Bienvenue à notre nouveau membre de l'équipe !

Join us in welcoming Claire Miller, as our Assistant aux opérations d'apprentissage.

Claire Miller, a native of Minneapolis, is a violinist and educator in the Twin Cities. She is a graduate of the University of Minnesota where she earned her Bachelor of Music Degree in Violin Performance studying with Sally O’Reilly and a graduate of Texas Tech University where she earned her Master of Music Degree as a Helen DeVitt Jones Fellow and Head Teaching Assistant to Dr. John H. Gilbert. While completing her schooling at Texas Tech University, she served as a section violinist in the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra and as a violinist in the Graduate String Quartet. She has also studied Suzuki Pedagogy with Teri Einfeldt, James Hutchins, and Kathy Wood and earned a minor in Management from the Carlson School of Management.

As a faculty member at MacPhail Center for Music, Claire teaches Suzuki violin lessons and group classes in their Suzuki Talent Education Program where she is also the Suzuki Department Manager. She has served as a violin teacher with the Suzuki Talent Education of the Lubbock Region (STELR) program and coached students in chamber music at various summer institutes.

She is an active performer, currently as a section violinist in the Dubuque Symphony Orchestra and the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra, and enjoys playing in various ensembles throughout the country. She has performed as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral player throughout the United States, Italy, and the Turks and Caicos Islands, including educational outreach concerts to local elementary schools.

Claire will work closely with Erin Rushforth to support all learning programs.