Brian was a member of the Symphonic Band, Marching Band, Concert Choir, Chamber Singers, Mansfieldians, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia (president 1977).
Story has been a music educator since 1978, teaching band in the Prattsburgh Central Schools (NY) (1978- 1986) and in the Canandaigua City Schools (NY) (1986 - 2010). His bands have received the Gold and Superior ratings from the New York State School Music Association (NYSSMA) and at the Hochstein Ensemble Evaluation Festival (Rochester, NY). Currently, Story teaches band at The Alternative School for Math & Science in Corning, NY. He has been a clinician with NYSSMA and the New York State Band Director's Association (NYSBDA) and served as guest conductor and adjudicator for numerous festivals.
Since 1994, Story has been staff arranger/composer for Belwin Publications (Warner Brothers & Alfred Music) under the pen name of Brian Scott with over seventy published band compositions and arrangements. He also is published with Cimarron Music and is an independent arranger/composer with commissions for band, chorus, orchestra, and solo works.
As an active performer, Story is a member of Rochester's vocal ensemble Madrigalia and is the conductor of the Finger Lakes Concert Band (Canandaigua). Story created and is the Executive Producer for the Scholastic Arts Spotlight Program in collaboration with WROC TV (Rochester) and Fox Rochester sponsored by Canandaigua National Bank. He is the director of the Hochstein Ensemble Festival and is responsible for bringing the satellite campus of the Hochstein School of Music and Dance to Canandaigua. He is on the Hochstein at Canandaigua Advisory Board and the Board of Directors of the Hochstein School. He is a member of NYSSMA, MENC, and NYSBDA.