Alum

Jane Miller

Position
Professor
Affiliated Departments
Telephone
617-747-8466

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Jane Miller is a composer, arranger, guitarist, and author. Her most recent group recording, Boats, is her fifth album and features 14 of her instrumental compositions. 

Also an accomplished pianist, Miller produces music for media content creators in her studio, combining live guitar and piano tracks with virtual orchestral instruments. Her music has appeared on German television and educational films.

Her second book, Triads for the Improvising Guitarist (Berklee Press/Hal Leonard), was released in October 2020, following her first book, Introduction to Jazz Guitar (Berklee Press/Hal Leonard, 2015), a book for guitarists of all styles.

She is a contributing editor to Acoustic Guitar magazine and a former monthly columnist for Premier Guitar magazine.

In addition to leading her own jazz instrumental quartet, she has performed with saxophonist Cercie Miller and bassist David Clark, contributing many compositions to the trio. She has been a guest guitarist with SONiA disappear fear and performed with singer-songwriter Claudia Schmidt playing jazz standards. She is a featured guitarist in noted jazz journalist Scott Yanow’s 2013 book, The Great Jazz Guitarists: A Complete Guide

Miller has presented master classes and performances in Argentina, Chile, China, South Korea, Colombia, Denmark, and around the United States.

Career Highlights
  • Leader of the Jane Miller Group, with five CDs, all with international radio play
  • Guitarist with the Miller-Clark-Miller Trio, a chamber jazz trio featuring saxophonist Cercie Miller and bassist David Clark
  • Performances in clubs, concerts, and festivals regionally and nationally with singer-songwriter SONiA disappear fear, in addition to multiple regional radio and television appearances
  • Solo guitar recordings include Boats (2018) and Three Sides to a Story (2013)
  • Contributing writer for the magazines Acoustic Guitar, Classical Guitar, Premier Guitar, and Guitar Sessions, and contributing editor to Acoustic Guitar 
  • Former jazz columnist for Premier Guitar magazine
  • Author of Triads for the Improvising Guitarist (2019), Berklee Press/Hal Leonard; and Introduction to Jazz Guitar (2015), Berklee Press/Hal Leonard
  • Featured in The Great Jazz Guitarists: A Complete Guide by Scott Yanow
  • Awarded the Massachusetts Arts Lottery Grant for performance of original compositions
  • Private lessons with Mick Goodrick, Emily Remler, Rich Falco, and Mark Marquis
In Their Own Words

I like my students to come away from my lessons and classes equipped to solve musical puzzles on the guitar. I like them to feel inspired to practice and write and arrange music in their own style after working together, to unlock the necessary concepts and techniques that will allow them to confidently contribute as working musicians.