Biography

Greg Milliren has captivated audiences across the nation with his expansive, silvery tone and engaging, soulful expression. In the Fall of 2009 he was named Associate Principal Flute, Henrietta Rauenhorst Chair, with the Minnesota Orchestra. Prior to moving to Minneapolis, he was an active freelance flutist and teacher in Los Angeles, enjoying frequent orchestral, chamber music, solo, and recording collaborations with composers, orchestras, and chamber music groups across Southern California and the US. In 2007, he was the second-place winner of the prestigious National Flute Association Young Artist Competition.

Notable orchestral appearances include performances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra, the Riverside Philharmonic, the Minnesota Orchestra, the Spoleto USA Festival in Charleston, the New World Symphony in Miami, the National Orchestral Institute in Maryland, the Las Vegas Music Festival, and many other Los Angeles-area orchestral ensembles.

Milliren is a fan of new and fresh approaches to chamber music performance. To this end, he serves as a board member of, and frequent performer with, the Los Angeles-based contemporary chamber group, the Definiens Project. He has also had the pleasure of taking part in numerous performances with the USC Contemporary Music Ensemble, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Green Umbrella Series, and the LA Harmonie Ensemble on the Sundays Live Chamber Music Series.

Milliren earned his master's degree under James Walker at the University of Southern California, and earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Minnesota, studying with Julia Bogorad-Kogan and Immanuel Davis. Other influential teachers include Adam Kuenzel, Heather Clark, and Sarah Jackson. He is originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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