Meet Our Board

Mark Miller – President

Besides serving as concertmaster of the East Texas Symphony Orchestra, violinist Mark Miller performs with the Fort Worth Symphony and other North Texas ensembles. He is a founder and president of Mount Vernon Music, a membership-based nonprofit bringing outstanding performances of chamber music to under-served audiences in East Texas. Mark also co-presented the chamber series “The Color of Sound” at Texas A&M University – Commerce, where he taught and performed as Artist-in-Residence with his wife, ETSO principal violist Ute Miller. Their duo recordings (Duo Renard) can be heard at the following links:  Duos for Violin and Viola – Mozart and Brydern, The Deeper Magic with works by Martinu, Ted Hansen, Myron Fink and David Cleary, and duos by Fuchs, Kühnl, Martinu. Following studies at SUNY Purchase, Indiana University – Bloomington and Boston University, Mark studied with Jürgen Kussmaul in Germany, where he was assistant concertmaster in the Robert Schumann Kammerorchester of Düsseldorf and a member of the Orchester der Beethovenhalle Bonn. 

Glenmore Shelton – Vice President

Ute Miller – Treasurer
Ute Miller is the principal violist of the East Texas Symphony, performs frequently with the Dallas and Fort Worth Symphony Orchestras, and has appeared as a soloist with the East Texas Symphony Orchestra. A founder and the Executive Director of Mount Vernon Music Association, Ute performs with her husband Mark in the violin-viola ensemble Duo Renard, which was brought to Texas with a National Endowment for the Arts Rural Residencies chamber music grant. She also produced the Color of Sound series at Texas A&M Commerce, where she was Artist-in-Residence. Ute’s musical studies include the prestigious Konzertexamen diploma from the Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf, and a year at Boston University as a student of Raphael Hillyer. In addition to playing with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony, she served for seven years as assistant principal violist of the Gürzenich Orchester/Cologne Philharmonic, and for eight years as principal violist of the Dallas Opera Orchestra.

Sherry Daniel – Secretary
After a career as supervisor of a hospital Anatomic Pathology laboratory, Sherry Daniel completed a Bachelor of Music degree at UT Arlington. She has previously served on many non-profit boards, including Walden Chamber Music Society and Dallas Chamber Music Society. She currently has a private piano studio. She and her husband Clif live on a farm in Titus County where they enjoy their grandchildren, raising cattle, reading and, of course, music.

Daryl Coad – Trustee
Daryl Coad is an active performer and teacher in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex. Formerly a member of the Rochester Philharmonic and the New Orleans Symphony, he has also performed with the Chicago Symphony, the Milwaukee Symphony, the Hong Kong Philharmonic and the Dallas Chamber Orchestra. He has been on the faculties of the Brevard Music Center and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where he also served as music director for the University Symphony Orchestra. He has appeared on recordings with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Claudio Abbado and Andre Previn and was featured on a recording of William Walton’s Façade with David Zinman conducting members of the Rochester Philharmonic. His principal clarinet teacher was Robert Marcellus. Other teachers have included Larry Combs, Clark Brody and Robert Listokin. He has studied conducting with David Zinman, and holds a B.M. in clarinet performance and an M.M. in conducting, both from Northwestern University. He frequently performs with the Fort Worth Symphony and has been on the faculty of the University of North Texas since 1999.

Kelli Ebel – Trustee

Evan Mitchell – Trustee

Pianist Evan Mitchell‘s recent highlights include solo performances on the prestigious Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts series (Chicago), at Merkin Concert Hall (NYC), and at several major venues in Shanghai; concerti with the symphony orchestras of Dallas and Fort Worth; and recitals with such major figures as double bassist Gary Karr, flutists Leone Buyse and Jim Walker, and clarinetist Corrado Giuffredi. He currently serves as Assistant Professor of Piano at the University of Florida School of Music and has given masterclasses and guest artist recitals at Baylor University, the University of Memphis, the University of Oregon, Virginia Tech, and other institutions.

A Steinway Artist, Evan has been a frequent guest on concert series including Cliburn at the Modern and Mount Vernon Music (on whose Board he serves as a Trustee). He has performed world premieres of works by composers including Stacy Garrop, Shang Lu, Frank Proto, and Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, and been engaged as a collaborative artist by organizations including the International Society of Bassists, International Women’s Brass Conference, and Cliburn Junior International Piano Competition.

Evan Mitchell received the DMA degree from Texas Christian University, and MM and BM degrees from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, studying under John Owings, Arnaldo Cohen, and the late José Feghali. He has previously served on the faculty of Tarrant County College, as President of the Fort Worth Music Teachers Association, and in 2021 was inducted into the Steinway & Sons Teacher Hall of Fame. For more: www.evanmitchell.net.

John Stanley – Trustee

Brad Strottman – Trustee
Brad Strottman is a general practice lawyer serving legal needs in estate planning, probate, estate administration, business law, guardianships and more with a practice in Pittsburg, TX. He and his wife Karyn have three children, and they have been using their member discount to attend MVM events for several years.