Nina Miller
Horn
Nina Allen Miller has been a member of the Portland Symphony Orchestra since 1976. She freelances and performs with several orchestras in New England including the New Hampshire Music Festival, where she has been a member of the horn section since 1981. Her eclectic performances include concerts with Renee Fleming, Josh Groban, Three Irish Tenors, Beach Boys, and special performance of the Brahms Requiem with the Dartmouth Glee Club Alumni at Carnegie Hall. Nina has taught horn at Bates College and in the Wellesley, MA public schools. A native New Yorker, she earned her degree in Horn Performance from Northwestern University. Her horn teachers include Dale Clevenger, Arthur Berv and Phillip Farkas. In addition to her work as a hornist, Nina is also an accomplished ukulele player and is the Music Director/Conductor of Maine’s popular 30-member ukulele ensemble, “The FLUKES”, whose goal is to bring ukulele music and song to nursing homes, assisted living facilities, memory care and rehabilitation centers throughout New England.