​Jim Millar is a music educator, conductor and  pianist. He is the founder and director emeritus of Summer Music in Tuscany, a program in Sarteano, Tuscany, for instrumentalists and vocalists looking to revitalize their skills.  He taught Choirs and Orchestras at Tenafly High School, Tenafly, NJ for 20 years. He is currently the Music Director at the Presbyterian Church at Tenafly, and he directs the Intermediate and Senior Choruses at the Mannes College of Music Prep Division.

 

Mr. Millar has served as the conductor of the New Jersey All State Orchestra, Central Jersey Region High School Orchestra, North Jersey Region Intermediate Orchestra, North Jersey Region Intermediate Treble Choir, Westchester Area All State Orchestra, and the New Jersey All State Honors Chamber Orchestra. 

 

He earned Bachelor of Music (piano) and Master of Music (orchestral conducting) degrees from Northwestern University, and continued his studies at the Aspen Summer Music School, with Jorge Mester, and the Goldovsky Opera Institute, with Boris Goldovsky. He was the music director of the Jersey Lyric Opera for two seasons, preparing and conducting productions of La Bohème and Un Ballo in Maschera.