Mike Greer Music

Mike Greer is a percussionist and educator with over 25 years of diverse performing and teaching experiences. He is currently in his 19th year as the steel band director at DuBose Middle School in Summerville, SC. The DuBose Steel Band program is currently one of the largest scholastic steel band programs in the country with over 200 members in 8 steel bands. 
     Mike has organized the South Carolina Percussive Arts Society’s Steel Band Festival from 2015 to 2020, bringing in some of the biggest names in pan to work with and perform alongside steel bands from around the state.  As the chair of the conference committee for the National Society of Steel Band Educators, Mike recently hosted the 2018 & 2019 National Conferences for the NSSBE at Miami University in Oxford, OH, the 2021 NSSBE Virtual Professional Conference, and the 2022 NSSBE National Conference in Summerville, SC.
     Mike served on the percussion staff for the Cadets Drum & Bugle Corps from 2000 through 2006, working with the front ensemble. During this time, the Cadets earned the 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2005 World Percussion Champion Titles and two DCI Division I World Champion titles. As a member of the Cadets percussion staff, Mike conducted numerous marching percussion clinics throughout the United States.  Mike has also worked extensively with marching bands and percussion sections throughout the Midwest and South Carolina over the last 25 years, including Kings HS (OH), Adair County HS (KY), Dunbar HS (KY), Summerville HS (SC), Eastern Kentucky University, and Miami University (OH). 
     During his undergraduate career at Eastern Kentucky University, Mike performed with the Broadway hit Blast! as a member of their original London cast. In December 2000, he rejoined with Blast! to perform on the nationally televised “Kennedy Center Honors” program. Mike also served as a world percussion clinician and featured performer at the 2002 Colorado Music Fest summer music festival in Pueblo, Colorado, and was a percussionist with the 2010 Spoleto Festival USA orchestra.  He currently plays drums for the worship team at Ashley Ridge Church in Summerville, SC, and is one of the most sought-after pan players in the Charleston area.  Mike has also served as the principal timpanist for the North Charleston Pops Orchestra since 2012.
     Mike holds a Bachelor of Music in Percussion degree and a Master of Arts in Teaching degree from Eastern Kentucky University, as well as Master of Music in Percussion degree from Miami University.  Mike endorses Vic Firth Sticks & Mallets, Pearl Drums, and Adams Concert Percussion as a member of their education teams.