Trumpeter

Israeli-born trumpeter, Dr. Noa Miller is an educator, performer, and arranger based in Columbia, SC. She is currently the second trumpeter with the Aiken Symphony Orchestra and the principal trumpeter of the Aiken Civic Orchestra. She has performed with the Augusta Symphony, South Carolina Philharmonic, Long Bay Symphony, Rock Hill Symphony, Charleston Symphony, North Carolina Baroque Orchestra, and Greenville Symphony. She is also a founding member of the Category V Brass as well as a core member of the Aiken Symphony Brass Quintet and Brandywine Brass. She is currently on faculty at York Technical College, she has held prior faculty positions at Benedict College, Columbia College, and the University of South Carolina. 

In 2017 Dr. Miller won first place at the International Women Brass Conference Susan Slaughter Solo Trumpet Competition (Category I – 24 and younger) and in 2022 she won third place at the same competition (Category II- 25 and older) and third place in the 2022 Marie Speziale Orchestra Mock Competition. She has also been a semi-finalist in the Graduate Solo and the Ensemble Divisions at the National Trumpet Competition, and a finalist for the University of South Carolina Solo-Aria competition. 

While being an active performer, Dr. Miller is also a researcher focusing on Contemporary and Baroque era trumpet pedagogical methods. In 2025, Dr. Miller has presented at the North America Baroque Trumpet Competition and Conference as well as performed at the International Women Brass Conference as a member of the Trompettes Soniques (all women trumpet ensemble).  She has also presented at the International Trumpet Guild in 2024, "How to Design Your Fundamental Routine," as well as at the 2022 North America Baroque Trumpet Conference and Competition and the 2022 Early Brass Festival in Northfield, Minnesota papers based on her dissertation, “The Apprenticeship Structure and the Applied Pedagogical Methods of the Holy Roman Empire Imperial Trumpeters’ Guild During the 17th and 18th Centuries” which is available on ProQuest and Scholar Commons. 

Noa Miller earned her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Trumpet Performance and a minor in Music History from the University of South Carolina. She received her Master's degree in Trumpet Performance from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and her Bachelor’s of Music in Trumpet Performance from Ohio University. Her primary teachers include James Ackley, Alan Siebert, Phil Collins, John Schlabach, and Joyce Johnson-Hamilton.