Textbooks
Foster, Cathryn and R. Ward Miller (2023, September). “Developing Error Detection Skills in the Wind Band Educator.” Chicago: GIA Publications.
D.M.A. Thesis
Miller, R. W. (2012, March 19). “Darius Milhaud’s La Création du Monde: The Conductor’s Guide to Performance.” Iowa City, IA: The University of Iowa. [available online at The University of Iowa Research Online]
Juried Presentations
Miller, R. W. (2012, February 27). “Darius Milhaud’s La Création du Monde: The Conductor’s Guide to Performance.” College Band Directors National Association Southern Division Conference, Kennesaw, GA.
______. (2012, February 28). “University of South Alabama Jaguar Marching Band: Latin Show Video.” College Band Directors National Association Southern Division Conference, Kennesaw, GA. [Video available online at youtu.be/Ql0WWkb_7kc]
Other Presentations
Miller, R.W. (2012, June 31-July 2). “The State of the Art Marching Band.” College Band Directors National Association National Athletic Band Symposium, Columbus, OH: The Ohio State University.
______. (2013, June 15). "Maximizing Student Engagement in your Marching Band Rehearsals." Alabama Bandmasters Association Summer In-Service Conference, Orange Beach, AL.
______. (2013, September 20). "Improving Intonation, Balance, and Sound Quality in Marching Band." Guest Lecture, Youngstown, OH: Youngstown State University.
______. (2014, November 17). "It's Got Nothing to Do with Music: Non-Musical Skills You Must Master to Be a Successful School Band Director." Guest Lecture, Indianapolis, IN: Butler University.
______. (2014, November 17). "Developing Intonation in Your Band." Guest Lecture, Louisville, KY: University of Louisville.
______. (2014, November 19). "Make Your Conducting Matter." Guest Lecture, Louisville, KY: University of Louisville.
______. (2014, November 19). "Developing Intonation in Your Band." Guest Lecture, Louisville, KY: University of Louisville.
Miller, R.W. and Rivera, Luis C. (2015, January 3). "A Modern Percussion Edition of Darius Milhaud's La Création du Monde." Honolulu, HI: Hawaii University International Conference on the Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences & Education.
Miller, R.W. (2015, October 23). "Social Media Integration and Automation." Guest Lecture, Duluth, MN: University of Minnesota-Duluth.
______. (2015, October 29). "The Big Picture: Short and Long Term Planning for Your School Band." Guest Lecture, Oxford, OH: Miami University of Ohio.
______. (2015, November 2). "Effective Field Show Planning and Design." Guest Tele-Lecture, Lincoln, NE: Nebraska Wesleyan University.
______. (2015, November 5). "Arranging in the Real World: Hiring Arrangers, Watering, and Revoicing." Guest Lecture, Youngstown, OH: Youngstown State University.
______. (2015, November 9). "It's Got Nothing to Do with Music: Non-Musical Skills You Must Master to Be a Successful School Band Director." Guest Lecture, Lexington, KY: The University of Kentucky.
______. (2016, September 15). "Marching Band Show Design and Music Arranging Rights." Guest Lecture, Louisville, KY: The University of Louisville.
______. (2019, February 14). "Be a Clinician to Your Own Band!" Presented to the Minnesota Music Educators Association, Minneapolis, MN: Midwinter Clinic.
Dufault, Todd, Brent Turner, R. Ward Miller. (2023, May 13). “How to Move Your Marching Band Forward.” Presented to the Iowa Bandmasters Association Annual Conference, Des Moines, IA.
Foster, Cathryn, R. Ward Miller. (2023, October 17). "What I Didn’t Hear: Detecting Errors in the Rehearsal Setting.” Webinar, National Association for Music Education. https://nafme.org/event/what-i-didnt-hear-detecting-errors-in-the-rehearsal-setting/
Miller, R.W. (2023, November 18). “What I Didn’t Hear: Detecting Errors in the Rehearsal Setting.” Presented to the Iowa Music Educators Association Annual Conference, Ankeny, IA.
Juried Articles
Rivera, Luis, R. Ward Miller, and Matthew Greenwood. "A Modern Percussion Edition of Darius Milhaud's La création du monde." Percussive Notes 55, no. 1 (March 2017): 21-23.
Miller, R.W. "Defining Jazz Elements in Darius Milhaud's La Creation du Monde." The Journal of Band Research 50, no. 1 (2014): 1-12.
______. “An Analysis of Darius Milhaud’s La Creation du Monde.” The Journal of Band Research 49, no. 2 (2014): 60-80.
______. (2014). "Defining Jazz Elements in La Creation du Monde," in The Journal of Band Research.
Other Articles
Miller, R.W. "Game On!: Ideas to energize your ensemble warm-ups," in Illinois Music Educator (2018, Winter): 25-27.
Geli, Elizabeth. "Musical Marvels: Dynamic Brass," in Yamaha SupportED Magazine (2016, Fall): 20-22. [available online at https://www.yamaha.com/US/tmea/supportED/SE_Fall2016.pdf]
Miller, R.W. "Make Your Band Into Dynamic Detectives," in School Band and Orchestra Magazine (2016, September)
______. "Take On Cool-Weather Tuning," in School Band and Orchestra Magazine (2016, August)
______. "Take a Stand on Your Stands Layout," in School Band and Orchestra Magazine (2016, March): 40. [available online at http://digitaleditiononline.com/publication/?i=293087&p=44]
______. "What to Play?," in School Band and Orchestra Magazine (2016, February): 18-19. [available online at http://digitaleditiononline.com/publication/?i=289713&p=22]
______. "The Ensemble Seating Puzzle," in School Band and Orchestra Magazine (2016, January): 32-33. [available online at http://digitaleditiononline.com/publication/?i=286975&p=36]
______. "Detecting Important Alto Clarinet Lines and Rewriting Them Into Soprano and Bass Clarinet Parts," in Alabreve (2013, February): 30-32. [available online at content.yudu.com/Library/A21xyv/AlaBreveFebruary2013/resources/30.htm]
Published Compositions
Miller, R.W. (2007) Three Etchings in Brass. Tuba-Euphonium Trio. Tuba-Euphonium Press. [available through Cimarron Music]
______. (2016) Pineville Celebration Fanfare. Concert Band. DevMusic Publishing Company. [available through J.W. Pepper]
______. (2020) A Prayer for Courage. Concert Band. DevMusic Publishing Company. [available through J.W. Pepper]
Published Concert Band Arrangements
Miller, R.W. (2016) Antonin Dvorak's "Song to the Moon" from Rusalka. Concert Band. DevMusic Publishing Company. [available through J.W. Pepper]
Published Marching Band Arrangements
Miller, R.W. (2013) Super Cool Classic Timeouts. The DevMusic Company. [available through J.W. Pepper Company]
______. (2014) Can't Hold Us. The DevMusic Company. [available through J.W. Pepper Company]
______. (2014) Thrift Shop. The DevMusic Company. [available through J.W. Pepper Company]
______. (2015) Marching Band Warmups. The DevMusic Company. [available through J.W. Pepper Company]
______. (2016) Slow Ride. The DevMusic Company [available through J.W. Pepper Music Company]
______. (2016) Can't Hold Us (Easy Flexband Edition). The DevMusic Company. [available through J.W. Pepper Company]
______. (2016) Thrift Shop (Easy Flexband Edition). The DevMusic Company. [available through J.W. Pepper Company]