Teacher Profile: Zachary Miller

About Zachary Miller

Zachary Miller is a Northern Virginia-based Music Educator and French Horn player based in the DC area. He earned his Bachelors Degree in Music Performance from Shenandoah Conservatory, and just recently completed his Masters in Music from The Catholic University of America.

As a performer, Zachary has played at several venues in, and around, the DC metro area including: Capital One Hall, The Arts Club of Washington, The Basilica of the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Schlesinger Hall, The Bright Box Theater, The Strathmore, and The Kennedy Center for the Arts. He also has several TV appearances on ETWN and WETA. With ensembles, he has made appearances with the Annandale Symphony Orchestra, Musica Viva Festival Annual Concert, Capital Wind Symphony, University of Maryland Symphony Orchestra, Shenandoah Conservatory Symphony Orchestra, and The Catholic University of America's Symphony Orchesrta. Zachary Miller has also been a participant in the Maine Chamber Music Seminar were he performed as a member of the University of Maryland's Fellowship Wind Quintet.

As an educator, Zachary works with French Horn students of all ages and levels and teaches beginner through intermediate Piano. He believes in bringing a structured, but fresh approach to working with students and helping them embrace the musical challenges they encounter. Zachary believes that every time you pick up an instrument, there is something to be learned, and he is committed to the same type of growth in his own teaching practice by always seeking out new instructional techniques and methods. For French Horn students, he works with students starting at ages 9-10 years old and up, but recommends Piano as a foundational instrument for those who are younger beginners. His go to methods for horn are Koeprasch and band methods like Essential Elements. He often transcribes and finds fun tunes to add to his students' repertoire outside the curriculums as well. For Piano students, Zachary uses the Faber Piano method and songbooks.

Zachary brings a vast amount of musical knowledge and experience to the table and believes that teaching gives him just as much as opportunity to learn from his students, as they learn from him. He enjoys the insights he gains from studying music from different perspectives and hopes to foster this curiosity and passion for learning with all his students.