Rebecca Miller - Viola

Chicago-based violist Rebecca Miller has extensive orchestral experience both onstage and in the pit, and has been engaged with Camerata Chicago, Elgin Symphony, Chicago Civic Orchestra, Ontario Philharmonic, Niagara Symphony, Symphony New Hampshire, and Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as in productions with Chicago Summer Opera, San Diego’s Opera NEO, the Boston Opera Collaborative, and Commonwealth Lyric Opera. She recently completed the National Academy Orchestra’s Mentorship Program in Ottawa, performing as part of the NAC Orchestra.

As a chamber musician, Rebecca has performed recently in a program of contemporary music alongside Chicago Civic Orchestra Fellows, and as a member of the Highwood Quartet, appearing at venues throughout the Toronto area and earning a top prize in the Glenn Gould School Chamber Music Competition. Outside the concert hall, she has been involved as both performer and organizer with Shelter Music Boston, bringing chamber music to underserved audiences in shelters and rehabilitation facilities throughout New England. In addition to her work with chamber and orchestral music, Rebecca is dedicated to music of the modern era. She has performed with the Esprit Orchestra, and appeared at Toronto’s 21C Festival, Creative Dialogue France, and the NEXT Festival of Emerging Artists.

Rebecca holds degrees from Northwestern University Bienen School of Music, the Glenn Gould School, and the Boston Conservatory, and has studied with Helen Callus, Steven Dann, Rictor Noren, Nicholas Cords and Lewis Rosove.