Clyde Miller

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Clyde E. Miller, Denton, Professor Emeritus of music, died March 30. He was a College of Music faculty member from 1955 to 1983, becoming the university’s first full-time horn instructor in 1964. He served as principal horn in the Dallas Symphony Orchestra from 1948 to 1964, and played with the Indianapolis Symphony, Vermont Symphony, Metropolitan Opera and New York Philharmonic Orchestra among others, and for performances on Broadway, Dallas Summer Musicals and Fort Worth’s Casa Mañana. He also taught at Butler Conservatory.Miller earned a bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University and a master’s from Columbia University. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and, as a member of the U.S. Army Band, played for ceremonies for Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman. Memorials may be made to the Endowed Clyde Miller Horn Scholarship at UNT.

Clyde E. Miller, Denton, Professor Emeritus of music, died March 30. He was a College of Music faculty member from 1955 to 1983, becoming the university’s first full-time horn instructor in 1964. He served as principal horn in the Dallas Symphony Orchestra from 1948 to 1964, and played with the Indianapolis Symphony, Vermont Symphony, Metropolitan Opera and New York Philharmonic Orchestra among others, and for performances on Broadway, Dallas Summer Musicals and Fort Worth’s Casa Mañana. He also taught at Butler Conservatory.Miller earned a bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University and a master’s from Columbia University. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and, as a member of the U.S. Army Band, played for ceremonies for Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman. Memorials may be made to the Endowed Clyde Miller Horn Scholarship at UNT.

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