lliott Miles McKinley’s music has been performed in the United States, Canada, and Europe. Commissions include those from the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, the Czech Philharmonic Chamber Music Society, and the SOLI Chamber Ensemble. The Minnesota Orchestra and the Warsaw Philharmonic have performed his orchestral music, and his music has been featured on international festivals, and he is a recipient of a number of awards, grants, and fellowships including those from BMI, ASCAP, SCI, Meet the Composer, the ACF, and Indiana University. Also active as a performer and improviser, McKinley is a founding member of the electroacoustic improvisation ensemble, earWorm. McKinley holds degrees from the New England Conservatory of Music, the University of Michigan, and the University of Minnesota. He has held teaching positions at Indiana University East, Washington and Lee University, and the University of Tennessee, and is currently on faculty at Roger Williams University.