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Dr. Andrew Miller, a native of Springfield, Virginia, is a highly accomplished pianist whose versatility and commitment to musicianship are exhibited by his active participation as a soloist, accompanist, chamber musician, and instructor in the Northern Virginia area. Andrew achieved his D.M.A in Piano Performance at George Mason University in December of 2018 under the tutelage of Dr. Anna Balakerskaia. His dissertation explored the Preludes and Fugues of contemporary composer Nikolai Kapustin, comparing the implementation of compositional devices to the fugues of Dmitri Shostakovich and J.S. Bach.

During his studies at GMU, Andrew was selected as a winner of the 2016 GMU Concerto Competition and performed for the Scholarship Benefit Concert with the Mason Symphony Orchestra in May of that year. Andrew was a winner of the GMU Concerto Competition in 2013 and performed Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue in the Young Masters Concert before the completion of his Master of Music in Piano Performance (May 2013). He participated as a performer and chamber musician in the Orfeo International Music Festival held in Vipiteno, Italy (2011).

Andrew maintains a private studio of 30 local students, as well as working as a vocal coach/accompanist for GMU private voice studios (2011-present), and Virginia Hills Baptist Church (2012-present). In addition to his professional coaching, Andrew has appeared as a soloist/accompanist for the concert series “Music for the Angels” at the National Swedenborgian Church in Washington, D.C. Andrew has also been involved in the Mason Community Arts Academy’s summer piano camp since 2016, where he teaches private lessons, theory, history, and coaches piano ensembles.

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