James Miller

James Miller is the Associate Principal Trombone with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, a position he has held since 1999. His previous orchestral experience includes the North Carolina Symphony, the Long Island Philharmonic, the New York Philharmonic, and the Dallas Symphony. Miller’s performance experience includes the Silk Road Ensemble, the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra, Ensemble ST-X, the Michael Bublé Big Band, and a variety of jazz, rock, ska, and Latin ensembles. He is in demand as a studio musician and can be heard on numerous movie and TV soundtracks as well as countless audio recordings. He has been a participant in the Mainly Mozart Festival, the Aspen Music Festival, the Banff Institute, and the Ojai Music Festival. As a soloist he has performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and on the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Green Umbrella Series as well as with several orchestras internationally. As a composer, he has had world premieres in New York’s Lincoln Center and continues to perform his own works in solo performances throughout the country.