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Sean Paul Mills
Music Faculty
Music Director & Conductor, Willamette Valley Symphony
Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance & Pedagogy - University of Iowa School of Music, 1992
Master of Music in Performance - University of Oregon School of Music, 1989
Bachelor of Music in Performance - University of Oregon School of Music, 1988
Sean Paul Mills is a native of Eureka, California and attended Humboldt State University, University of Oregon (Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees), and 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 a 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 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, a member of the music faculty at Chemeketa Community College, and Chief Instructor of Central Valley Shotokan Karate. He resides in Albany, Oregon with his wife, Susana (Associate Professor of Spanish Linguistics & Diversity Advancement at Oregon State University), son Daniel, and Bernese Mountain Dog, Harley.
You can find further information and resources at www.seanpaulmills.com.