Michael Brewer is a lifelong Classic City resident; he was born in Athens, Georgia and has lived in or near the area his entire life. Mr. Brewer is currently employed as a Web Developer Principal at The University of Georgia, is the Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Classic City Band, Georgia’s oldest continuously-operating community band, and is also Secretary of the US PostgreSQL Association.
A Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude graduate of The University of Georgia, with degrees in music and mathematics, Mr. Brewer was a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia music fraternity. He has played trombone for the Athens Symphony for over 30 years; he also directed the Athens Brass Choir, a community brass ensemble he founded in 2002. Mr. Brewer was the Director of Music at Emmanuel Episcopal Church (Athens, GA) for seven years. He has studied choral conducting with Dr. Deanna Joseph and Dr. Daniel Bara, wind conducting with Dr. Robert Ambrose, Dr. Mallory Thompson, and Dr. H. Dwight Satterwhite, and orchestral conducting with Dr. Mark Parker, Albert Ligotti, and Mark Cedel. A member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), his compositions have been performed at The University of Georgia, Brevard Music Center, and the Interlochen Arts Camp; his orchestral arrangement A Christmas Carol Sing Along has been performed by the Athens Symphony on their Christmas concerts for two decades, and he also composed, orchestrated the score, and directed the pit orchestra for a one-act musical drama, Song of a Child.