Richard Miller

Richard Miller comes from a multicultural background. He was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to an American father and a Brazilian mother and moved frequently in Brazil, United States and Puerto Rico. He has become well known in the Washington, DC area for his performances of both classical guitar music and popular Brazilian and Latin-American music. As a classical guitarist he has appeared in such places as the Brazilian-American Cultural Institute, Strathmore Hall, the Kennedy Center, and the Library of Congress, and he has traveled extensively for recitals in Portland, Oregon and Trujillo, Peru with the Alexandria Guitar Quartet, a tour of New York State with flutist Rebecca Jeffreys, and a solo recital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A review of a concert by Richard at the State Department affirmed "Throughout his recital, he not only displayed impeccable technique but communicated his love of this beautiful music." As a "popular" musician, he has performed and recorded with singers such as Lilo Gonzalez and Alaor Macedo, and Patrick de Santos, and he has been entertaining audiences in nightclubs and festivals in the Washington area for more than ten years playing Brazilian and Latin jazz. Recently he has finished writing a dissertation on the guitar in the Brazilian choro and has earned a Ph.D. in music theory at Catholic University of America.

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