Singing | Emily Miller | All Levels | Period 2 | Week 3 (July 20-24, 2026)
Class Description: The songs we learn this week may just become your new favorite songs. We’ll learn repertoire from some great West Virginia singers, including Phyllis Marks, Holley Hundley, Currence Hammonds and Vernon Burky. Using these amazing songs as vehicles, we will work on West Virginia singing style, adding harmonies, and singing technique.
Emily Miller is the Artistic Director of the Augusta Heritage Center and a professional singer and fiddle player. At Augusta, Emily works with the director to oversee all programming and helps the theme week coordinators to execute a joint artistic vision. In her career as a musician, she has toured with bands such as the Sweetback Sisters, The Starry Mountain Singers, and as a duo with her husband Jesse Milnes, performing multiple times on national radio programs Mountain Stage and A Prairie Home Companion. She has learned a large repertoire of West Virginia songs from Jesse and also from her father-in-law Gerry Milnes (2026 NEA National Heritage Fellow).