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A proud Arizona Native, Jully Guillen is a flutist and educator. She obtained a Bachelor in Secondary Education, with an emphasis in Instrumental Education from Ottawa University. Jully began playing piano at 10 where she quickly fell in love with the world of music.  Soon after, she found her passion in flute. Jully was a member of the Sun Devil Marching Band for 3 consecutive years during her undergraduate career. Passionate about the arts, she has worked with multiple other bands in Arizona over the past 6 years.  Jully has studied under Joe Corral, jazz flutist and past flutist of the Phoenix Symphony.  

Currently, she is the Flute specialist at Milano Music. She also teaches private flute and piano students from the Peoria, Phoenix, and Mesa areas. Along with teaching and working in the music industry, she is an active board member of the Arizona Flute Society.

Tiffany Pan is a doctoral candidate in Oboe Performance at Arizona State University (ASU), where she has held multiple graduate assistantships in music. In 2013, Pan advanced as a semi-finalist in the Elite Division at the 2nd Asian Double Reed Association International Oboe Competition. In 2010, she won the ASU Concert of Soloists and performed the Kalliwoda Concertino with the ASU Symphony Orchestra. In the summer of 2014, she was invited to the Vianden Festival in Luxembourg as guest artist and chamber music coach. As a performer, Pan plays with the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra, Tucson Symphony Orchestra, Musica Nova Orchestra, West Valley Symphony, and Symphony of the Southwest, and was the guest principal oboist of Tucson Symphony Orchestra for three programs in 2014. Pan has performed throughout the US as well as in Taiwan, Japan, South Africa, Swaziland, Luxembourg, and Canada. 

A Native of Taiwan, Tiffany Pan received her Master’s degree from Arizona State University and holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is the oboist at Phoenix-based reed quintet, Paradise Winds.

A versatile performer, educator and concert curator, Joseph Kluesener maintains a diverse career.  Kluesener is Second Bassoonist and Faculty at Wintergreen Summer Music Festival (VA), and has performed with the United States Air Force, The Phoenix Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Kentucky Symphony.  Kluesener has been heard on American Public Media’s Performance Today with Paradise Winds, a wind ensemble he founded.  Abroad, Kluesener has performed at Aveiro International Music Festival (Portugal), was Artist/Faculty at Saarburg Serenaden (Germany), and at IDRS 2015 Conference Tokyo, Japan; nationally in conferences of the International Viola Society, North American Saxophone Alliance, International Clarinet Association and the International Double Reed Society.

In 2015, Kluesener was appointed Executive & Artistic Director of Fountain Hills Chamber Players (Fountain Hills, AZ) and is co-founder and former event curator for Classical Revolution PHX.  Also in 2015 Kluesener was appointed to the faculty at Grand Canyon University.

Adjunct Faculty in the Maricopa Community College District, Kluesener also maintains a private bassoon studio. He has received Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music degrees from Arizona State University, and two Bachelors of Music cum laude from University of Cincinnati.

Kluesener's other interests include cooking & eating, pickle ball, bikram yoga, hiking, camping and traveling.

Watch Videos:
"Get It" by Gene Koshinski
"Dragon" by Bill Douglas (Paradise Winds)
"Browning LIVE" (Paradise Winds)
"Unexpected Affinities" by Graham Cohen (Paradise Winds with MusicaNova Orchestra)

Dr. Caitlin Poupard is a free-lance clarinetist in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Caitlin currently teaches clarinet, general music history, and rock music history at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix. A native of Pennsylvania, she completed her Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctoral degrees in clarinet performance at Arizona State University, where she was also an ethnomusicology graduate teaching assistant for Dr. Ted Solis. Caitlin was one of twelve finalists from around the world in the International Clarinet Association’s Young Artist Competition in 2014. She performed as guest soloist with the Verde Valley Sinfonietta and Scottsdale Baroque Orchestra, and also performed in the Arizona premiere of Eric Mandat’s “Music for Clarinets” alongside Dr. Robert Spring. In addition, she has performed in numerous ensembles, including the Phoenix Symphony, the North Valley Symphony Orchestra, the United States Air Force Concert Band, and the Phoenix Children’s Chorus. She served as woodwind technician for the ASU Sun Devil Marching Band, including the band’s performance at Super Bowl XLIX. She is currently the Woodwind Caption Head for Campo Verde High School’s marching band. Caitlin teaches clarinet lessons at Campo Verde High School, as well as maintains a large private clarinet studio of her own. She is an active member of Arizona Musicfest where she serves as coordinator and leader of the Musicfest Woodwind Quartet, a chamber group dedicated to promoting music within the public-school system.

