Milford Myhre received his appointment at
Bok Tower Gardens on
January 1, 1968. His musical training was obtained at the
University of Nebraska, the University of Michigan, and briefly at the Mechelen
Carillon School in Belgium. As a student in organ performance, his teachers
were Myron Roberts, André Marchal, Robert Noehren and Marilyn Mason. His
carillon mentors were Ronald Barnes, Staf Nees and
Percival Price.He has given recitals extensively throughout North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. In 1983, during the second Carillon Festival at the University of California, Berkeley, he was awarded the Berkeley Medal in recognition of his distinguished contribution to the carillon art.
He has been very active in The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America, including serving many years as a member of the Board of Directors and as President. He was made an honorary member of "La Guilde des Carillonneurs de France" in 1973. He helped to create the World Carillon Federation (which now includes the carillon guilds of Australia, Belgium, Denmark, England, France, Germany, The Netherlands and North America) in 1972 and served as its President (1982-1990).
He has been a faculty member and recitalist for
five summer carillon masterclasses at the Løgumkloster (Denmark) Church
Music School. He has presented numerous master classes on carillon
performance and on arranging carillon music.