Stan Smith is the former principal trumpet of the Lyric Opera orchestra.  He has performed with the Kansas City Symphony, Camerata, and Starlight Theater Orchestras.  Mr. Smith has served as principal trumpet of the World Festival Orchestra, Yellowstone Symphony and for the past two season as a member of the Crested Butte Music Festival Orchestra.  Mr. Smith is currently assistant principal solo cornet with the Fountain City Brass Band and has been a featured soloist.  As a freelance artist he has shared the stage with Sarah Vaughn, Barry Manilow, the Moody Blues, and Johnny Mathis to name a few.

Kelly Cornell has been a member of the Kansas City Symphony since 1999.  A graduate of the New England Conservatory and the University of  Cincinnati, Kelly performs with the Kansas City Chamber Orchestra and is a member of the Crested Butte Music Festival Orchestra.

Stephanie Cox is Instructor of Trombone at Washburn University in Topeka, KS.  As a freelance musician, she has performed with ensembles as diverse as Blue Riddim reggae band, Kansas City’s Starlight Theater Orchestra, New Ear contemporary chamber ensemble and New York based “DIVA, No Man’s Band.  Cox received a bachelor’s degree in trombone performance from the Conservatory of Music at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and her advanced study includes work with members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the St. Louis Symphony, and the American Brass Quintet.

Scott Watson is currently professor of tuba and euphonium at the University of Kansas.  As an acclaimed soloist, clinician and chamber musician Mr. Watson has appeared with the Kansas City Symphony, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Jack Daniels Silver Cornet Band and Symphonia.  Mr. Watson is Solo Tubist with the Fountain City Brass Band and an artist clinician for Willson Tubas.