Si Millican is currently an Assistant Professor of Music Education at The University of Texas at San Antonio where he teaches courses in Instrumental Music Education and works extensively with the Music Education Performance Lab and the Institute for Music Research. Dr. Millican was born and raised in Texas and graduated from Temple (TX) High School. He received his bachelors and masters degrees in Instrumental Music Education from the University of North Texas in Denton and a Ph.D. in Music Education from the University of Oklahoma.
For thirteen years prior to his university work, Dr. Millican was a public school teacher in the Arlington, Lewisville, and Belton school districts teaching at the high-school and middle-school levels. His concert, marching, and jazz bands performed at a consistently high level. While at Lamar Middle School, the Symphonic Band was a Texas State Honor Band Finalist twice. At Belton High School, the Marching 100 made it to the State Marching Contest twice and finished as high as sixth place in class 4A.
Dr. Millican remains an active clinician and adjudicator across the state of Texas and is on the Active Concert Band list of the Texas Music Adjudicators Association. Millican arranges marching band music for schools across the United States .
Dr. Millican’s wife, Sherry, is a private voice instructor in San Antonio. They have a son and a daughter in elementary school and a cat named Elvis.