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KIT MILLS
 Composer and Percussionist Kit Mills received a Bachelor of Music in Composition from Wheaton College (IL), where he studied composition with Drs. Howard Whitaker and Daniel Sommerville, and orchestral percussion with Dr. Kathleen Kastner. In recent years, he has also studied drum set technique with jazz drummer Fred Taylor and fusion drummer Garey Williams. Mr. Mills maintains a teaching studio (percussion, composition) on Whidbey Island, Washington, and also teaches and presents clinics throughout the northern Puget Sound area.
Kit continues to dabble in composing and arranging, as time permits. He has composed works in a number of genres for a wide variety of instruments and voices. Some of his recent compositional efforts include his first orchestral work (In Dulci Jubilo, premiered in December 2007); jazz and funk tunes for a small combo; contemporary choruses for Church use; a “Pastoral” string quintet; two short Nocturnas for violin, 2 violas, and cello; a variety of chamber compositions for middle-school band students; and material for a forthcoming book on Drum Set technique. |
