Dr. Ashleé Miller is an American clarinetist and music theorist praised by NPR for her “color and imagination.” Based in New York City and Alaska, she specializes in contemporary music performance and is dedicated to fostering creativity and connection through music education and community engagement.

A passionate educator, Ashleé serves on the faculties of Adelphi University and The Juilliard School’s Preparatory Division, and presents clarinet demonstrations for the New York Philharmonic’s educational initiatives, including the Very Young Composers Program, Bridge Program, and Young People’s Concerts series.

Ashleé is the clarinetist of The Parhelion Trio, praised by The Strad Magazine for their “effervescent” playing. With Parhelion, she has performed at John Zorn’s iconic venue The Stone, premiered Tonia Ko’s evermore everyday (commissioned by the Barlow Foundation), and released the trio’s debut album Techno-Parade. Parhelion has collaborated with members of the Emerson String Quartet and Eighth Blackbird, and received a New Music USA grant for their project Dark Matter: A Tribute to Vera Rubin.

She also performs with Nu Deco Ensemble, a genre-bending orchestra known for collaborations with artists such as Angélique Kidjo, Anthony Hamilton, Allen Stone, and X Ambassadors. She also performs with the American Composers Orchestra and DCINY.

Ashleé made her solo debut at sixteen with the North Carolina Symphony as winner of the North Carolina Soloist Competition and was the first clarinetist to receive NPR’s Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Award. She has performed at venues including Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, and Harpa, with recordings on Bandcamp, Centaur, and Partisan Record Labels.

Ashleé holds a Doctor of Musical Arts from The Graduate Center, CUNY, where she studied with Charles Neidich. Deeply committed to the “Artist-as-Citizen” ethos, she volunteers with global nonprofit and educational initiatives, including recent collaborations in Greenland and Alaska. For more information, visit AshleeMiller.info.