Miller Asbill completed the doctorate in Wind Conducting at the University of Michigan in the spring of 2008, where he was under the mentorship of Professor Michael Haithcock. He also holds a Master of Music degree in conducting from the University of Michigan, where he received a fellowship to study with H. Robert Reynolds. Dr. Asbill was previously the Associate Director of Bands at the University of New Mexico and Interim Director of Bands and Eastern Michigan University.

He received his B.M.E. from Arizona State University. Before returning to graduate school, Dr. Asbill taught public school in Charleston South Carolina, where his ensembles received invitations to perform at the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago, the South Carolina State Music Educator Conference and the Bands of America National Conference Band Festival.

Dr. Asbill is an accomplished euphoniumist, having won the TUBA International Euphonium Solo Competition in 1986. His Tuba-Euphonium Quartet was the only American college representative to Sapporo, Japan for the 1990 TUBA Convention. He was principal euphonium of the ASU Symphonic Band for five years, and has been featured soloist with the Albuquerque Community Band, the Charleston Community Band, the University of Michigan Symphonic Band and other college concert bands.

Dr. Asbill is a member of the College Band Directors National Association, the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, the National Bandmasters Association, The Conductor's Guild, and the Tubist Universal Brotherhood Association. His wife Debbie is the Director of Marketing and Communications for Music for All (including Bands of America and Orchestra America), one of the nation's biggest and most influential organizations in support of music-making. They have a three year old son, Kai.