Fred Mills was University of Georgia

University of Georgia

The University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States...

 music professor from 1996–2009, and a 1992 Grammy nominee who made more than 40 record

Gramophone record

A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...

s as a trumpeter with the Canadian Brass

Canadian Brass

The Canadian Brass is a brass quintet founded by Dr. Charles Daellenbach and Gene Watts in 1970. In addition to maintaining a heavy international touring schedule, the Canadian Brass have recorded over 80 CDs and DVDs...

 quintet from 1972-1996.

He also played solo, first-chair trumpet with the American Symphony Orchestra

American Symphony Orchestra

The American Symphony Orchestra is a New York-based American orchestra founded in 1962 by Leopold Stokowski, then aged 80. Following Maestro Stokowski's departure, Kazuyoshi Akiyama was appointed Music Director of the American Symphony Orchestra from 1973-1978. Music Directors during the early...

 and the Houston Symphony Orchestra under Leopold Stokowski

Leopold Stokowski

Leopold Anthony Stokowski was a British-born, naturalised American orchestral conductor, well known for his free-hand performing style that spurned the traditional baton and for obtaining a characteristically sumptuous sound from many of the great orchestras he conducted.In America, Stokowski...

, the New York City Opera

New York City Opera

The New York City Opera is an American opera company located in New York City.The company, called "the people's opera" by New York Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, was founded in 1943 with the aim of making opera financially accessible to a wide audience, producing an innovative choice of repertory, and...

 Orchestra, the New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theater, the National Arts Center Orchestra of Canada, the Casals Festival

Casals Festival

The Casals Festival is a classical music event celebrated every year in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in honor of world renowned musician Pablo Casals.-Background:...

 Orchestra in Puerto Rico and others, according to a biography from the University of Georgia.

He attended the Juilliard School of Music and held honorary doctorates from the New England Conservatory in Boston and Hartwick College

Hartwick College

Hartwick College is a non-denominational, private, four-year liberal arts and sciences college located in Oneonta, New York, in the United States. The institution was founded as Hartwick Seminary in 1797 through the will of John Christopher Hartwick, and is now known as Hartwick College...

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The Canadian Brass ensemble performed hundreds of his arrangements including Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565

Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565

The Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565, is a piece of organ music attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach. It is one of the most famous works in the organ repertoire, and has been used in a variety of popular media ranging from film, video games, to rock music, and ringtones...

, which appeared on the album The Pachelbel Canon and Other Great Baroque Hits, released in 1980.

On September 7, 2009, Mills was killed in a car crash in Walton County

Walton County, Georgia

Walton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of 2009, the population was 87,311. The county seat is Monroe.This county is a part of the Atlanta Metropolitan Area ....

, about 45 miles east of Atlanta. Mills was driving to his Athens

Athens, Georgia

Athens-Clarke County is a consolidated city–county in U.S. state of Georgia, in the northeastern part of the state, comprising the former City of Athens proper and Clarke County. The University of Georgia is located in this college town and is responsible for the initial growth of the city...

 home from Atlanta’s airport after a trip to Quincinetto Italy where he was a soloist at the Pentabrass Festival.

A CD in Mills' honor has been released by AppleJazz Records. Produced by Louise Baranger and Charlie Bertini, To Fred With Love, The World's Finest Brass Players Pay Tribute to Fred Mills, includes performances by Phil Smith, Joe Alessi, Arturo Sandoval, Charles Schlueter, Allen Vizzutti, Marvin Stamm, Warren Vaché, Chris Martin, The Canadian Brass, the Pentabrass, the German Brass and many others. 100% of the profits from the CD benefit the W. Fred Mills Scholarship fund at the University of Georgia, Athens.

Partial discography

• Raffi's Christmas Album
  Raffi's Christmas Album
  Raffi's Christmas Album is a 1983 music album by children's entertainer Raffi. The album was later remastered and re-released on October 22, 2002...
  
  a 1983 music album by children's entertainer Raffi
• SCRIABIN - THE POEM OF ECSTASY - STOKOWSKI - Houston Symphony

WITH THE CANADIAN BRASS:

• Make We Joy (1973)
• Royal Fanfare (1973)
• A Touch of Brass, Canadian Brass in Paris (1973)
• Rag-Ma-Tazz (1974)
• Canadian Brass: Pachelbel to Joplin (1974)
• Unexplored Territory (1977)
• Canadian Brass Plus Organ (1977)
• Toccata, Fugues & Other Diversions (1977)
• Canadian Brass Encore (1977)
• Bells and Brass (1978, with Gordon Slater)
• Mostly Fats; Fats Waller's Greatest Hits (1979)
• Pachelbel Canon & Other Great Baroque Hits (1980)
• Christmas with the Canadian Brass (1981)
• The Village Band (1981)
• Champions (1983)
• Canadian Brass Greatest Hits (1983)
• High, Bright, Light and Clear (1983)
• Ain't Misbehavin' and Other Fats Waller Hits (1984)
• Brass in Berlin (1984)
• Canadian Brass Live! (1984)
• A Canadian Brass Christmas (1985)
• Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (1986)
• Basin Street (1987)
• Strike Up the Band — Canadian Brass Plays Gershwin (1987)
• Bach: The Art of Fugue (1988)
• The Mozart Album (1988)
• Canadian Brass More Greatest Hits (1988)
• Best of the Canadian Brass (1989)
• Gabrieli/Monteverdi: Antiphonal Music (1990)
• English Renaissance Music (1990)
• Super Hits, The Christmas Album (1990)
• Beethoven Fifth Symphony & Overtures (1991)
• Red, White & Brass: Made in the USA (1991)
• The Essential Canadian Brass (1991)
• Red Hot Jazz: The Dixieland Album (1992)
• Wagner for Brass (1992)
• Rejoice! with Brass and Voice (1993)
• An Evening of Brass Theater (1994)
• Brass on Broadway (1994)
• Gabrieli for Brass (1994)
• Noel (1994)
• Bolero & Other Great Melodies (1995)
• Brass Busters (1995)
• Fireworks: Baroque Brass Favorites (1995)
• Go for Baroque! (1995)
• Ragtime (1995)
• Renaissance Men (1995)
• Swingtime! (1995)

VIDEO/DVD:

• Brass Theater II with Star of Indiana (1995)
• Brass Theater III with Star of Indiana (1996)
• Canadian Brass Home Movies (Grammy nomination)

External links

• Bio on Canadian Brass site
• University of Georgia memorial
• http://www.applejazz.com
• http://www.TrumpetDiva.com