Alan Posner is entering his ninth year of teaching at Bloomfield Hills High School and fifteenth year as a band director.  Prior to that, he spent his first three years of teaching in Suttons Bay, MI and the next four at Berkley High School and Norup International School.  Mr. Posner holds a degree in instrumental music education from the University of Michigan where he studied with Colleen Conway, Steve Davis, Michael Haithcock, and Donald Sinta.  He also holds a master's degree in instrumental conducting at Oakland University where he studied with Greg Cunningham.  Mr. Posner has attended conducting symposiums at Ithaca College, Northwestern University, University of Michigan, University of Missouri Kansas City, and the MMC conducting workshop.  He was the recipient of the 2012-2013 Berkley High School Teacher of the Year.  Mr. Posner performs actively with many groups in the Metro Detroit area including his klezmer band "Klezundheit". He also serves as the co-chair of MSBOA’s Equity Committee. In the past he has served as the President of MSBOA District 4, VP of Solo and Ensemble for District 2, VP of adjudication for District 4, VP of Band and Orchestra for District 4, host of the District 2 honors band, and Music Ed and Festival improvements committee representative for district 4. Mr. Posner's groups routinely receive "superior" ratings at festival.  In 2015, the Berkley High School Jazz Ensemble was invited to perform at the Michigan Music Conference in Grand Rapids. Mr. Posner is a 2004 graduate of Andover High School and attended Bloomfield Hills Schools K-12.  Words cannot describe how excited and honored he was to take over a program that was run by his mentor and high school band director, Mr. Bob Ambrose. In 2020 Mr. Posner was accepted into the American School Band Directors Association (ASBDA). In addition, he was also a quarterfinalist in the Grammy Educator of the year competition. In 2022 the Bloomfield Hills Tri-M Honors Music Society was selected as “Chapter of the Year” in the state of Michigan.  In his spare time, Mr. Posner enjoys watching and playing sports, traveling, and spending time with family. Mr. Posner is married to the wonderful Michelle Posner.  They live in Berkley with their two children Asher and Owen.