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Dr. Miller Asbill completed the doctorate in Wind Conducting at the University
of Michigan in the spring of 2008, where he was under the mentorship of
Professor Michael Haithcock. He also holds a Master of Music degree in
conducting from the University of Michigan, where he received a fellowship to
study with H. Robert Reynolds. Dr. Asbill was previously the Associate
Director of Bands at Colorado State University, the University of New Mexico
and Interim Director of Bands and Eastern Michigan University.
He received his B.M.E. from Arizona State University. Before returning to
graduate school, Dr. Asbill taught public school in Charleston South
Carolina, where his ensembles received invitations to perform at the Midwest
Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago, the South Carolina State Music
Educator Conference and the National Concert Band Festival.
He has been invited to present sessions at the National College Band
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Director National Association, The National College Music Society, Texas Music Educators Conference, New
Mexico Music Educators Conference and the South Carolina Music Educators Conference. Recent
conducting guest conducting appearances include the Detroit Chamber Winds, the Colorado State
University Faculty Chamber Ensemble and the South Carolina All-State Band. This fall, his work as a co-
author will be published in a historical performance edition of Felix Mendelssohn's Overture for Winds, Op. 24.
Dr. Asbill is an accomplished euphoniumist, having won the TUBA International Euphonium Solo
Competition in 1986. His Tuba-Euphonium Quartet
was the only American college representative to Sapporo, Japan for the 1990 TUBA Convention. He was
principal euphonium of the ASU Symphonic Band for five years, and has been featured soloist with the
Albuquerque Community Band, the Charleston Community Band, the University of Michigan Symphonic Band
and other college concert bands.
His wife Debbie is the Director of Marketing and Communications for Music for All (including Bands of
America and Orchestra America), one of the nation's biggest and most influential organizations in support of
music-making. They have a five year old son, Kai.
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