Cristi Cary Miller

Cristi Cary Miller - Composer and Teacher

Cristi Cary Miller is internationally regarded as a master teacher, conductor, composer and arranger. A graduate of Oklahoma State University, she has spent over 39+ years in education, teaching levels from K-12. Through her teaching, she has received numerous awards and honors in education ranging from District Teacher of the Year to Oklahoma Music Educators Association Excellent Educator and, including, the OkMEA Music Educators Hall of Fame.

Miller’s conducting has led her across the nation directing elementary, middle and high school honor choirs at the district and All-State levels. As a clinician, she focuses on many areas including elementary classroom resources to secondary chorals and techniques. As an active composer, her compositions range from elementary resources and musicals to choral octavos. In addition, she has been a contributing writer for a national music magazine entitled Music Express! as well as for the Macmillan McGraw-Hill music textbook series, Spotlight on Music and the new, highly acclaimed secondary textbook series, Voices in Concert.

In her state, Cristi has served as the Elementary Representative for the Oklahoma Choral Directors Association Board of Directors as well as the Elementary Vice President and President for the Oklahoma Music Educators Association in addition to recently serving as the OkMEA Children’s All-State Co-Chair. In 2010, Miller became a part of the prestigious Fine Arts Staff at Heritage Hall School in Oklahoma City where she currently teaches middle school music. She and her husband, Rick, live in Oklahoma City area.