The World Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra

A band ought to have a sound all of its own. It ought to have a personality, Glenn Miller once said. On December 15, 1944, Major Miller took off in a single engine plane from Europe to precede his band to France, disappearing over the English Channel, never to be seen again. With the release of the major motion picture The Glenn Miller Story in 1954, interest and popular demand led the Miller Estate to authorize the formation of the present Glenn Miller Orchestra. On June 6, 1956, under the direction of drummer Ray McKinley, the reformed orchestra performed its first concert and has been on the road ever since. Since January 2012, vocalist Nick Hilscher leads the band, and today the 18 member ensemble continues to play many of the original Miller arrangements alongside modern selections arranged in the Miller style and sound, remaining the most sought after big band in the world.