Glenn Miller

Glenn Miller is well known as an oktavist with a particular emphasis in the music of the Orthodox tradition.  He has performed, recorded and toured with many professional choral ensembles internationally including Cappella Romana (Portland OR), Clarion (NYC), Conspirare (Austin TX), Skylark (Boston), the Choir of Men and Boys of St Thomas Church (NYC), the Yale Choral Artists and Schola Cantorum, Audivi (Detroit), Orpheus (Dallas), the St Tikhon’s Chamber Choir, the PaTRAM Institute Choir, the Robert Shaw Festival Singers, the Bethlehem Bach Choir, the Chicago Chorale, Axios (Edmonton, Alberta), Evergreen (Seattle), Chor Leoni (Vancouver, British Columbia), Cantata Singers (Boston), Gloria Dei Cantores (Orleans MA), and the Santa Fe Desert Chorale. He was the featured soloist on Conspirare’s recording, “The Sacred Spirit of Russia,” which won the Grammy in 2014 for best choral recording. His career as an oktavist began as a member of the Robert Shaw Festival Singers, recording the Rachmaninov Vespers, a work that has been the cornerstone of his career, and has made five recordings of this work. He is the author of a chapter on oktavism for the book, “Conducting Men’s Choirs”.  He lives in Birmingham, Michigan, where he is active as a church musician, organist, and conductor.