
Michael Sobieski
(Trumpet, Drums, Percussion, Piano, Theory)
Michael Sobieski started his music studies at eight years of age playing trumpet in the St. Thomas More Middle School band and is still the youngest child to be selected for the band. In his early years, Mr. Sobieski played for churches local to Munster / Floyd Knobs, Indiana, and has played with Orchestras such as the Louisville Youth Orchestra, Floyd County Youth Symphony, and the Louisville Community Orchestra. He has studied under Jerry Amend at Indiana University Southeast and Ansyn Banks at the University of Louisville for trumpet performance. At the age of 10, he started to teach himself the piano, later going on to study with Dave Issacs, and Gabe Evans at the University of Louisville. He has worked as a sideman for various local artists and organizations such as Louisville Laughs. In his studies at the University of Louisville, he spent a year studying with Brazilian graduate students, learning the idiosyncrasies of their music, and performing with the Brazilian Ensemble at the University of Louisville. Mr. Sobieski also has over eight years of Winter Guard International and Drum Corps International experience, playing Tenor Drums with his highschool in Scholastic A division for three years and with INov8 Winter Percussion in Independent Open class for three years. He has played a synthesizer (piano) with INov8 Winter Percussion, Rhythm X, and Legends Drum and Bugle Corps for a collective of five seasons. He offers lessons in brass, piano, marching percussion, concert percussion, Brazilian Batucada, and Theory/Composition. Michael currently teaches the percussion section at Scottsburg High School and has taught at Springs Valley High School. He currently resides in Floyd Knobs, Indiana.”