Phone: 802-773-1932
Email: pmiller@rutlandhs.k12.vt.us

Peter Miller joined the Rutland City Public Schools in 1998.   He initiated and has led the stringed instrument and orchestra program, building a program of 200 students, the largest in the state.  He is the Music Director for the Lakes Region Youth Orchestra, and teaches for Castleton State College.  He serves on the Steering Committee and as co-chair of the Arts and Culture Committee for the Rutland Creative Economy Initiative.  Peter has served as president of the National School Orchestra Association (NSOA), and co-chaired the ASTA (American String Teachers Association) with NSOA Committee on School Orchestras and Strings.  He was the founding Music Director of the Cape Cod Ballet Society Orchestra, and was a violinist in the Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra for 18 years.   He has been recognized as the 2004 Vermont Arts Educator of the Year, as an Outstanding Arts Educator by the Massachusetts Alliance for Arts Education and has received an NSOA Distinguished Service Award.  Peter became Director of Fine Arts in 2007.