Drew Eary
DMA, Wind Conducting
Drew Eary is pursing the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Wind Band Conducting at The University of Texas at Austin studying under Professor Jerry Junkin. Eary holds a Master of Music in Wind Band Conducting from the Schwob School of Music at Columbus State University where he studied with Dr. Jamie L. Nix. He also received a Bachelor of Music in Music Education and Clarinet Performance from The University of Arizona.
While at Columbus State University, Eary’s primary responsibilities were to guest conduct the Schwob Wind Ensemble and Schwob Wind Orchestra. He was the director of the CSU Cougar Pep Band and assisted the annual CSU Conductors’ Workshop. At the University of Arizona, Eary served as the Drum Major of the Pride of Arizona Marching Band as well as the principal clarinetist of the UA Wind Ensemble under Professor Gregg Hanson.
Prior to beginning his MM, Eary was the first Director of Bands at Casteel High School (Queen Creek, Arizona). The Casteel High School band program has received multiple Superior ratings and first place awards in both local and national festivals. In 2018, the Casteel Colt Marching Band received the Bronze Medal at the Arizona State Marching Band Championships.
Eary has appeared as a guest conductor with the United State Army Band “Pershing’s Own” and was a Conducting Fellow for the H. Robert Reynolds Conducting Institute at the 75th Annual Midwest Clinic in Chicago, Illinois. Eary was also named a finalist for the 2021 American Prize in Conducting. He has presented at the annual Arizona Music Educators’ Association In-Service Conference and was named an ‘Educator to Watch’ by the Arizona Republic Newspaper in September of 2018. Eary is a former board member with the Arizona Marching Band Association and is an active educator and clinician with the George N. Parks Drum Major Academy. He is an alumnus of Kappa Kappa Psi and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia.
Tyler Ehrlich 
DMA, Wind Conducting
Tyler Ehrlich (he/him) serves as a graduate teaching assistant and doctoral student in wind conducting at The University of Texas at Austin. In this role, he assists with conducting and administrating the university’s concert bands, athletic bands, conducting courses, and the new music ensemble.
Ehrlich previously lived in Atlanta, Georgia, where he served as a conductor and educator at the secondary and collegiate levels. For three years, Ehrlich served on the faculty of Emory University, where he conducted the Emory University Wind Ensemble. Additionally, Ehrlich taught band, music technology, and International Baccalaureate music courses at Decatur High School and Centennial High School. An ardent supporter of lifelong musicianship, Ehrlich served as associate conductor of the Atlanta Wind Symphony and led the ensembles in concert at The Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic and the Georgia Music Educators In-Service Conference.
Ehrlich has presented on interpretation, pedagogy, and technology at the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic, the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles International Conference, the College Band Directors National Association National Conference, the Texas Music Educators Clinic Convention, and the Georgia Music Educators In-Service Conference. Ehrlich has a Master of Music from the University of Georgia and a Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude from Cornell University.
Mike Lebrias
DMA, Wind Conducting
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 Bachelor of Science in Music Education (‘15) and Master of Music 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. During his time at USF, he assisted with all aspects of the bands department – instructing and serving as a TA for undergraduate conducting and music education courses, designing drill & writing arrangements for the Herd of Thunder Athletic Bands, as well as assisting with rehearsing and conducting the Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble. In his time as an undergraduate student, he also served as a Drum Major for the Herd of Thunder Marching Band from 2012-2014. Mike has made guest conducting appearances with the Tampa Bay Brass Band, The Florida Wind Band, and the Bay Area Youth Winds.
His professional affiliations include the College Band Directors National Association, National Association for Music Education, Texas Music Educators Association, the Society of Pi Kappa Lambda, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia.
Reese Maultsby
DMA, Percussion Performance
Multi-faceted artist and percussionist Reese Maultsby has enjoyed an exciting start to his career. As an educator, he has maintained a private studio for over 7 years and has led multiple groups to success. His most recent position as the Percussion Caption Head and Arranger at A.C. Davis High School resulted in a first-place high percussion award at the Washington State University Marching Band Championships in 2018. The following year, the A.C. Davis Percussion Ensemble won first-place at the 2019 Washington State Solo and Ensemble Competition. Familiar with college level as well, Reese served as the adjunct percussion professor at Washington and Lee University from 2020 to 2021.
Performing in many states and countries across the world, Reese has also found success in multiple ensembles including a third-place finish in the Chamber Music Competition at the 2019 Percussive Arts Society International Convention. Composing for multiple platforms, he is often commissioned for competitive marching percussion music and continues to write for the contemporary percussion idiom. Starting in the fall of 2021, Reese will be the marching percussion arranger for both The University of Texas’ Longhorn Band and James Madison University’s Marching Royal Dukes. Having marched DCI and WGI for multiple years, the marching arts have been a deep passion of his that he enjoys to continue throughout his career.
Currently, Reese holds two bachelor’s degrees from Central Washington University in percussion performance and music education, as well as a masters from James Madison University in percussion performance where he was fortunate enough to study with Casey Cangelosi. He is currently seeking a doctor of musical arts degree from The University of Texas at Austin. Reese loves to find new musical opportunities as he continues to freelance and teach across the country while simultaneously performing and composing current music. Outside of music, he loves to drink coffee, hike, and eat great food with his friends and family.
