Larry Black Applied Trumpet Email: larry@lscoguard.com B.S. Music Education, Northern Illinois University M.M. Trumpet Performance, Northwestern University Has performed with many orchestras and chamber groups including the Chicago Brass Quintet, the United States Military Academy Band and Brass Quintet (principal trumpet), and the Brevard Music Festival Orchestra (principal trumpet, soloist). During his 33-year tenure with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, he played in over 60 orchestra recordings and performed with the Atlanta Symphony Brass Quintet and Brass Trio. Solo performances include the Hummel and Haydn Trumpet Concertos, the Vivaldi Double Trumpet Concerto, and the Koff-Klein Quixote. Former students have been accepted at conservatories around the country and play in such groups as the Chicago Symphony (Principal Chair), the Minnesota and Jacksonville Symphonies, and the movie and recording studios in Los Angeles. Currently he performs locally with the Greenville, SC, Hendersonville, and Asheville Choral Society Orchestras, as well as playing principal trumpet with the Appalachian Brass Quintet. His most recent solo recording, Praise and Peace Resounding, is available at www.LscoGuard.com.

Emily Maren Caltvedt Applied Oboe B.M. with Distinction, Arts Leadership Certificate, Eastman School of Music Was a Shouse Fellow in the Education Department of the Rochester Philharmonic. Principal teachers were Richard Killmer, Nancy Ambrose King, and Deborah Stevenson. Alumna of the International Festival-Institute at Round Top. Has performed in several American and European cities, under conductors such as Daniel Hege, Christopher Seaman, Rossen Milanov, and Mendi Rodan.

Laura Franklin Music Major Coordinator Applied Percussion, Percussion Ensemble, World Music 828.884.8112 Email: franklll@brevard.edu B.M., Performance, Texas Tech University M.M., Performance and Musicology, New England Conservatory D.M.A., Performance, University of North Carolina-Greensboro Has presented concerts, clinics and lectures nationally, including sessions at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC), National Conference on Percussion Pedagogy, and North Carolina Music Educators Conference. Member of the Asheville and Hendersonville Symphony Orchestras and a frequent performer with Mountain Chamber Players. Chair of the Percussive Arts Society (PAS) Scholarly Research Committee, on the Board of Directors for the National Conference on Percussion Pedagogy, and Vice President of the North Carolina Chapter of PAS.

David Gresham Applied Voice, Opera/Musical Theater Workshop, Sight Singing, Music Theory, Music Appreciation, Music Technology  828.884.8328 Email: greshada@brevard.edu B.M., Church Music (emphasis in voice), Wingate University M.M., Choral Conducting, University of Colorado at Boulder M.M., Vocal Pedagogy and Performance, University of Colorado at Boulder D.M.A., Vocal Performance (minor in conducting), University of Georgia Has been most active as an oratorio soloist, performing Bach, Handel and Mozart solos with several churches, college choruses, and with the Colorado Music Festival, the Athens Master Chorale, and the Athens Choral Society. With a keen interest in performing works by living composers, he has collaborated in Colorado and Georgia with a number of composers for concerts and recording projects.As a scholar and editor, he has published one work for double chorus and continuo by 16th-century composer Peter Phillips, and is currently working to publish a set of six romances by vihuelists Luys Milán and Luys de Narváez.

Kathryn Gresham Applied Voice, Vocal Diction, Opera/Musical Theater Workshop 828.884.8324 Email: greshakb@brevard.edu Website A.B., Children and the Arts, Stanford University Mus.M., Voice Performance, Boston University D.M.A., Voice Performance and Pedagogy, University of Colorado at Boulder Has performed as soloist with the Colorado Symphony Chamber Players, the Denver Symphony Orchestra, and the Pendulum New Music Ensemble; also performed with ensembles including the Washington Bach Consort, the Washington Chamber Symphony, and the Mark Morris Dance Troupe. Is a specialist in contemporary music and has premiered several song cycles and chamber pieces written especially for her. Other performances include Papagena in The Magic Flute, Giannetta in L'Elisir d'Amore, and the soprano solos in Carmina Burana and Mozart's Requiem. Has presented at regional and national conventions on the subject of contemporary music performance.

Rita Hayes Applied Flute Email: rita@braidstreammusic.com B.M. University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music M.A. Western Carolina University Tours the southeastern United States extensively and has recorded three compact discs with Braidstream, an acclaimed classical/jazz/Celtic/World music ensemble. Member of several chamber orchestras in North Carolina and South Carolina, and the Asheville Symphony Orchestra.

