Cecilia Miller began playing cello at age 10 and went on to participate in the Knoxville Symphony Youth Orchestra, All-State Orchestra, Governor's School for the Arts, Sonata Festival at ETSU, the Tennessee Cello Workshop, and the Youth Aliyah Concert in Oak Ridge. In high school, she began performing with Knoxville singer/songwriter Maggie Longmire.
Cecilia graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music at the University of Tennessee, where she participated in the UT Symphony Orchestra, Studio Orchestra, various chamber ensembles, and jazz ensembles. Cecilia studied privately with Dr. Wesley Baldwin and studied jazz privately with bassist Rusty Holloway. At the Jamey Aebersold Jazz Workshop, Cecilia studied with jazz cellist and composer David Baker. In addition, she has performed in masterclasses for Zuill Bailey, Tanya Carey, Mihai Tetel, and Norman Fischer. She recently completed an independent study that describes the benefits that string players experience by learning improvisatory skills (the paper can be downloaded here). She has given presentations about string players and improvisation at the Tennessee Cello Workshop and the Tennessee Music Education Association conference in Chattanooga.
Cecilia has written and recorded cello parts for a variety of bands, including Los Angeles band Little Red Lung, St. Louis folk duo Dubb Nubb, and Knoxville bands Senryu, Maggie Longmire, United Pursuit Band, Tim Lee 3, and the Lonetones. and She has performed live with Jack Rentfro and the Apocalypso Quartet, RB Morris, the Lonetones, Tim Lee 3, Kukuly and the Gypso Fuego, Stars Regardless, alt-metal band 10 Years. She currently performs regularly with the Lonetones and has been performing with folk singer/songwriter Leah Gardner, formerly of the Black Lillies.
Cecilia Miller teaches private cello lessons at the Community School for the Arts in Knoxville, which was named "one of the top arts- and humanities-based programs in the country" by the National Endowment of the Arts.
Cecilia graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music at the University of Tennessee, where she participated in the UT Symphony Orchestra, Studio Orchestra, various chamber ensembles, and jazz ensembles. Cecilia studied privately with Dr. Wesley Baldwin and studied jazz privately with bassist Rusty Holloway. At the Jamey Aebersold Jazz Workshop, Cecilia studied with jazz cellist and composer David Baker. In addition, she has performed in masterclasses for Zuill Bailey, Tanya Carey, Mihai Tetel, and Norman Fischer. She recently completed an independent study that describes the benefits that string players experience by learning improvisatory skills (the paper can be downloaded here). She has given presentations about string players and improvisation at the Tennessee Cello Workshop and the Tennessee Music Education Association conference in Chattanooga.
Cecilia has written and recorded cello parts for a variety of bands, including Los Angeles band Little Red Lung, St. Louis folk duo Dubb Nubb, and Knoxville bands Senryu, Maggie Longmire, United Pursuit Band, Tim Lee 3, and the Lonetones. and She has performed live with Jack Rentfro and the Apocalypso Quartet, RB Morris, the Lonetones, Tim Lee 3, Kukuly and the Gypso Fuego, Stars Regardless, alt-metal band 10 Years. She currently performs regularly with the Lonetones and has been performing with folk singer/songwriter Leah Gardner, formerly of the Black Lillies.
Cecilia Miller teaches private cello lessons at the Community School for the Arts in Knoxville, which was named "one of the top arts- and humanities-based programs in the country" by the National Endowment of the Arts.
