Sandra Miller holds a Master of Music Education degree in Choral
Conducting and Organ Performance from Wichita State University in
Kansas. She also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in music education
from Anderson University in Indiana, where she was recently honored with
the Outstanding Alumni award. She has taught at the University of
Portland and Warner Pacific College.
Sandy’s career highlights include conducting at Carnegie Hall,
Canterbury Cathedral, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the
Vatican. Her exemplary professional career includes choral conducting of
children of all ages and adult singers in community, school, musical
theater and liturgical settings. She has toured extensively in the
United States, Canada and Europe as a conductor and accompanist,
including more than a dozen performance tours with the Oregon Children’s
Choir and Youth Chorale.
Sandy was named Outstanding Educator at Sunset High School, one of
Oregon’s premiere schools, where she worked for 12 years as Department
Chair and Choral Conductor. In the fall of 2006, she joined the
founding faculty of the International School of Beaverton, to develop
their choral music program.
Sandy is the founder and Artistic Director of the Oregon Children's
Choir and Youth Chorale. She is also active as a workshop clinician,
guest director, adjudicator and church musician. She is married to Dr.
Thomas A. Miller, a college professor of music. They are the parents of
one grown son, Scott.
About Our Accompanist ....
Gary Michael Skye, a solo and collaborative pianist, electronic
keyboardist, singer, vocal coach, composer, and teacher, began playing
the piano at age four. He graduated from the San Francisco Conservatory
of Music's Preparatory Division in piano and voice. For two years, he
studied piano at The Eastman School of Music, in Rochester, NY. Desiring
a broader academic education, he decided to transfer to Stanford
University, where he graduated in 2000 with a degree in Psychology. He
then did post-baccalaureate work in solo and collaborative piano on
scholarship at the University of Colorado at Boulder, studying with
Robert Spillman. In 2007, Gary completed his master's degree in piano
performance at Portland State University, studying piano and
Body-Mapping with Lisa Marsh.
Gary has performed around the United States as a recital accompanist,
chamber musician, and soloist. He has held positions as a Staff
Accompanist and Vocal Coach for the San Francisco Conservatory of
Music's Preparatory Voice Division, Sonoma State University's Department
of Music, the Summer Music West Opera and Musical Theater Workshop, and
the Interlochen Summer Arts Camp in Michigan. He has taught piano
classes at Portland State University and has been an assistant
instructor and guest lecturer for classes in Body Mapping and Coordinate
Movement for Pianists.
Gary is the music director of Whole Life Church in Lake Oswego. He also
teaches private piano and voice lessons in the Portland and Lake Oswego
areas. He is currently preparing to record his first album of original
solo piano and piano/vocal music. Gary can be contacted by e-mail at
garymichaelskye@yahoo.com, or by phone at 310-971-3414.