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 PRINCIPAL CONDUCTOR: MICHAEL BREWER
Michael Brewer is a lifelong Classic City resident; he was born in
Athens and has lived in or near the area his entire life, playing in
the Classic City Band while he was in high school.
Mr. Brewer is currently employed as an Application Programmer Specialist at The
University of Georgia; he is also a board
member and secretary of the United States PostgreSQL Association. A Phi Beta Kappa,
summa cum laude graduate of UGA, with degrees in music and mathematics, Mr.
Brewer was a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia professional music fraternity. He has played trombone for the Athens Symphony
for the past twenty years; he also directs the Athens Brass Choir, a community brass ensemble he founded in 2002. He
has studied instrumental conducting with Albert Ligotti, H. Dwight Satterwhite, and Mark Parker. A member of the American
Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), his compositions have been performed at UGA, Brevard Music Center, and
Interlochen Arts Camp; his arrangement, A Christmas Carol Sing Along, has been performed
by the Athens Symphony on their Christmas concerts for the past several years, and he recently composed, orchestrated the
score, and directed the pit orchestra for or a one-act musical drama, Song Of A Child (http://www.wix.com/physicaltheatre/song-of-a-child).
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ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR: ANGELA MANOUS Angela Manous is the band and choral director of W.R. Coile Middle School in Athens, Georgia. She received both her Bachelor
of Music Education and Masters of Music Education from the University of Georgia. In addition to the Classic City Band, she
is an active performing member of the Athens Symphony and The Northwinds Symphonic Band in Gainesville, Georgia. She is a
member of several professional music organizations, including the Music Educators National Conference (MENC), Georgia Music
Educators Association (GMEA), and Sigma Alpha Iota womens’ music fraternity. She is from Savannah, Georgia.
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