Si Millican teaches instrumental music education courses at the University of Texas at San Antonio. He was born and raised in Texas and graduated from Temple (TX) High School. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Instrumental Music Education from the University of North Texas in Denton where he studied clarinet with Dr. John Scott and Dr. James Gillespie. His concentration at the University of North Texas was Instrumental Conducting; his primary instructors in this area were Dr. Robert Winslow, Dennis Fisher, and Eugene Corporon. For thirteen years prior to his university work, Dr. Millican was a public school teacher in the Arlington, Lewisville, and Belton school districts in Texas teaching at the high-school and middle-school levels. While at Lamar Middle School, the Symphonic Band was a Texas State Honor Band Finalist twice. At Belton High School, the Marching 100 made it to the State Marching Contest twice and finished as high as sixth place in class 4A. Dr. Millican received a Ph.D. in Music Education from The University of Okalahoma in Norman. While at OU, Dr. Millican studied conducting with Dr. William K. Wakefield and worked extensively in the music education department with Dr. Michael Raiber and Dr. Nancy Barry. Dr. Millican remains an active clinician and adjudicator across the state of Texas and is on the Active Concert Band list of the Texas Music Adjudicators Association. Millican arranges marching band music for schools across the United States. Dr. Millican’s wife, Sherry, teaches choir at John Marshall High School in San Antonio. They have a son in middle school, a daughter in elementary school, a cat named Elvis, and a giant dog named Roman.
