CHS band chief gets Grammy kudos

Miller one of 216 in nation still eligible for Grammy Music Educator Award.

  • CHS band director Jay Miller is seen with his trumpet on campus. Miller was selected over countless other music educators as a quarterfinalist in the Grammy Music Educator Award for 2021. It’s a major honor that could net up to $10,000 for the school’s music program should he win. Miller credited his students with the fact that he’s made it this far. (CARL MCKINNEY/Lake City Reporter)
    CHS band director Jay Miller is seen with his trumpet on campus. Miller was selected over countless other music educators as a quarterfinalist in the Grammy Music Educator Award for 2021. It’s a major honor that could net up to $10,000 for the school’s music program should he win. Miller credited his students with the fact that he’s made it this far. (CARL MCKINNEY/Lake City Reporter)
The odds are slim and the competition is fierce. Jay Miller doesn’t think he stands much of a chance. Then again, he’s already overcome long odds just to make it this far.  Only 216 teachers in the…

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