LOUISVILLE FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS (Local 11-637)
Chartered in 1897, the Louisville Musicians’ Union is one of nearly 300 affiliated Locals of the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) of the United States and Canada. Local 11-637’s diverse representation includes, dinner theaters, orchestras, local performing, and recording acts, as well as national touring acts. Local 11-637 represents approximately 350 of the 100,000-plus member musicians of the AM.
Board of Directors
Anthony Minstein
President/Secretary/Treasurer
Anthony Minstein first joined the American Federation of Musicians in New York City (Local 802) in 1970. Over the next 30 years, he joined Locals 6 (San Francisco), 369 (Las Vegas), 47 (Los Angeles) and 6 (again). As a reed player, Anthony played casuals, production and Broadway shows and traveled with swing era bands. In 1980, he decided to pursue a career outside of music, studying for an MBA in Information Systems and playing music strictly as an avocation. Anthony joined Local 11-637 in 2001 when he moved to Louisville.
Anthony plays saxophone, clarinet, flute and oboe in community bands and pit orchestras as well as clarinet in the Louisville Spaced Out Trio, a woodwind chamber music trio formed during Covid, (playing 6 feet apart on his driveway). The trio performs 20th century contemporary chamber music in the community.
As president, Anthony’s first-year objectives are to help grow union membership, especially with the younger generations, and assist members with using Community Music Partnership (CMP) and Music Performance Trust Fund (MPTF) funding to get live gigs! Even if performances are only on Zoom.
Drew Miller
Vice President
Drew Miller is a saxophonist, songwriter and Louisville native. He is a graduate of the University of Louisville School of Music and has been playing professionally since 2005. Drew currently serves as a delegate to the Greater Louisville Central Labor Council and the Kentucky chapter of the American Federation and Congress of Industrial Organizations. He can be found performing throughout the region with his jazz trio and second-line party band, Hot Sauce Brass Band.
Aaron Biberlhauser
Board Member
Mike Chmilewsky
Board Member
Mike Chmilewski is a Life Member of Local 11-637 and a string bassist with the Louisville Orchestra. He has performed in all types of ensembles, from “gig” band to pit band, from church job to orchestra, etc. He holds BM, BME and BS [Music/Math] degrees from Indiana University as well as MM and MBA degrees from the University of Louisville.
Michael O'Bryan
Delegate
Michael O’Bryan is a Life Member of the Louisville Federation of Musicians Local 11-637. A University of Dayton graduate with a BS in Economics, Mike has performance experience in a variety of settings including casual engagements, the Louisville Ballet, the Kentucky Opera, recording sessions, and television. A well-known and staunch defender of workers’ rights and conditions, Mike has served as Union Steward, Official and Delegate to the AFM Convention, the Greater Louisville Central Labor Council (GLCLC), and other labor organizations in Kentucky and Indiana.
Married with three adult children, Mike enjoys quality time with family and friends near his Floyds Knobs, IN home. Other interests include logging massive dog-walking miles and getting out in the community to support fellow Arts and Music performers.