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 at the University of Georgia and is also a board member and secretary of the US 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 last 20 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 the 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 a one-act musical drama, Song of a Child.