Michael Struzik is a 1988 graduate of the Crane School of Music, SUNY Potsdam. As of June 2021, he is a retired music teacher from the Brighton School District near Rochester, New York. His responsibilities at Brighton included directing the Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, and Jazz Band, as well as teaching brass and percussion lessons to students in grades nine through twelve. He taught music theory and advanced placement music theory. In addition, he directed the pit orchestra for the annual spring musical. Mr. Struzik also served as a music facilitator for the district.

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Mr. Struzik has conducted All-County and honor band festivals in several counties in New York State as well as the state of Virginia. He is a past recipient of the University of Rochester's Excellence in Secondary Education Award. He is also the 2011 recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from the New York State Band Directors Association. In 2019, he received the Helen Hosmer Excellence in Teaching Award from the Crane School of Music. In 2020, he received the Excellence in Music Education Award from the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Mr. Struzik is an All-State certified adjudicator, and is also an adjudicator for major organization festivals. Since 2017, he has served NYSSMA as the Adjudication Festival Committee band chair. 

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During the summer, he is now the director of Crane Youth Music in Potsdam, New York. Mr. Struzik is a free-lance musician in the Rochester area, and performs regularly with the Orchestra of Northern New York, Northern Symphonic Winds, the Penfield Symphony Orchestra, and the Krazy Firemen. He is a member of NYSSMA, NAFME, the International Trombone Association and has served on the executive board of the New York State Band Director's Association in a variety of positions, currently as their Executive Director. He is also a Past-President of the Monroe County School Music Association. He is currently enjoying his position as the student teaching facilitator of all of Western New York for the Crane School of Music.

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Mr. Struzik lives in Webster, New York with his wife Katie and enjoys spending time with his two grown sons Christopher 28, and Matthew 26.