Janet Kelly Staff Accompanist Email: kellyjanet@hotmail.com A.B., M.S. Catawba College B.A., Brevard College Was the first student soloist to perform with the Salisbury Symphony. Presently serves as organist at the Fletcher United Methodist Church in Hendersonville, NC, and conducts the Hendersonville Community Handbell Choir, the Blue Ridge Ringers. Formerly served as staff accompanist in the music department at Lenoir Rhyne College in Hickory, North Carolina.

Buckner Malcolm Double Bass Email: bucknermalcolm@alltel.net B.M.E., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill M.M.E., The University of Michigan D.Min. Union Theological Seminary in Virginia Was a professional musician (jazz and symphony) and public school music teacher until 1981. Graduate of Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, Virginia, and was ordained to the pastoral ministry in 1985. He has served churches in Virginia and South Carolina. Currently performing with the Hendersonville Symphony Orchestra, the Spartanburg Philharmonic Orchestra and is Principal Double Bass with the Brevard Philharmonic Symphony.

Laura Pollie McDowell Music History and Literature, Secondary Piano 828.884.8154 Email: mcdowell@brevard.edu Website B.M., Music History, Converse College M.A., Historical Musicology, Columbia University Ph.D., Historical Musicology, Florida State University Zertificat Deutsche als Fremdsprache, Goethe Institute, Salzburg, Austria Certificate in Early Music, Florida State University. Has performed on harpsichord and recorder for the Colonial Williamsburg Restoration. Performs regularly with the Cullowhee Consort, an early music ensemble active in western North Carolina. Contributor to Carl Maria Von Weber: A Guide to Research, and editor of Nicolas Payen: Motets and Chansons. Music critic for Classical Voice of North Carolina.

Lou Mowad Applied Guitar Email: mowadlf@brevard.edu Website M.M., University of Arizona B.F.A.M, Florida International University A.A., Miami-Dade Community College Formerly taught at Florida International University, Barry University, Miami Dade Community College, Broward College in Ft. Lauderdale, and the New England Music Camp in Maine during the summers. Has adjudicated competitions for the Music Teachers National Association, The Norman Sholin Guitar Competition and the Guitar Foundation of America. Together with his Wife and duo partner Yasmin Berkson, has toured throughout the world with performances in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and a five city tour of South Korea. The duo has also performed on television, radio, and premiered many new works for the guitar, including the Concerto in D Minor by Francis Kleynjans, dedicated to the duo. They have also been recognized by the National Endowment for the Arts and have received numerous grants and awards. Former students have gone on to complete degrees at some of the nation’s top music schools; including, Indiana University, Florida State University, and Boston Conservatory.

Bruce Murray Applied Piano; Coordinator for Accompanying Email: bmurray@murrayweb.com B.F.A. Carnegie-Mellon University M.M., D.M.A., Yale University Principal teachers: Ward Davenny, Claude Frank, Nelson Whitaker, Leonard Shure. Since 2003 Artistic Administrator and Dean of the Brevard Music Center. Previously served as Director of the School of Music at the University of Alabama, where he taught piano and allied courses. Recitalist at many American colleges and universities, especially throughout the southeastern United States. Concerto appearances with the Pittsburgh Symphony, the Connecticut Philharmonic, the University of Florida Symphony, the Centenary College Symphony, and, most frequently, the Alabama Symphony. Chamber and collaborative performances with Frederica Von Stade, Phyllis Curtin, Raphael Hillyer, Ransom Wilson, Eliot Fisk, Elmar Oliveira, Roberto Diaz, the Audubon Quartet. Solo and chamber recordings for the Opus One and Centaur labels.

Janice Murray Class Piano, Accompanist for Concert Choir, Accompanying Email: jmurray@murrayweb.com B.M. Hartt School of Music M.M. Yale University Member of the Brevard Music Center faculty since 1999, teaching music theory and keyboard skills. Appeared as soloist with the National Symphony and Alabama Symphony, and has performed as a collaborative pianist in concerts throughout the Southeast.

Katherine Morgan Palmer Secondary Piano Email: palmerkm@brevard.edu Website B.M., University of Tennessee M.M., Indiana University Was an Artist/Faculty member at the Brevard Music Center from 1993-2000. Has performed numerous recitals with soloists such as Joseph Robinson, principal oboist of the New York Philharmonic; Charles Vernon, bass trombonist in the Chicago Symphony, and tenor saxophonist James Houlik. Having a particular interest in contemporary music, she has collaborated with many living composers, including Timothy Crist, Juilliard professors Samuel Adler and Eric Ewazen, and her husband, Robert Glenn Palmer. Since 1998, she has been pianist with the Mountain Chamber Players.