Bonson Lee is a Graduate Teaching Assistant at Arizona State University. Throughout Lee’s musical career, he has performed at saxophone camps, clinics, Las Vegas Saxophone Day, NASA Regional/Biennial Conferences, as well as has being named as a multi-award winning musician in many solo and chamber competitions of the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA), the North American Saxophone Alliance (NASA), the Coltman Chamber Music Competition, the American Prize Competition, the Medici International Music Competition, the Manhattan International Competition, the Long Island Conservatory Music Competition (LISMA), American Classical Young Musician Award, Charleston International Music Competition, the Marker and Pioneer International Music Competition, the Royal Sound Music Competition, the North International Music Competition, the Valencia Awards Music Competition, as well as the Annual Fischoff National Competition, respectively.

In addition to numerous solo performances within the US and abroad, Lee has great experience in chamber/ensemble music playing and collaboration in many wind ensembles and saxophone ensembles, as he has gained recognition from being awarded several prizes and medals in notable competitions such as NASA and Fischoff Chamber Music Competitions.  Being an advocate for chamber music, Lee is also the baritone chair of the saxophone quartet, Kodachrome. Through chamber music, Lee has been able to educate and perform at numerous high schools and universities in the Southwest region of the US. Other notable ensembles that Lee has played with include the Las Vegas Young Artists Orchestra, the Chandler Symphony Orchestra, and the Phoenix Symphony.

 As an educator, Lee has been teaching throughout the Las Vegas and Phoenix Valley including being a Visual Technician/Saxophone Technician for the ASU Sun Devil Marching Band as well as Campo Verde High School. Lee also maintains teaching a saxophone studio of his own here in Phoenix, as well as students in Las Vegas, Hawaii, etc. Lee also regularly does educational outreach by teaching and leading various masterclasses and workshops to other schools.

Lee is currently finishing up his Doctorate of Musical Arts degree at Arizona State University under the direction and guidance of Dr. Christopher Creviston. Lee obtained a Master of Music from Arizona State University Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts School of Music and a Bachelor’s of Music at the University of Nevada Las Vegas School of Music. His current and former saxophone teachers include Dr. Creviston, Mark McArthur, John Seaton, and Eric Maine.

Lee is an endorsing artist for Silverstein Works, LefreQue Sound Solutions, and ReedGeek Inc.

For more information, please visit his website at https://www.bonsonlee.com/

Stephen Martin is an active freelance musician, who frequently performs orchestras, chamber ensembles and as a soloist. Martin is currently the second trumpet of the Arizona Philharmonic, and principal trumpet of the Chandler Symphony Orchestra. In addition, he performs regularly with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, West Valley Symphony, and the MusicaNova Orchestra. Previously, he has performed with Phoenix Chamber Brass and appeared with artists, such as: Amy Grant, Micheal W. Smith, Doc Severinsen, Steve Smith, Graham Breedlove, Paulo Padilha, and has toured with La Chica Cumbia. As a soloist, he has performed works by Handel, Tartini, Telemann, and Vivaldi with various ensembles in Minnesota and Arizona.

Martin holds a master of music from Arizona State University, where he studied with renowned soloist and pedagogue, David Hickman. He previously studied at St. Olaf College and completed his bachelor's degree of music at Bemidji State University. His teachers have included, primarily, Bob Dorer, who is currently second trumpet of the Minnesota Orchestra, along with Martin Hodel, Charles Lazarus, and Delon Lyren.

In addition to performing, Martin is an active educator who has taught master classes at various high schools and colleges in the Phoenix area, and maintains a private studio. In his free time, Martin enjoys cooking, traveling, exploring the outdoors, and chess.

