Miller was the founder and artistic director of the Minnesota-based professional vocal ensemble From Age to Age, which has performed at American Choral Director Association (ACDA) state and regional conferences. The ensemble was also featured in Minnesota Public Radio’s A Taste of the Holiday and Regional Spotlight. Miller currently directs a vocal chamber ensemble in Bismarck called Inspiraré andserves as the R & S Chair of Student and Youth Activities for the ND ACDA.
Santa Barbara Music Publishing has distributed several of Miller’s compositions, including If Music Be the Food of Love, I Carry Your Heart with Me, and Seeds. Hope Music Publishing distributed his piece titled Alleluia.
A Juilliard graduate, award-winning composer Elizabeth Lim wrote her first song when she was five years old. Since then, her music has been performed throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia.
Elizabeth is an alumnus of Harvard University, where she graduated magna cum laude with highest honors. Last year, VocalEssence co-presented her choral work, The Tempest, during the 2012 Essentially Choral readings, directed by Philip Brunelle. Following the readings, Elizabeth received a commission to write for VocalEssence’s WITNESS Concert in February 2013. Her choral music has also been performed by the New Amsterdam Singers, Ghostlight, Convivium, and the International Orange Chorale in San Francisco.
Please visit http://www.ndsu.edu/finearts/music/fissinger/ for more information about the Fissinger Choral Competition.
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