Eric Miller was the winner of the 2010 International Trombone Association’s Carl Fontana Jazz Trombone Competition. He also taught at and was a featured guest artist at Jazzopolis, a festival in Palermo, Italy during the summer of 2010. 

Eric received a bachelor’s degree in Jazz Studies from the Manhattan School of Music, where he performed as a soloist in the Jazz Orchestra, the Jazz Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Concert Jazz Bands.

He also has performed with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra led by Wynton Marsalis, the Mingus Big Band, the Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All Star Big Band, the Christian McBride Big Band, John Ellis, Jonathan Batiste, Michael Dease, Gordon Webster, Ulysses Owens Jr., Emilio Solla Tango Jazz Orchestra, Remy Le Boeuf's Assembly of Shadows, and many others.

Eric graduated with a Master’s degree in Jazz Studies from UCLA while also studying at the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz in a dual degree program. After graduating, the alumni of the Institute collectively formed a band called Holophonor. The band's debut CD was released in 2014, and the band released a second album ("Light Magnet") in 2017 that was produced by Wayne Shorter.

Eric was also one of the six students to graduate from the 2015-2017 Juilliard Jazz Artist Diploma program.  The Juilliard ensemble has been involved in several international performance and teaching collaborations.

Substituting for Michael Dease, Eric taught jazz trombone lessons and studio classes at Michigan State University for a semester.  Eric is currently teaching a student at Five Towns College in Dix Hills NY and he is performing with many different bands in the Long Island NY and NYC areas.