LaGrange College — Director of Choral Activities

DMA (University of Kentucky), MM (Mercer University), MME (University of Georgia), BME (Valdosta State University)

Samuel Miller is Director of Choral Activities at LaGrange College where he conducts the LaGrange College Singers and teaches classes in conducting and music education. Prior to LaGrange College, Dr. Miller taught high school choir and music in the Henry and Houston County school systems. He received a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Valdosta State University (2003), a Master of Music Education degree from the University of Georgia (2007), a Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting and Church Music from Mercer University (2009), and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Choral Conducting from the University of Kentucky (2018).

Dr. Miller has led choirs in performance at the Georgia Music Educators Association in-service conference and at Spivey Hall as well as performances for the Georgia governor and the Atlanta Braves. While on the choral staff at the University of Kentucky, he served as codirector of the UK Choristers and assistant director of the UK Men’s Chorus - these choirs had performances at a national conference of the American Choral Director’s Association, the Kentucky Music Educators Association in-service conference, an Intercollegiate Men’s Choruses’ seminar, and a choral tour of Paris including a performance in Notre Dame Cathedral.

Dr. Miller is also the current Music Director at First Presbyterian Church of LaGrange. He has also held positions with the Choral Society of Middle Georgia, the Lexington Singers, and at the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer (Macon, GA). He is a member of the American Choral Director’s Association and the Georgia Music Educators Association where he has held leadership positions and currently serves as a choral performance evaluation adjudicator.

Dr. Miller lives in LaGrange with his wife Jennifer and their children, Nathan and Edie.