Read Cathy’s recently published interview in the North Coast Voice.
About Cathy Miller
Cathy is performing most often with singer/songwriter Jim Gill. They primarily play original music in the folk/rock vein, and perform all across Northeast and Central Ohio. She’s also playing with The Steelheaders, an Akron-based Americana/Blues band with a unique groove and sound.
She is a former member of the progressive rock band Uzizi, combining centuries-old sacred harp singing with a modern 5-piece band. Cathy was a founding member of Los Angeles-based Pushing Air, and played fiddle in the bluegrass bands Taproot and The Crooked River Fire Brigade.
Past performances include The Chieftains (traditional Irish), Mo’ Mojo (zydeco), as well as playing for three seasons in The Huntsville Symphony.
She is a versatile artist, able to teach and perform folk, classical, Irish, blues, bluegrass, Scottish, and jazz styles. In recent years, she has performed at all manner of functions including bookings with various bands, studio recording, ceilidhs, weddings, funerals, corporate functions, classical orchestral concerts, and old-time ice cream socials.
Cathy studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music and is a graduate of the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. She studied with John Kochanowski, Kathryn Plummer and members of the Blair String Quartet. She has been teaching private violin, viola and fiddle lessons in the Cleveland, Ohio area for the last sixteen years.
