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Trombonist Deb Scott has performed with many professional ensembles including the Twentieth Century Unlimited Orchestra in Santa Fe, the New Mexico Music Festival Orchestra in Taos, the Shreveport Opera, the Orchestra of the Pines, the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra (Texas), the Greeley Philharmonic (Colorado) and the Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth Circus Band. She has been featured in the Canadian radio broadcast, Women in Brass.

Pianist Ron Petti is Director of Accompanying at Stephen F. Austin State University where he performs frequently with the Alazan Trio and other chamber ensembles. He has also served as Vocal Coach with the Florida State Opera and accompanist at the MTNA National Convention in Washington DC, and Minneapolis, MN.

Brad Meyer is a percussion educator, artist, and composer with an extensive and diverse background. He frequently tours nationally and internationally to present recitals, workshops, masterclasses, and clinics, and his international performances and clinics have taken him to Austria, Taiwan, France, South Africa, and Slovenia. 

Saxophonist Nathan Nabb maintains an active and multifaceted performance career, with regular concerts as an orchestral performer, chamber musician and soloist, including numerous international engagements at music festivals and conservatories throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. He performs with both the St. Louis Symphony and Houston Symphony as well as in Oasis Quartet. Recent guest artist solo recitals include performances in Taiwan, France, Japan, Spain, Greece and Norway.

James Pitts is an active recitalist and soloist and has performed with the Waco Symphony Orchestra, the Houston Civic Orchestra, and the North Dallas Symphony Orchestra.  He was a semi-finalist at the International Competition of 20th Century Piano Music in Orleans, France.

Flutist Christina Guenther performs actively throughout the United States, and abroad. Guenther is a founding member of the Gemini Flute Duo and the Silver Keys Trio. She is an enthusiastic proponent of new music and performs many chamber and orchestral groups including the Stone Fort Wind Quintet and the Shreveport Symphony.

Jennifer Keeney’s playing and teaching reflect her joyful, creative and dynamic approach to music and the flute. She is currently flute and piccoloist for the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra, and enjoys collaborating with a variety of classical, jazz, pop, Latin, and world musicians. Jennifer served as Principal Flute of the Hong Kong Philharmonic and the New World Symphony and has performed with the Detroit Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Houston Grand Opera and Colorado Music Festival Orchestra, among others.

Formerly known as the Chamber Orchestra Kremlin, the Russian String Orchestra, founded and led by Misha Rachlevsky, has earned national and international recognition as one of Russia's leading ensembles. The orchestra, comprising some of Russia's finest young string players, maintains an active schedule of presenting concerts and festivals in Moscow, North and South America, Europe and the Far East.