San Antonio Brass Band

Dr. Matthew Mireles is the Chair of the Department of Music, and Associate Dean in the College of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences at St. Mary’s University. He serves as the Director of Bands, professor of tuba and euphonium, and professor of music education. In addition to his responsibilities at St. Mary’s University, Mireles is the Musical Director and Conductor of the San Antonio Brass Band, and conductor of the Backburner Tuba-Euphonium Collective. As a euphonium soloist, Matthew was the winner of the 2008 Leonard Falcone International Euphonium Competition, the most prestigious euphonium competition in the world. He also released a solo album titled Prometheus, on the Potenza Music record label, which includes previously unrecorded works for euphonium with strings, wind ensemble and piano. Also an active chamber musician, Matthew plays euphonium with the internationally renowned Boreas Quartet. Their album, The Serpent’s Kiss, was the winner of the 2016 ITEA Roger Bobo Award for Recording Excellence, the highest award internationally for low brass. Matthew is in demand all over the world as a conductor, clinician, performer, teacher, adjudicator, public speaker, and advisor. He earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a Master of Music degree from the University of Alabama and a Bachelor of Arts degree with Teacher Certification from St. Mary’s University. His major teachers have been John Stevens, Demondrae Thurman, D.M.A., Lee Hipp, Scott Teeple and Mark Hetzler.