Millie Ahearn

• Facilitating a bi-weekly jazz space for Female, Non-Binary, & Gender Nonconforming musicians
• Communicating with, promoting, and booking artists to perform original music and arrangements
• Hosting a jam session for these communities to perform and establish community networks

2023-present: Francis W. Parker School, Chicago

• Designing and delivering entirely new jazz education syllabus for upper-school students
• Working as a sectional instructor (5th-8th Grade & high school) and with private students (all ages)
• Continually evaluating progress of students and personal teaching strategies

2019-21: Sutton Music Service & Merton Music Foundation, UK

• Trumpet, baritone, piano & general musicianship instructor, both classroom & private
• Youth orchestra mentor & jazz ensemble director

• 2023-present: Rehearsing, booking, marketing, recording, and performing original music in Chicago
• 2017-2019: Leading UK-based The Donut Kings Big Band in public and corporate events, culminating in a self-organized North-European tour for twenty musicians

• 2021-2026: Leader of two original music projects, resulting in Octagyn (UK, 2021-22) & Theyness, Volumes I & II (USA, 2026)
• 2025: Commission work for original arrangements recorded and performed by various Chicago artists
• 2023-4: Original compositions performed at Chicago Jazz Festival, universities, and Chicago venues
• 2022-3: Transcription work for schools participating in the JLCO Essentially Ellington program

• 2022-present: Chicago-based performance work, including Martha & the Vandellas, Buddy Rich Big Band, and the Chicago Blackhawks. Other work includes a variety of small groups, big bands, brass bands, and choirs, spanning many styles across Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, and Texas
• 2022-present: Chicago-based studio work, including Phillip Michael-Scales (Audiotree), Metropolitan Jazz Octet, Joe Clark Big Band, and many others
• 2011-2020: UK-based studio & performance work with neo-soul collectives, contemporary rock-classical ensembles, big bands, and small jazz combos

• Coordinated communication between the department and featured guest musicians
• Catalogued contents of the university's jazz library
• Assisted in set-up and tear-down of big band rehearsals and concerts