned a master's degree in orchestral conducting from The Juilliard School. Miller was Music Director of the New York Youth Symphony from 1982 to 1988. He was also a two-term conducting fellow and, later, associate director at the Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute.
In 1987, he was appointed Assistant Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic by Music Director André Previn; he was later promoted to Associate Conductor in 1990 and held that position for two years. During his tenure with the orchestra, he conducted subscription concerts, an acclaimed family concert series, "Green Umbrella" New Music Group concerts and community concerts, as well as regular programs at the Hollywood Bowl. In the fall of 1987, Miller replaced Previn on only 36-hours notice during a week of regular Philharmonic subscription concerts when the Music Director fell ill, earning glowing reviews.
Miller has been musical director and conductor of the Albany Symphony Orchestra (ASO) since 1992. Under his leadership, the ASO has frequently premiered American modern classical music. During his tenure, the orchestra has become one of the busiest recording orchestras in the US, with more than 25 discs, mainly of new or recent American music, released. He instituted a major annual American Music Festival in 1998, with multiple events featuring new works over four days each May. He established a family concert series shortly after his arrival in 1992, and created a "Capital Heritage" commissioning series, for which the orchestra commissions and performs works inspired by New York Capital Region's history. The works are performed "on location," in or at the locations that inspired them. "Capital Heritage" presentations have included performances inspired by TIffany windows throughout the region, a day in the State Capital and a day at the Saratoga battlefield.
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