Robert Glenn Palmer Music Theory, Composition Email: palmerrg@brevard.edu Website B.A., Davidson College D.M., Composition, Florida State University Member of the Brevard Music Center faculty since 1988. His compositions have been performed by the Raleigh Oratorio Society, the Milano Classica Chamber Orchestra, Mario Abril, James Houlik, Vahan Sargsyan, the Helios Saxophone Quartet and the Mountain Chamber Players, among others. His works are published by Shawnee Press, C.L. Barnhouse, Carl Fischer and C. Alan Music. While teaching in the public schools, his high school bands performed at the NCMEA Convention and the Mid-East Instrumental Music Conference. Has appeared as guest conductor, presented clinics, and completed residencies at institutions from the southeast to Anchorage, Alaska. He was elected to the Hall of Fame of the band section of the North Carolina Music Educators Association in 2004.

C. Michael Porter Concert Choir, Chamber Chorale, Music Appreciation, Choral Methods, Secondary Voice 828.884.8139 Email: portercm@brevard.edu Website B.A., Music, M.A., Choral Conducting, Truman State University D.M.A., Choral Conducting and Pedagogy, University of Iowa Has served as visiting choral instructor at Bloomsburg University and graduate assistant at Truman State University and The University of Iowa. Regularly performs with the Carnegie Hall Choral Conducting Workshop Chorus. Is an associate conductor with the Asheville Lyric Opera Company and was a guest conductor for the ALO’s performance of The Merry Widow. Has also conducted Sondheim’s A Little Night Music, Handel’s Messiah, Britten’s Saint Nicolas, Mozart’s Vespers K. 339, and numerous cantatas by J.S. Bach; including BWV 4, 72, 78, 131, and 140.Has prepared choruses for numerous operas; including The Gondoliers, L'Elisir d'Amore, Madama Butterfly, Die Fledermaus, Die Zauberflöte, Don Giovanni, La Traviata, Lucia Lammermoor, and The Barber of Seville. An active scholar in Renaissance choral music; has been awarded fellowships for his research in Salzburg's post-Tridentine musical reform. Finalist in the 1999 American Choral Directors' Association conducting competition, and both finalist and honorable mention in various National Association of Teachers of Singing Competitions. Also active as a guest clinician in Western North Carolina.

Kyle Ritter Staff Accompanist and Organist Email: kyle@allsoulscathedral.org B.M., M.M., Indiana University; studied with Robert Rayfield and Marilyn Keiser. Serves as Organist and Choirmaster of The Cathedral of All Souls in Asheville, North Carolina and chair of the Liturgy and Music Commission of the Diocese of Western North Carolina. Prior positions include Minister of Music at St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Arlington, VA; various positions of leadership in the American Guild of Organists, including dean of the Bloomington, IN chapter and registrar for the District of Columbia chapter; and past regional officer for the Association of Anglican Musicians (AAM). Served several years on the editorial board for the AAM Journal and is currently the National Placement Advisor for the AAM membership. Previous teaching appointments include Adjunct Instructor in Liturgics at Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, VA and teaching in the Episcopal Dioceses of Washington and Virginia for the Leadership Program for Musicians Serving Small Congregations.   Charlie W. Steele Applied Organ Email: bdrpcmusic@citcom.net B. A. (With Honors) Radford University M. A. Radford University D.M.A., University of Kentucky Presently Director of Music Ministries/Organist at Brevard-Davidson River Presbyterian Church. At B-DRPC, he directs a graded choir program and concert series, and plans special events such as the Blue Ridge Children’s Choir Festival; served as Director of Music/Organist at First United Methodist Church, Brevard, 1982-1998. Active in the American Guild of Organists, having served the Western NC Chapter as board member and dean. Charter member of the Western NC Chapter of Choristers Guild. Published arranger of handbell music.

Steve Wilson Director of Jazz Studies, Director of Pep Band, Applied Brass 828.884-8181 Email: wilsonsk@brevard.edu B.A., California State University at Hayward M.M., University of South Carolina Extensive career as professional trombonist, including appearances with Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Natalie Cole, George Benson, Rosemary Clooney, and Jay Leno. Has performed with national companies of A Chorus Line, Annie Get Your Gun, 42nd Street, The Producers, and Chicago. Has served as clinician and soloist at workshops and festivals around the country and has performed with numerous chamber groups and orchestras in the Southeast, including the Augusta Symphony and the Emerald City Brass Quintet. Currently plays trombone for the Greenville Symphony Orchestra and is the front man for the GSO Jazz Quartet.