Cassandra Miller

Cassandra Miller (1976) is a Canadian composer and impresario, currently living in the Pennines of West Yorkshire (UK).

In the new world she is a regular collaborator of the Quatuor Bozzini (who has performed her work in England, Holland, Belgium, Uruguay, and across Canada); and in the old world, both Philip Thomas and the EXAUDI Vocal Ensemble have promoted her work widely. This coming fall will see the premiere of a large song cycle written for Apartment House.

Other notable collaborators include Monday Evening Concerts in Los Angeles; the late great Ensemble Kore and the outstanding mezzo-soprano Marie-Annick Béliveau; Trio 7090 of Amsterdam; the Asko Ensemble; the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (with I Musici de Montréal); Music on Main (Vancouver); and Continuum Contemporary Music (Toronto). Her composition Bel Canto, commissioned by Ensemble Kore, received the 2011 Jules-Léger Prize for New Chamber Music, Canada’s highest honour for composition.

From 2010 to 2013, Cassandra was Artistic Director of Innovations en concert, a not-for-profit presenter of experimental chamber music in Montreal. In that post, she led the organization into a new era where it became known for its unusual programming, its support of young freelancers, the commissioning of monumental works, and the building of international connections for Quebec artists.

Cassandra studied privately with Michael Finnissy, and holds a Master of Music from the Royal Conservatory of the Hague (Richard Ayres, Yannis Kyriakides), and a Bachelor of Music from the University of Victoria (Christopher Butterfield). She is currently pursuing a doctorate at the University of Huddersfield (Bryn Harrison).

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