Maxwell Miller is a multimedia artist and composer from the Pacific Northwest currently based in Central Illinois. His work seeks to create immersive experiences for his audience, combining a variety of media and sonic textures into sensory soup.
Maxwell Miller's art blends elements of performance art, video art, and experimental music to create chaotic listening spaces. He is often involved with performances of his works, either taking to the stage as an electronics operator or as a performer. He has presented works at Electronic Music Midwest, Performing Media Festival, and the SPLICE Institute, and was the recipient of the 2023 Franklin G. Fisk Composition Award. He is currently the Program Coordinator for the SPLICE Institute, a weeklong summer program which takes place in Kalamazoo, MI.
He currently studies as a doctoral student at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He received a Master's of Music Composition from Western Michigan University, and a Bachelor's of Music Composition from Central Washington University. His composition instructors include Eli Fieldsteel, Lisa Coons, Christopher Biggs, Jiyoun Chung, and Martin Kennedy.
A Letter to My Self - Guitar, Voice, and Electronics (2024)
Internal Monologue with a Captive Audience - Guitar, Voice, and Electronics (2023)
Apical Meristem - Flute and Electronics (2023)
Danaus Plexippus - Tenor Saxophone and Electronics (2022)
Pumpkin Guts Original Soundtrack - (2023)
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Tales from the Black Box Theme - (2019)
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I Hate You Dad Original Soundtrack - (2019)
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EjiTune is a simple tool which can be used to dynamically retune incoming midi data in Max into just harmonic intervals. If you are interested in this, you can download it from GitHub here.
Download my CV here.