Scott L. Miller (born 1966) is an American composer best known for his electroacoustic chamber music and ecosystemic performance pieces.
Miller's music is characterized by collaborative approaches to composition and the use of electronics, performer-computer improvisation and re-imagining ancient composing processes through the lens of 21st-century technology.
[4] His music is published by the American Composers Alliance,[citation needed] Tetractys, and Jeanné.
Cloud State University, Minnesota, where he teaches composition, electroacoustic music and theory.
Two or more instruments and interactive-electronic (Kyma), two cardioid microphones, and multi-channel diffusion of sound; duration: 14 minutes.
2017 Alto flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, tam-tam, fixed-media electronics and 360º VR film; duration: 11 minutes.
Flute and interactive-electronics (Kyma), two cardioid microphones, and multi-channel diffusion of sound; duration: 10 – 50 minutes.
2015 Soprano/Tenor saxophone, clarinet/bass clarinet, guitar, real-time electronics, interactive-electronics (Kyma), multiple cardioid microphones, and multi-channel diffusion of sound; duration: 2 hours 45 minutes.
Flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano, multi-percussion, and fixed-media electronics; duration: 9 minutes.
Saxophone, interactive-electronics, two cardioid microphones, and four-channel diffusion of sound, and video; duration: 10 minutes.
EMMI robots (AMI, CARI, TAPI), interactive-electronics, two cardioid microphones; duration: 10 – 30 minutes.
First performance: 23 November 2011 by Carla Rees, on rarescale concert (re)introduction, Shoreditch Church, London, UK.
Soprano, bass clarinet, marimba, vibes, multi-percussion and piano, setting of Felip Costaglioli's poem; duration: 20 minutes.
First performance: 6–8 October 2011, on Zeitgeist's concert series Fall Music Harvest, Studio Z, St. Paul, MN.
Official premier: 10 April 2010, SEAMUS 2010 National Conference, Saint Cloud, MN, by Zeitgeist.
First performance: 20 October 2009, Hewitt Pantaleoni Concert Series, Oneonta, NY, Calvin Falwell, cl.
version first performed 17 April 2009 at SEAMUS 2009 National Conference, Fort Wayne, IN, Marianne Gythfeldt, cl.
2008 Nebe Na Zemi (Heaven on Earth) Soprano, interactive-electronics performance environment for Kyma, two cardioid microphones, and four-channel diffusion of sound; duration: 32 minutes.
Created for visual artist Vladimír Havlík's multi-channel video installation in the Corpus Christi chapel, Olomouc, CZ.
Created in collaboration with Rosemary Williams (video artist) and Pat O'Keefe (woodwinds).
First performance: 30–31 May 2008 by Scott Miller, Rosemary Williams, Pat O'Keefe, Norah Long, Jeff Lambert, and Jacqueline Ultan, Electric Eyes New Music and Media Festival, The Southern Theater, Minneapolis, MN.
Interactive work for Kyma, two cardioid microphones, and four-channel diffusion of sound; duration: 6.5 minutes.
First performance: September 2006, Livewire Electronic Music Concert, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
Bass Clarinet and Interactive Electronics, 2 cardioid microphones, and 4 channel diffusion of sound; duration: 12 – 20 minutes.
First performance: February 2006, by Pat O'Keefe, Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Art, Ted Mann Hall, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
Includes the works: Apnèe, Mirror Inside, St. Victoire, Desire Also Has Its Own Geography, Dressing Up, Jardins Mécaniques, Digging Space, Les Cançóns de la Sang, New Snow.
Spoken-word, Interactive-Electronics, Alto Sax/Bass Clarinet, Piano, Percussion (2); includes settings of Philippe Costaglioli's "Apnèe," "St. Victoire," and "Dressing Up;" duration: 65 – 70 minutes.
First performance: 4–12 June 2004 by Philippe Costaglioli, Scott Miller, and Zeitgeist at Studio Z, St. Paul, MN.
First performance: 27 March 2000 by Coca Bochonko, Ruth Gant Recital Hall, St.
First performance: 17 April 1998 by the SCSU Concert Choir, Jeffrey Douma, cdtr., Ritsche Auditorium, St.