Saxophonist and Composer Nicola Miller is based on the South Shore of Nova Scotia, where she has become a vital part of the maritime creative music ecosystem. Weaving endless sonic curiosity into a jazz foundation, the music she plays and writes effortlessly traverses boundaries of style and approach. 

Miller has appeared in performances alongside a diverse cross-section of artists including  Nicole Rampersaud, Charlotte Hüg, Terri Hron, India Gailey, Enrique Luna, Sam Wilson, Nathan McLaughlin, Uri Caine, Tim Crofts, Glenn Patscha, and Nick Halley.  She's been featured at the Open Waters and Halifax Jazz Festivals and also performed in contexts that span Berlin's Volksbühne and Jazz Am Helmholtzplatz to Acadia University's Physics Department. 

In December 2024 she launched her debut recording as leader Living Things on Richmond, Virginia's Cacophonous Revival Records, a critically acclaimed imprint devoted to various strains of experimental music. The release sees her gathering an all-star cast to perform her compositions, including Canadians Doug Tielli, Nicholas D'Amato, and Nick Fraser, alongside the celebrated reeds player and composer Frank Gratkowski, whom Miller regards as her mentor. She also appears on acclaimed recordings such as Enrique Luna's La Luna Ensamble 1 (as featured in Enciclopedia Fonográfica del Jazz en México by Antonio Malacara), Joyfultalk's Familiar Science (Constellation Recordings) and Jon Mckiel’s HEX (You've Changed). Pitchfork praised her contribution to the title track of the latter remarking "it’s the free-floating saxophone that tilts the song just off its axis"

Miller's compositions have been commissioned by the UpStream Orchestra, an improvising large ensemble founded by the legendary Paul Cram, and the Alkali Collective. 

In addition to her aforementioned studies under Frank Gratkowski, Miller also counts Kirk Nurock, Theo Bleckmann, and Grammy-nominated composer John Hollenbeck among her teachers. She holds a Master's degree from UdK's Jazz Institüt Berlin and Bachelors degrees from Toronto’s Humber College (performance) and McGill University (music education).