Micah Miller

An award-winning trumpeter, vocalist, composer, and educator, Micah performs across the Front Range as a band leader as well as a sideman, having played with groups including the Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra, the Ben Markley Big Band, and the Wyoming Symphony. In September 2024, Micah released his debut album as a bandleader, Why Not Here?, and is featured on Western Excursions, an album by the University of Wyoming Faculty Brass Quintet, released in March 2024.

Micah earned his Master of Arts Degree in Trumpet Performance from the University of Wyoming in May of 2023, where he studied with Ben Markley, David Wharton, and Anne Guzzo. He completed a Bachelors of Music Degree with a double emphasis in Jazz Trumpet and Jazz Voice at the University of Northern Colorado in May of 2020, studying with Greg Gisbert and Kerry Marsh.

As a composer, Micah explores a number of different musical styles and settings. In January 2023, his big band piece Well I Can Do That Too was awarded an Honorable Mention for Outstanding Composition at the Jack Rudin Competition at Jazz at Lincoln Center, and in 2020 his composition Themes from Mountain Scenes won the ARTCORE New Music competition.

Micah is dedicated to championing creativity, inclusivity, and expression in contemporary music.