Dale J Miller

Enjoy an evening of classical guitar with Dale J Miller, Director of the Center for Guitar Studies.

Dale has been playing guitar for 45 years. He holds a Bachelor of Music in guitar performance from the University of New Mexico, where he studied with Cuban guitarist Hector Garcia. Dale’s formal training continued with seven years of concentrated study with international performer and recording artist Ricardo Iznaola. He has been on the faculty of Colorado College since 1992. He is the instructor of classical guitar, mandolin and director of the guitar ensemble.

Dale is known primarily as a solo classical guitarist, but he has also taught banjo, harmonica and old-time fiddle, reflecting an interest in American history and folk traditions. After graduating from UNM, he played professionally with the group Juniper, an original folk and bluegrass band out of Santa Fe, New Mexico.

This diversity has placed him in a number of unique performance settings. He appeared on guitar and banjo with the Colorado Springs Symphony for Virgil Thomson’s “Plow that Broke the Plains.” He also appeared in UCCS Theater Works production by John Steinbeck, Dylan Thomas, Truman Capote, and Charles Dickens. Dale was chosen by Colorado Springs composer Kevin McChesney to be the guitarist in his world debut performances of “Suite for Guitar, Handbell Choir and Chamber Orchestra” in 2007.

Dale has released two CD’s. In 1999, he debuted “A North Star Christmas,” an instrumental collaboration with Richard Greene of North Star Studios; ten years later, he released “Odds and Angels,” his first solo guitar album.

Dale co-authored a book on music theory with Charles P. Cabell called “Chordially Yours: Making Sense of Harmony,” which was published by Impavide Publishing in 2000.