Sue Miller is a flute player and musical director of Charanga del Norte. She is currently studying for a PhD in Cuban Charanga performance at the University of Leeds, UK. Her publications include articles written for the British flute society magazine PAN on the Cuban Charanga, the Cuban flute style of improvisation and interviews with veteran Cuban flute players such as Richard Egües, Polo Tamayo and Melquiades Fundora (December 2000, 2001, March 2003 and June 2008 editions). She has also reviewed books and Cds for the journals Cultural Politics (July 2007) and Worlds of Music (2006).
Sue Miller completed the Postgraduate Certificate in Jazz, Contemporary and Popular music at Leeds College of Music in 1994 where she studied classical flute with Liz Parry, improvisation with Bill Kinghorn, Indian music with Dharambir Singh and jazz piano with Nikki Iles. Inspired by Orquesta Aragon’s flute player Richard Egües, Sue set up Charanga del Norte ) in 1998 and has performed with the band across the UK, including performances at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall and Cheltenham Festival. In April 2000 and 2001 Sue went to Cuba to study with her idol, Richard Egües in Havana and in 2006 and 2007 Sue returned to Havana to further her research and to perform with veteran Charanga musicians there.
Over the last five years Sue has also written many arrangements and compositions for Charanga del Norte and the Cuban Music Ensemble, a 30-piece big band which she currently directs at Leeds College of Music. She is also a part-time lecturer in Cuban, Popular and World Music at Leeds University
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