ABOUT ME
Kyle is a multi-instrumentalist and music teacher based in Chicago. He has worked with a number of groups around Chicago covering a variety of styles (including pop, rock, jazz and hip hop,) on trumpet, keys, guitar and bass. For nine years, he served as Director of Contemporary Music at Zion Lutheran Church in Hinsdale. Since 2011, he has given private lessons and sectionals at middle schools and high schools all around the Chicago suburbs. In 2024, he joined the Mattix School of Music as a piano, trumpet, and guitar teacher.
Kyle received a music performance degree with a concentration in jazz studies from Columbia College Chicago in 2014. Since then, he’s played in numerous musicals, wedding bands and jazz bands. He’s shared a stage with Barry Harris, Jeremy Pelt, Paula Cole, Dave Douglas, and Christian McBride, and has supported a number of Chicago artists, including Psalm One, Sir the Baptist and Sarita.
Kyle plays a Böhme Tumultus and Lotus mouthpieces.
KYLE MILLER TRIO
Inspired by the cool sounds of Chet Baker and Miles Davis, the Kyle Miller Trio aims to create a musical ambiance suitable to any location with a large repertoire of jazz standards, classic songs, and thoughtful adaptations of popular and video game music. Kyle is typically backed by a guitar and bass, with the occasional addition of a drummer or pianist. The Trio has played in numerous restaurants and venues in the Chicagoland area since it’s formation in 2021, and their first EP is planned for release in 2025.