In honor of Veteran’s Day BRAHM is offering a FREE Tuesday program. Composer Donald Miller will tell us the story of creating what would become the official hymn of remembrance for the Paralyzed Veterans of America and Vietnam Veterans of America.

Composed in 1986, “Here Rests in Honored Glory,” has been performed in Arlington National Cemetery Amphitheater, the Vietnam Wall, the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD.

In August 2015 Miller was presented the D-Day Medal from the Memorial Museum of the Battle of Normandy in Normandy, France. The museum plays the song every June 6 in commemoration of D-Day. On December 28, 2018 the piece was established by law as New York State’s Official Hymn of Remembrance in honor of American Veterans.

About the Speaker

Donald B. Miller, Doctorate in Music Arts, He directed choirs, taught classical and jazz guitar, and music history. The Jamestown, Ohio, native was raised in a musical environment where his mother played the piano and his uncle played guitar. Miller took up the mandolin at a young age, idolizing Django Reinhardt, a guitarist and composer who is said to be the first jazz talent to emerge from Europe. His career included full-time teaching at Onondaga Community College and part-time at LeMoyne College in Syracuse, NY. In retirement he continues to compose and arrange music. His published body of works includes compositions for chorus, guitar ensemble arrangements, and compositions for orchestra and instrumental music.