2022 Reynolds Conducting Institute Fellow

Meet Mike Lebrias

Mike Lebrias (he/him) is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Wind Conducting at the University of Texas at Austin where he studies with Professor Jerry Junkin and serves as a Graduate Teaching Assistant for the UT Bands. He received both his B.S. in Music Education (‘15) and M.M. in Instrumental Conducting (‘21) from the University of South Florida in Tampa, FL under the mentorship of Dr. Matthew McCutchen, Dr. Marc Sosnowchik, and Dr. William Wiedrich. Prior to graduate study, Mike served as the Director of Bands and Orchestra at Hillsborough High School in Tampa, FL from 2015-2019. Throughout his time in Tampa, Mike served as a staff member, leadership instructor, and low-brass clinician for various bay area summer music camps, local high schools and middle schools, and USF’s Festival of Winds.