The year 2026 marks Richard Miller’s one hundredth birthday. To honor this occasion, in the September/October 2026 issue of the Journal of Singing, associate editor David P. Meyer writes about one of the most influential voice teachers of the twentieth century who was also a pioneer of science-informed voice pedagogy. This article, also published in the forthcoming NATS Books Festschrift, Sotto Voce, Readings in Voice Pedagogy: Legacies of Richard Miller (Bloomsbury Academic, 2026), discusses Miller’s remarkable understanding of voice physiology and acoustics, and evaluates his writings in the context of modern voice science.

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