Michelle Styles is the instructor of music at the University of Winnipeg and UW Collegiate. She directs the grade 9-12 band, jazz band, and choir, the U of W choral ensemble (Lux et Veritas) and band (Floreamus Wind Ensemble), and teaches an undergraduate Music Appreciation course. Before moving to Winnipeg in 2017, she taught all ages in both rural and urban schools across Saskatchewan. She completed a Master of Music degree at the University of Manitoba in Wind Conducting under the tutelage of Dr. Jacquie Dawson, and is active as a guest clinician and conductor in Manitoba and Saskatchewan.