As a Park Avenue member for over 20 years, Bryan Miller has been a staple to the band as its lead trumpet player! He has also performed under Maestro Daniel Barenboim with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Lyric Opera brass sections for the Arnold Jacobs Memorial Tribute at Symphony Center. His brass quintet was awarded a semi-finalist spot in the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. He’s an alumnus of the NIU Jazz Ensemble, former Wheaton Municipal Band principal trumpet, and a founding member of Chicagoland’s renown Pete Ellman Big Band. 

Serving our nation, Lieutenant Colonel Miller is the Commander of the Air National Guard Band of the Midwest, the 566th Air Force Band, recognized as a National Medal of Arts recipient organization. Mission highlights include leading teams for two Southwest Asia and Africa deployments, performances honoring the Tuskegee Airmen, Gold Star Families, the Warrior Games, and funeral memorial honors for Illinois native President Ronald Reagan.

As a career music educator, he’s the Founder and Artistic Director of the Chicagoland Educators Orchestra. He served as Chair for the national award-winning Leyden Music Department for 30 years and also held positions with Elmhurst University, VanderCook College, and North Central College.