Mosaic Brass Quintet

Matt Swihart (trumpet) M.M., Rice University; B.M., Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music; studied toward a D.M.A. at SUNY Stony Brook; Fullbright Grantee for two years of performance study in Detmold, Germany; member of Northwest Sinfonietta, Bellevue Philharmonic, and Lyric Brass; also performed with the Seattle Symphony, Tacoma Symphony, Yakima Symphony, Village Theatre, Bielefeld Symphony, Münster Symphony, Atlantic Symphony, Orchestra X, San Jose Symphony, Monterey Symphony, Sacramento Symphony, Santa Cruz Symphony, Cincinnati Ballet Orchestra, and Cincinnati Opera Orchestra; Affiliate Artist with Pacific Lutheran University (teaching college-level trumpet performance); web: http://circularbreathing.com

Ed Castro (trumpet) D.M.A., U. of Washington; M.M. Yale University; B.M. Manhattan School of Music; performed with the Seattle Symphony, The Actors Company Theatre Chamber Ensemble, Mannheim Steamroller, Tacoma Symphony, Cascade Festival of Music Orchestra, Bellevue Philharmonic, Everett Symphony, Federal Way Symphony; Professor of Trumpet at Northwest University

Becky Miller (horn) M.M., U. of Texas; B.M., Baylor U.; performed with the Tacoma Symphony, Disney World College Show Band, Waco Symphony, Midland Symphony, Austin Symphony, Victoria Symphony, The Austin Brass, Eurobrass, Rainier Symphony, the Bainbridge Chorale,and the Washington Wind Symphony.

Keith Winkle (trombone) Principal Trombone of the Tacoma Symphony Orchestra; performs with the Tacoma Opera, Bellevue Philharmonic, Seattle Choral Company, Magnolia Jazz Band, Mosaic Brass Quintet, Washington Brass Quintet, and Lyric Brass Quintet; performed with the Seattle Symphony, Seattle Opera, and Pacific Northwest Ballet; on the faculty at Pacific Lutheran University and Western Washington University teaching low-brass.

Paul Evans (tuba) Principal Tuba of Tacoma Symphony Orchestra and Lecturer of Tuba and Euphonium at Pacific Lutheran University; performs with the Northwest Sinfonietta, Bellevue Philharmonic, Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra, and Lyric Brass at PLU; studied with Ron Munson in Seattle, Steve Call at Brigham Young University, and Gary Ofenloch at the University of Utah; Principal Tuba of the Boise Philharmonic; played with the Utah Symphony; has been soloist with the Boise Philharmonic, Tacoma Symphony, and Lyric Brass