Senior Airman Jordan Miller is a horn player with the United States Air Force Band of the Pacific-Asia, Yokota Air Base, Japan.
While assigned to Yokota, she has performed with Pacific Brass in community engagement concerts across 10 countries and collaborated with military bands from Japan, Korea, and New Zealand.
Prior to her current assignment, Airman Miller was a member of Heritage Brass and the Concert Band with the USAF Heritage of America Band at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va. Before joining the Air Force, she worked as a freelance musician in Colorado, performing regularly with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Colorado Springs Philharmonic, and the USAF Academy Band.
Airman Miller earned her Bachelor of Music from the University of Michigan, where she studied with Adam Unsworth, and her Master of Music from the University of Colorado, where she studied with Michael Thornton. As a graduate student, she served as horn studio teaching assistant and performed at Weill Recital Hall in New York City as part of CU at Carnegie. She has also participated in the Aspen Music Festival, Colorado College Music Festival, and the National Symphony Orchestra Summer Music Institute. Additional studies include work with Andrew Bain, Warren Deck, Fritz Foss, and Bryan Kennedy.
EDUCATION
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2015 Bachelor of Music, Horn Performance, with Highest Honors, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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2017 Master of Music, Horn Performance, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo.
ASSIGNMENTS
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Oct 2020 – Jul 2022, Horn, Heritage of America Band, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va.
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Jul 2022 – Present, Horn, USAF Band of the Pacific-Asia, Yokota AB, Japan
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
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Air and Space Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster
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Air Force Good Conduct Medal
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National Defense Service Medal
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Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
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Air and Space Longevity Service Award
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Basic Military Training Honor Graduate Ribbon
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Air and Space Training Ribbon
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
(Current as of May 2025)