Saxophonist Roberto Campa is an up-and-coming artist pursuing a Master of Music in Saxophone Performance at the University of Michigan.

Shortly after his birth at St. Mary’s hospital, in Walla Walla, Kevin Casseday returned to live with the rest of the Casseday family in nearby Dayton. His early musical influences were his parents, in addition to Norma Evers and Mary Ellen Juris, organists at the First Congregational church in Dayton.

The Cerus Quartet consists of Roberto Campa on soprano saxophone, Laura Ramsay on alto saxophone, Kyle Kato on tenor saxophone and Samuel Dishon.

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Winner of the 2002 Orléans Concours International and Laureate of the 2003 Honens International Piano Competition, Canadian pianist Winston Choi is an inquisitive performer whose fresh approach to standard repertory, and masterful understanding, performance and commitment to works by living composers, make him one of today’s most dynamic young concert artists.

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Soprano Charlotte Christie has appeared on stage in roles ranging from Carolina in Cimarosa’s The Secret Marriage to Cinderella in Rogers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella.

Charlotte spent two summers performing in the Classical Voice and Opera Program at the Interlochen Arts Camp in Michigan.

Violinist and violist Timothy Christie enjoys a multifaceted career as performer, teacher, public speaker and recording artist. He is the Founder and Artistic Director of the Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival (WWCMF), a nonprofit organization in southeastern Washington presenting more than 40 public chamber music events annually.

Andy Clausen is a New York-based composer, trombonist, bandleader, and graduate of The Juilliard School. Hailing from Seattle, Clausen relocated to NYC in 2010 where he enjoys a diverse schedule collaborating with filmmakers, folk and blues artists, classical composers, as well as New York's jazz elite.

Sean Connors is an Ensemble Member and Technical Director of Third Coast Percussion. He has performed with Amphion Percussion, the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, eighth blackbird, the International Contemporary Ensemble, Signal, and Metropolis Ensemble.

Kurt Cox is a saxophonist in the Chicago area currently finalizing his master’s degree at Northwestern University with a bachelor’s degree in performance from Shenandoah Conservatory. 

Baroque violinist Tekla Cunningham delights in bringing music of the baroque, classical and romantic eras to life with vivid and expressive historically informed performances. Her new recording Stylus Phantasticus with Pacific MusicWorks is earning critical praise for its “tender expressivity”, “dramatic flair and dark wit”, “songlike expressivity” and “Terpsichorean flair”. In an album lauded for “vocal plushness and “vibrant lyricism”, Tekla is described as “a marvel on her Italian instrument, an endlessly songful bird”. 

Christina Dahl is a chamber musician, soloist and teacher who has spent twenty-one years on the piano faculty at Stony Brook University. She has spent summers at the Aspen Music Festival, been a collaborating artist at the Steans Institute of the Ravinia Festival, was a two-time fellow at the Tanglewood Center and a fellow at the Banff Center.

The Danza Classica ensemble is made up of Nathalia Cazarez, Grace Evans, Amanda Gallaway, Katie Janis, Nina Johanson, Taya Lovejoy, Colleen McKibben, and Paula Vargas.

Percussionist John Corkill is a passionate advocate for the development, process, and creation of new artistic works that are accessible to the public at large. He is currently the percussionist for the University of Chicago’s Grossman Ensemble, an ensemble-in-residence at the University’s Center for Contemporary Composition.

Mary Tuuri Derby began her world of classical singing at Bemidji State University and continued studying with the Wesley Balk Opera Institute.

Jennifer DeVore began studying the cello at the age of five and went on to study art history at Harvard before earning her Masters degree from the New England Conservatory, where her teachers were Colin Carr and Laurence Lesser. Hailed as “superb” by the New York Times, she has appeared at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center in Washington DC and London’s Barbican Center and at the Musicorda, Yellow Barn and Spoleto festivals.

Robert Dillon is an Ensemble Member and Development Director of Third Coast Percussion. He has also performed as a substitute with the Chicago, Boston, and San Diego Symphony Orchestras, and served as principal percussionist in the Madison Symphony Orchestra from 2007-2008.

James W. Doyle is a percussionist, teaching artist, composer, improviser, and multidisciplinary collaborator based in the Pacific Northwest.

Flutist Tracy Doyle is the Director of the School of Music at the University of Puget Sound. Previously, Tracy spent fifteen years at Adams State University in Alamosa, Colorado, where she taught applied flute and courses in music education. Advocacy, equity, and community engagement are at the heart of Tracy’s work as a musician, educator, and leader.

Cellist Meta Weiss and violinist Arianna Warsaw-Fan have teamed up to create duoW. “An edgy string combo, duoW blurs the lines between traditional classical music and current pop-culture.”

American composer John David Earnest (b. 1940) has composed extensively for orchestra, chamber ensembles, chorus, solo voice and opera.