Dr. James Miltenberger is a native of Oxford, Ohio. He was graduated from the last senior class (1956) of Oxford McGuffey High School with additional education at Miami University and the Eastman School of Music. He is a Professor Emeritus at West Virginia University, where he taught for 55 years. His first solo Piano recital was at Oxford College (now the Oxford Community Arts Center) @ 70 years ago.  Dr. Miltenberger will be in Oxford celebrating with his McGuffey class their 66^th reunion.

The recital on the 17th is entitled “The Intersection of Jazz and Classical Music” and will include music by J.S. Bach, Claude Debussy, George Gershwin, and the jazz composer Horace Silver among others.  He has performed throughout the US, Western Europe, and Southeast Asia during his performing career as a solo pianist, jazz pianist, and collaborative pianist. He extends an invitation to all McGuffey and Miami alumni to attend the recital and hopes to see you there.

The recital, which is free and open to the public, will be approximately one hour in length with discussion of the pieces a large part of the presentation,