California-born conductor Rebecca Miller has earned international acclaim
for her compelling, insightful, and energetic presence on the podium and for
her ability to communicate with audiences of all ages. She spreads her work
between professional, amateur and youth orchestras and choirs, and is
passionate about music’s relevance to our society, artistic citizenship, and
championing unduly-neglected female composers. She is currently Director
of Orchestras at Royal Holloway University, Principal Conductor of the
Royal Orchestral Society, Principal Conductor of the Bishop’s Stortford
Sinfonia, Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the Trinity Orchestra,
and a regular guest conductor with the Bath Philharmonic Orchestra. She
recently served as Chief Conductor of the Uppsala Chamber Orchestra in
Sweden from 2019-2023.

Her guest conducting includes the Munich Symphony Orchestra, Kuopio
Symphony Orchestra, Gävle Symphony, Västerås Symphony, DalaSinfonietta,
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales,
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, London Mozart Players, London
Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony
Orchestra, Royal Northern Sinfonia, City of London Sinfonia, and National
Youth Orchestra of Scotland. First prize winner in the Eduardo Mata
International Conducting Competition, she has conducted throughout
Mexico, including repeated engagements with the Orquesta Sinfonica
Nacional, Orquesta Filarmonica del UNAM, and the state orchestras of
Yucatan, Aguascalientes, and Sinaloa.

Rebecca’s discography includes CDs with the Orchestra of the Age of
Enlightenment (CPE Bach Symphonies / Signum Records, which made the
final shortlist for a 2014 Gramophone Award), with the BBC Concert
Orchestra (Henry Hadley Orchestral works / Dutton Epoch), and with the
BBC Scottish Symphony (piano concertos by Amy Beach, Dorothy Howell,
Cecil Chaminade / Hyperion Records), and three CDs with the Royal
Northern Sinfonia (Haydn Symphonies / Signum Records. Her most recent
recording is of the orchestral music of Dorothy Howell with the BBC
Concert Orchestra for Signum. Until now these works have rarely been
performed, and most are unpublished and only exist in manuscript form.
Featuring four works in their world premiere recording, Rebecca aims to help
revive Dorothy’s music and give her the recognition she deserves.

Rebecca is passionate about her work with young musicians – she works
regularly with the National Children’s Orchestra and has also guest-conducted
the Texas Music Festival Orchestra, LSO DiscoveryNational Youth
Orchestras of Scotland, Wales, and Great Britain, and the National Youth
Orchestra of Venezuela. She was conductor at the Royal Academy of Music’s
Junior Department for many years, where she formed the groundbreaking JA
Classical Orchestra, and previously served as Associate Conductor of the
Southbank Sinfonia in London.

As Director of Orchestras at Royal Holloway University of London, she has
been widely acclaimed for building the orchestral programme to new heights
– starting an orchestral scholarship programme, initiating a side-by-side
programme with the London Mozart Players, securing high-profile
engagements (including ‘Magna Carta 800 at Runnymede’ a project with the
London Philharmonic Orchestra and Temple Church Choir, performed in
the presence of HM Queen Elizabeth II and 4000 dignitaries and honoured
guests), and establishing a new initiative called ‘Music +’, which aims to build
bridges through music with interdepartmental projects and interdisciplinary
research.

Previously, Rebecca served as Resident Conductor of the Louisiana
Philharmonic Orchestra and American Conducting Fellow of The Houston
Symphony, and Assistant Conductor of the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra.
She holds a B.Mus. in Piano Performance from Oberlin Conservatory, an
M.Mus in Orchestral Conducting from Northwestern University, and for two
years was the Paul Woodhouse Junior Fellow in Orchestral Conducting at
London’s Royal College of Music.