Brian Sleeper is a graduate of the Ithaca College School of Music, where he earned a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education in 1997. While at Ithaca, he studied under conductors such as Karl Swearingen, Henry Neubert, Mark Fonder and Rodney Winther. During his time there, Mr. Sleeper became a member of the Delta Chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, a men's fraternal organization focused on music advocacy and awareness across the United States. At this time, Mr. Sleeper also had the opportunity to perform for two seasons with the Cadets of Bergen County Drum and Bugle Corps. He then went on to teach several marching ensembles, both scholastic and independent, in New York and New Jersey. Independent ensembles that Mr. Sleeper had the opportunity with which to work included Phoenix Drum and Bugle Corps as well as Spectrum Drum and Bugle Corps where he was the brass arranger and caption head from 1998-2000.
Mr. Sleeper's school teaching career began in 1997 when he was hired as the Assistant Band Director and teacher of Instrumental Music and Music Theory at Kearny High School in Hudson County, NJ. In 1999 he accepted a teaching job in Pemberton Township, NJ where he's been teaching ever since. His responsibilities at Pemberton have included arranging for, and directing, the marching band; directing the concert band and small ensembles; and teaching piano, music history and music theory classes. Mr. Sleeper performs on the tuba with the South Jersey Area Wind Ensemble. He became affiliated with the organization shortly after winning its American Composer Competition in 2011 with his piece titled "Hero from an Age Unremembered". Brian Sleeper currently teaches elementary school music in Pemberton Township, NJ. When not spending time with his children, he continues to create original compositions for concert band and wind ensemble at his home in Southern New Jersey.