Educator

The University of Texas at Austin - Butler School of Music

Interview with composer, Dr. John Mills, followed by the premier performance of his new work, "Equilibrium", performed by the University of Texas Jazz Orchestra on February 22, 2019.

University of Texas Jazz Orchestra plays "Departure" by John Mills on November 15th, 2019 at the Butler School of Music in Bates Recital Hall.

Rehearsing my new piece for string orchestra, The Skies of Christmas Day, with the Lake Travis High School Orchestra in December 2018. With this composition, I tried to evoke the spirit of Christmas musically, without relying on any quotations from …

Rehearsing my new piece for string orchestra, The Skies of Christmas Day, with the Lake Travis High School Orchestra in December 2018. With this composition, I tried to evoke the spirit of Christmas musically, without relying on any quotations from traditional carols.

Professor of Jazz Studies in 20th year at UT-Austin’s Butler School of Music teaching Jazz Composition, Saxophone, and History.

UT-Jazz Orchestra - Guest Conductor of 80 original compositions in concert, including arrangements for a long list of Longhorn Jazz Festival guest artists.

Mills has led college groups performing his music at the North Sea, Montreux, Viennes, and Umbria Jazz Festivals in Europe.

Directing Texas All-Region Jazz Bands 

Conducting Lake Travis HS String Orchestra

Adjudicator for jazz festivals at: 

Texas State University - San Marcos

Texas A&M - Kingsville

and others

 International Master Classes in Jazz

It was a privilege to represent The University of Texas at Austin’s Butler School of Music when the Jazz Faculty was invited to be performer/educators at the 2014 Guatemala Jazz Festival. Through the IGA Instituto Guatemalteco Americano we played and taught in Guatemala City, Coban, and Antigua. Left to right, you see Prof. John Fremgen, Prof. Jeff Hellmer, yours truly, Prof. Wayne Salzmann II, and Dr. Adrian Ruiz, who was completing his grad studies at the time. At this special school in Coban, the young students immerse themselves in U.S. culture and the English language, so they were pretty surprised that I was determined to speak Spanish to them.

It was a privilege to represent The University of Texas at Austin’s Butler School of Music when the Jazz Faculty was invited to be performer/educators at the 2014 Guatemala Jazz Festival. Through the IGA Instituto Guatemalteco Americano we played and taught in Guatemala City, Coban, and Antigua. Left to right, you see Prof. John Fremgen, Prof. Jeff Hellmer, yours truly, Prof. Wayne Salzmann II, and Dr. Adrian Ruiz, who was completing his grad studies at the time. At this special school in Coban, the young students immerse themselves in U.S. culture and the English language, so they were pretty surprised that I was determined to speak Spanish to them.

Dr. John Mills has taught international masterclasses in jazz in

Perugia, Italy

Ljubljana, Slovenia

St. Petersburg, Russia

Koblenz and Greifswald, Germany

Guatemala City

Santiago, Chile

Aarhus, Denmark

Presentations at the Annual Conferences

Jazz Education Network (JEN )

International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE)

International Association of Jazz Arrangers and Composers (ISJAC)