Bio
Nadine Dyskant-Miller is a composer, flutist, and farmer originally from Western New York State. Her music draws on her background in classical music, the traditional music of Québec, Ireland, and New England, and free improvisation, as well as her belief in staying connected to the natural world. She has composed for a range of ensembles including orchestra, flute choir, and mixed chamber ensembles. As a full-time farmer, Nadine is dedicated to putting all her strength into nurturing the community around her.
In 2026 she was commissioned by the Rochester Flute Association to write a river in three parts, a flute duet in celebration of their 30th anniversary, and in 2021 she was commissioned by the Eastman Community Music School and the Howard Hanson Institute for American Music to write this is the silence before the leaf sound grows for flute choir. It was premiered by the Krusenstjerna Scholarship Flute Choir, directed by Sophia Gibbs Kim, at the Eastman School of Music’s 100th anniversary celebration. In 2015, she premiered her piece They Move with No One Watching: Dances at the New York Flute Club Fair as a prize-winner in the NYFC composition competition, and it has since been performed by Amy Porter at the National Flute Association Convention in Washington D.C. and by Victor Wang at the Rochester Flute Association Flute Fair.
She received her Bachelor of Music with Honors from the University of Michigan, where she studied composition with Evan Chambers, Kristin Kuster, Erik Santos, and Paul Schoenfeld, and flute with Amy Porter.
In 2026 she was commissioned by the Rochester Flute Association to write a river in three parts, a flute duet in celebration of their 30th anniversary, and in 2021 she was commissioned by the Eastman Community Music School and the Howard Hanson Institute for American Music to write this is the silence before the leaf sound grows for flute choir. It was premiered by the Krusenstjerna Scholarship Flute Choir, directed by Sophia Gibbs Kim, at the Eastman School of Music’s 100th anniversary celebration. In 2015, she premiered her piece They Move with No One Watching: Dances at the New York Flute Club Fair as a prize-winner in the NYFC composition competition, and it has since been performed by Amy Porter at the National Flute Association Convention in Washington D.C. and by Victor Wang at the Rochester Flute Association Flute Fair.
She received her Bachelor of Music with Honors from the University of Michigan, where she studied composition with Evan Chambers, Kristin Kuster, Erik Santos, and Paul Schoenfeld, and flute with Amy Porter.
