 Sean Paul Mills QUICK FACTS: Doctor of Musical Arts in Violoncello Performance & Pedagogy - University of Iowa (1992) BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: Sean Paul Mills is a native of Eureka, California and attended Humboldt State University, the University of Oregon (Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees), and the University of Iowa (Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in Violoncello Performance and Pedagogy). He studied cello with Horatio Edens, Dr. Robert Hladky, Terry King, and Charles Wendt, and conducting with Dr. Phillip Kates, Dr. Madeline Schatz, Marsha Mabrey, Dr. Royce Saltzman, and James Dixon. Sean has also participated in workshops and festivals with Helmuth Rilling, Krzysztof Penderecki, Dr. Weston Noble, Gunther Schuller, and Dr. Donald Neuen. Sean has performed as cellist and conductor in California, Oregon, Arizona, Nevada, Iowa, Illinois, Switzerland, France, Germany, and Austria as a member of the Humboldt Symphony, the Humboldt Chamber Players, the Oregon Mozart Players, the Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra, the Quad City Symphony, the Manzanita Piano Trio, the Oregon Coast Music Festival Orchestra, and other ensembles. Sean has also served on the faculties of Grinnell College, Kirkwood Community College, Coconino Community College, and Oregon State University, and is a Founder of the Flagstaff Light Opera Company (FLOC) and has also served as Music Director & Conductor for the FLOC, the Coconino Community Orchestra, and the Coconino Chamber Orchestra, as the Director of Music at The Church of the Red Rocks, Music Director of the Verde Valley Sinfonietta, and as the Artistic Director & Conductor of the Red Rock Community Chorale. He is also an active member of the League of American Orchestras, the Conductors Guild, the Oregon Education Association, and the Oregon Cello Society. Sean is the Founding Music Director & Conductor of the Willamette Valley Symphony (www.willamettevalleysymphony.org) and the Salem Philharmonia Orchestra (www.salemphil.org), a member of the music faculty at Chemeketa Community College, and Co-Chief Instructor of Central Valley Shotokan Karate (www.centralvalleyshotokankarate.org). He resides in Albany, Oregon with his wife, Susana (Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Full Professor of Spanish Linguistics & Diversity Advancement at Oregon State University), son Daniel, and Yellow Labrador Retriever puppy, Cisco. Sean is blessed to be the caretaker of a beautiful cello made by Joseph Panormo of Soho (London) in 1803. "Inspire others to be their best by being your best." |
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