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Fred Mills was born in Guelph, Canada. While at the Juilliard School of
Music studying with William Vacchiano, Mr. Mills was invited by
Leopold Stokowski to join the Houston Symphony Orchestra as principal
trumpet. He was also a founding member of the American
Symphony Orchestra and for six years, principal trumpet with the New
York City Opera. In 1968 Mr. Mills returned to Canada to play with the
Orchestra of the National Ballet of Canada and was then appointed solo
trumpet with the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa. Mr. Mills has
made recordings with Morton Gould, Robert Shaw, Igor Stravinsky and
William Steinberg.
In 1972, Mr. Mills joined the Canadian Brass and for 24 years he played
over 3500 concerts in Asia, Europe and the US. He has made over 40 CDs for RCA, Sony, Philips and
BMG and has contributed more than 50 transcriptions and arrangements to the Canadian Brass repertoire.
Mr. Mills is Professor of Trumpet and Brass Chamber Music at the University of Georgia and continues to
be active as a soloist and brass quintet clinician. A new CD was recently released called Mills and More
with the RENN Brass Quintet of Germany featuring Fred as soloist and arranger.
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