Brayer Teague

Wind Ensemble Retreat Co-Director | Downers Grove, IL

Brayer Teague is the retired Chairperson for Fine Arts at Downers Grove (IL) North High School, where he taught music for 30 years. A Top-10 Finalist for the National GRAMMY Music Educator Award, Teague is a National Board Certified Teacher, received the Chicagoland Outstanding Music Educator Award, and was honored by the Illinois Music Education Association with the Distinguished Service Award following his term as President. Teague was named the 2023 recipient of the John P. Paynter Lifetime Achievement Award for excellence in Music Education.

Teague holds music degrees from Northwestern University and the University of Michigan. He taught for three years in Highland Park, Illinois before serving the music faculty of Downers Grove North High School for thirty years (1993-2023). Throughout his career, Teague has been an advocate for expanding musical experiences beyond the walls of traditional classrooms. In addition to a bi-annual music and cultural exchange he coordinated with the Musikschule of Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany, Teague led twenty-five student music tours to Austria, Canada, Czechia, England, France, Ireland, Italy and a host of cities in the United States.