Michael Teare is a music Instructor at Lincoln-Way East High School. In addition to teaching guitar classes, he also works with the Marching Griffins and the Pep Band.

Mr. Teare holds a Bachelor of Music Education from Elmhurst College. During his studies at Elmhurst, he performed with the percussion ensemble, wind ensemble, pit orchestra, and multiple jazz combos. In 2002 he was named Honors Recital Winner and Student Conductor. Mr. Teare currently holds a part time adjunct faculty position as a percussion teacher at the college, which also allows him to perform as a guest with the college percussion ensemble and as a guest conductor with the college wind ensemble.

 

Other performance credits include the Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps (1999) and the 105.5 FM WYKT Tomanoland talk show group “Tomanosaurus.”

Aside from teaching in the United States, Mr. Teare has a special relationship with music educators in Jamaica. In 2000 Mr. Teare worked for two weeks at Herbert Morrison Technical High School in Montego Bay, Jamaica. In 2003 he was a guest conductor in the Western Jamaica International Music Festival. Mr. Teare is happy to play a role in the growth of this program and looks forward to returning to this festival again.During the past five years, Mr. Teare has worked with multiple high school marching bands either as a marching assistant or as a percussion arranger/design consultant. Mr. Teare was on the Lincoln-Way marching band staff in 2000 under the direction of Clifton Smith and is very excited to be a part of the 2003-04 team.