Cassandra Miller
Composition Tutor
Born in 1976 in Metchosin, Canada. Cassandra Miller is a Canadian-British composer living in London. Her composition methods incorporate a unique practice of meditation-based uncontrolled singing to learn about melody and repetition from a deep-tissue perspective. She uses these vocal exercises together with creative transcription processes to transform pre-existing musical sources (from both within and outside the classical tradition), to magnify their expressive, personal or fragile qualities.
“Music this uncalculatedly beautiful leaves you almost desperate with gratitude”, wrote Alex Ross of her work in The New Yorker. The Guardian hailed her “Duet for Cello and Orchestra” (2015) as among the top twenty “Best Classical Music Works of the 21st Century.” Over the past year, her works have appeared internationally at the BBC Proms, GöteborgsOperans Danskompani and on tour with the Australian Chamber Orchestra.
In 2025, Cassandra Miller is a tutor at the Darmstadt Summer Course for the first time.