Kaho Mills

Kaho Mills, a euphonium player and educator from Japan, is pursuing her D.M.A. in Euphonium Performance at the University of North Texas. There, she studies with Dr. David Childs and serves as a Teaching Fellow in the College of Music. She also serves as an Adjunct Professor of Euphonium and Tuba at Tarleton State University and teaching private lessons to students throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth area. 

During her undergraduate studies in Japan, she studied with Dr. Mitsuru Saito and Kyohei Ando. She visited Texas in 2017 and 2018 to study with Dr. Brian Bowman, which inspired her to continue her musical journey in the United States.

Kaho has received awards and recognition in several competitions. She won the South Central Regional Tuba-Euphonium Conference Artist Euphonium Division in 2024 and received Second Prize at the Kobe International Competition in 2019. She was a semifinalist in the International Falcone Competition multiple times and the ITEC Euphonium Artist Division in 2019. Her quartet, the Kunitachi Euphonium Tuba Quartet, won the Japan Classic Chamber Competition in 2018 and was a semifinalist in the ITEC Chamber Division in 2019.