Alex Austin is an active performer and teacher in the East Valley and recent graduate of the New England Conservatory in Boston, Massachusetts where he received his Master of Music degree in horn performance. His degree program included performance in principal positions with the New England Conservatory Philharmonia, the New England Conservatory Wind Ensemble, and the New England Conservatory Community Performance Partnership Brass Quintet. During his graduate studies, Alex also maintained a freelance presence in the city, performing with multiple ensembles including the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of conductor Benjamin Zander at venues including Symphony Hall, Boston.

Prior to his graduate studies, Alex received a Bachelor of Music degree from Arizona State University where he graduated summa cum laude. Upon returning to the Valley to start his career, Alex has picked up where he left off in his freelance work, rejoining the Salt River Brass where he held the position of Solo Horn for five seasons under the direction of Patrick Sheridan. Additionally, Alex has resumed performing in chamber ensembles and will return as a soloist to the Arizona Wind Symphony where he previously held the principal horn position.

 Alex’s primary teachers have included Eli Epstein, Dr. John Ericson, James Sommerville, Richard Sebring, Patrick Sheridan, Sam Pilafian, Hugh Wolff, Charles Peltz, Dr. Wayne Bailey, and Gary Hill.

 In addition to performing, Alex is an active teacher, serving as a brass instructor for the Corona del Sol High School Marching Band and maintaining a private horn studio. You can hear Alex perform on The Great American Song Book! Featuring Harry Watters (Salt River Brass, 2015, solo horn) and on Youtube with the New England Conservatory Philharmonia and Wind Ensemble. 

Seth Bartschi is a freelance trombonist in the Phoenix area playing alto, tenor and bass trombones. He regularly performs with Phoenix Symphony and Arizona Opera and has positions with the Phoenix Opera, West Valley Symphony, Symphony of the Southwest, Musica Nova Orchestra, Arizona Philharmonic, Millennial Choirs Orchestra, Arizona Broadway Theatre House Orchestra, Scottsdale Arts Orchestra, and Az Pro Arte Orchestra. Seth is also a member of the Moon Valley Brass Quintet as well as the new and exciting Phoenix Brass Collective, a professional symphonic brass choir with which he plays bass trombone and serves on the board as Public Relations Director (phxbrass.com). 

Currently Seth holds a position as Adjunct Faculty at Glendale Community College teaching trombone. He has also maintained a private studio of students for over 10 years that range in ages from 8 to 70. Seth’s teachers include Ralph Sauer, Douglas Yeo, Sam Pilafian, Peter Vivona, Jason Malloy and Patrick Stuckemeyer. He has been recorded on four commercially released albums including a solo track of Rachmaninoff’s Fantasy Piece on the album "Living Legacy". Before devoting himself to music he studied and trained in aviation earning his private pilot license enjoying several hundred of hours in flight experience.

Elijah Ramirez is a graduate teaching assistant at Arizona State University, as well as a low brass educator based in Tempe, AZ. Primarily a Euphoniumist, he has performed with a number of groups, including the Chandler Symphony Orchestra, Lubbock Symphony Orchestra, and Salt River Brass Band. Elijah is currently a DMA student in Euphonium Performance at Arizona State University.

Elijah has received a Master of Music in Euphonium Performance from Texas Tech University and a Bachelor's in Music Learning and Teaching from Arizona State University. His primary teachers have included Jennifer Bement, Dr. Deanna Swoboda, James Decker, and Dr. Kevin Wass.

Austin has been an active percussionist and educator in Utah, Virginia, and Arizona. Earning his bachelors from Utah State University in music education in 2019, Austin has been apart of many ensembles, including Utah State University's Aggie Marching Band, wind orchestra, symphony orchestra, Caine percussion ensemble, as well as many other small ensembles.

Participating in Utah's Day of Percussion (Percussive Arts Society), he received placements in both marimba and concert snare drum at both the high school and collegiate levels. He was also featured for USU's symphony orchestra concerto competition playing Emmanuel Sejourne's Concerto for Marimba and Strings.

Being new to Arizona (moved in 2023), Austin participates with multiple community bands, including the Arizona Wind Symphony and the Salt River Brass. He looks forward to contributing to the Campo Verde High School band program by providing lessons for marching percussion, concert, and drum set.