After 33 years as UConn's Director of Bands, Dr. David Mills will retire in December. The University community is invited to join a celebration of Dr. Mills' service to the university and the growth of the marching and pep band programs under his leadership.
Friday, October 28, 6:00-9:00 p.m.
UConn Alumni Center
2384 Alumni Dr
Storrs, CT
Registration required: https://www.events.foundation.uconn.edu/ereg/index.php?eventid=712936&utm_source=invitation&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=homecoming23&mc_cid=cf014a4ca1&mc_eid=UNIQID
Professor Mills joined the music faculty in 1990 and has served as the director of the UConn Marching Band and conductor of the Symphonic Band, Concert Band, and Varsity Pep Bands. In addition to the bands, he teaches courses in music education and has been chairman of the admissions and scholarship committees of the UConn Music Department. He holds the B.S. in Music and the Master of Music Education degrees from Western Carolina University and earned his Ph.D. in Music Education from the University of Miami. Dr. Mills is active as a guest conductor, adjudicator, and clinician for high school bands throughout the eastern United States. In Connecticut, he has conducted all of the CMEA Regional Honor Bands.
Before coming to UConn, Dr. Mills was Director of Bands at Valdosta State University in Valdosta, Georgia, conducting the wind ensemble, concert band, and marching band. At the University of Miami, he worked with the “Band of the Hour.” He began his career as the band director at Blacksburg High School in Blacksburg, Virginia where the band established a superior reputation in the areas of both concert and marching band. As the result of his work in Blacksburg he was awarded the Phi Delta Kappa Distinguished Educator Award.
Dr. Mills is a member of numerous honorary and service societies in music and education including Music Educators National Conference, Connecticut Music Educators Association, College Band Directors National Association, Kappa Kappa Psi, Tau Beta Sigma, Phi Mu Alpha, Phi Beta Mu Bandmasters Fraternity, National Band Association (State Chairman of CT), and the Big East Band Association.
For more information, contact: Emily Collins at emily.k.collins@uconn.edu