I am an energetic and engaged music professional with over twenty years’ experience in composition and arranging, as well as programming and executing high-caliber performances and graduating well-rounded music students. I currently serve as staff arranger for a number of schools, and compose and arrange music for winds and percussion, as well as for film and other media scoring.

Michael C. Muncher

I am an energetic and engaged music professional with over twenty years’ experience in composition and arranging, as well as programming and executing high-caliber performances and graduating well-rounded music students. I currently serve as staff arranger for a number of schools, and compose and arrange music for winds and percussion, as well as for film and other media scoring.

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I am an energetic and engaged music professional with over twenty years’ experience in composition and arranging, as well as programming and executing high-caliber performances and graduating well-rounded music students.

I currently serve as staff arranger for a number of schools, and compose and arrange music for winds and percussion, as well as for film and other media scoring.

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Director of Music and Music Technology at Alabama Department of Youth Services
January 1, 2020 - Present
Piloting and directing a unique music program focusing on practical 21st Century music technology for incarcerated youth; piloting a small-group beginning band program; awarded $10,000 grant for the implementation of the beginning band program
Adjunct Professor of Percussion at University of Alabama at Birmingham
January 1, 2022 - Present
Lessons Instruction; Percussion Ensemble Coaching and Conducting; Composition and Arranging for Band and Percussion Ensembles
Band Director and Percussion Instructor at Walker County Schools; Cullman City Schools; Leeds City Schools; Haleyville City Schools; Alexander City Schools; Shelby County Schools
January 1, 2002 - January 1, 2020
Band Director and Percussion Instructor across multiple districts (2002-2020)
Staff Marching Music Arranger and Percussion Instructor at Calera High School; Vincent High School; Lincoln High School; Samford University; Montevallo High School
January 1, 2005 - Present
Staff marching music arranger and percussion instructor for multiple institutions
Calendar Committee Member at Alabama Department of Youth Services School District 210
January 1, 2023 - Present
Calendar Committee member
Member at Percussive Arts Society
January 1, 1997 - Present
Innovative Percussion Artist at Innovative Percussion
January 1, 2023 - Present
Clinic Presenter at Alabama Bandmasters Association
January 1, 2017 - Present
Winter Conference Clinic on Honors Level Band; Implementing an Advanced Instrumental Curriculum in Your School System
Newsletter Contributor at Alabama Percussive Arts Society
January 1, 2007 - Present
Newsletter articles: 2007 - “Commentary Regarding All-State Auditions”; 2009 - “Community Involvement – Or, How to Boost Membership in the State PAS in One ‘Easy’ Step”
Composer at Night Prism short film – Minnesota Film Score Fest
January 1, 2025 - Present
Top eight, Minnesota Film Score Fest
Composer at Who Needs It? (Film)
January 1, 2023 - Present
Composer for the film
Composer at Nemesis Downfall (video game)
January 1, 2022 - Present
Composer for video game (in development)
Composer/Arranger and Educational Materials Provider at Mike C. Muncher Music
January 1, 2003 - Present
Arranging, composition and educational materials for scholastic and collegiate ensembles
Member at Alabama Winds
January 1, 2013 - Present
Member; performed at 2017 Midwest Band and 2017 Orchestra Clinic in Chicago, IL
Publication Contributor at Alabama Percussive Arts Society
January 1, 2009 - Present
Alabama PAS Spring Newsletter articles

Education

Master of Music in Pedagogy and Performance at Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
January 1, 2005 - January 1, 2005
Bachelor of Music in Music Performance at Samford University, Birmingham, AL
January 1, 2002 - January 1, 2002
Course Participant at Protege Trailer Music School
September 1, 2022 - December 1, 2022
Weekly online instruction and feedback on the development of music for use in film, game, and television trailers and commercial advertising.

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Industry Experience

Education, Media & Entertainment, Government, Non-Profit Organization