Erik Lundquist, Euphonium
Erik Lundquist earned his Bachelor of Music degrees in Music Education and Euphonium Performance from the University of North Texas where he studied with Brian Bowman. He currently is pursuing a Master of Music degree in Euphonium Performance at the University of North Texas. He has been the euphonium private lesson teacher at The Colony High School since 2012.
Rachel Woolf, Flute
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From playing Bach in the middle of Stonehenge to performing for the Dalai Llama, San Diego native Rachel Woolf's musical reach extends beyond the confines of any one genre or boundary. Through her innate musical fearlessness, Rachel consistently captivates audiences at esteemed competitions and improvisational performances alike.
Accomplished as a soloist and chamber musician, Rachel won the National Flute Association Masterclass Performer's Competition, 2nd Place at the San Diego Flute Guild Young Artist Competition, and Honorable mention at the Coeur d'Alene Young Artist Competition. Additionally, her performances with The Fawn Trio earned a spot in the semi-finals at the Fischoff National Camber Music Competition and special recognition at the Plowman Chamber Music Competition. Equally comfortable in orchestral settings, Rachel spent two summers performing at the Brevard Music Center, and has played with the Dearborn Symphony and the Firelands Symphony. She has performed under the baton of such luminaries as Keith Lockhart, Leonard Slatkin, Peter Oundjin, Michael Tilson Thomas, Jeff Tyzik, Marin Alsop, Mattias Barnert, and JoAnn Falletta.
An avid champion of contemporary music, Rachel is a founding member of two new music groups: Zero Blue in Ann Arbor and Synchromy in Los Angeles. She can be heard premiering works by William Bolcom and Jennifer Higdon on the widely released Classical Collaborations with the University of Michigan Symphony Band on Equilibrium Records. She can also be heard playing principal and bass flute on the GIA Windworks label, Canvases and Offerings, with the UNT Wind Symphony.
Rachel has successfully established herself in rock/pop endeavors onstage and in the recording studio. She has performed with multi-platinum, operatic-pop superstars Il Divo, and is a founding member of a new multi-media, rock-chamber orchestra, Anaphase. While performing with GLEE star Darren Criss’ band, Rachel appeared at famed Los Angeles rock venues The Roxy and The Mint. Not one to be boxed in by notes on a page, Rachel has sought out an array of opportunities to improvise- from freeform to jazz to Indian ragas. Notably, Rachel was selected to perform traditional Hindustani North Indian flute during the Dalai Llama’s visit to Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Beyond her performances across the United States, Rachel has performed in Sweden, Finland, Russia, Italy, Luxembourg, Germany, France, and England. She received her Bachelor of Music at the University of Michigan (where she was the recipient of the Presser Award for excellence in music and academics), and obtained her Master of Music at Bowling Green State University where she was the Flute Teaching Assistant. Currently pursuing her Doctorate of Musical Arts as a Teaching Fellow at the University of North Texas, Rachel maintains a busy freelance schedule in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and teaches a full studio and weekly masterclasses. She has studied under the tutelage of Amy Porter, Dr. Conor Nelson, Terri Sundberg, and Karen Reynolds, among others.
Rachel’s ability to channel her vast, multi-cultural inspirations into a cohesive output has established her as an exciting entity for the future of flute playing and musical possibilities.
Bill Klymus, Percussion
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Bill Klymus is an active performer and teacher in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. Currently, he works as a private percussion instructor in The Colony, TX., and Irving, TX. As a performer, he regularly works as a freelance percussionist with many groups including the Dallas Opera, Fort Worth Symphony, Dallas Winds, Plano Symphony, Las Colinas Symphony, Irving Symphony, and the Waco Symphony Orchestra. In addition he has performed as a backing musician with a number of popular artists including Ben Folds, Leann Rimes, Clay Aiken, Sandi Patti and Three Dog Night. He has also recorded contemporary works by composers Michael Colgrass, Gunther Schuller and Irwin Bazelon, available on the Mode and Albany Records labels.
Bill holds a Master of Music degree with academic honors from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, MA. where he studied with Frank Epstein and Will Hudgins of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. While in Boston he was also awarded fellowships to the National Orchestral Institute, and the Tanglewood Music Center. He has also earned a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Texas at Arlington where he studied with Michael Varner. While at UTA he also spent one summer with the Blue Knights Drum and Bugle corps, and also studied solo marimba with Leigh Howard Stevens in New Jersey.
Sean Murphy, Saxophone
Sean Murphy holds his Masters of Music Degree in Saxophone Performance at the University of North Texas. While at North Texas he performed and recorded with the internationally acclaimed North Texas Wind Symphony, under the direction of Eugene Migliaro Corporon. These numerous recording projects included the celebrated Teaching Music in Performance Through Band Series, as well as the famed Composer Collections. He also holds a Bachelor of Music Degree in Music Education from Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania.
His articles on saxophone pedagogy and performance, as well as interviews with composers and notable saxophonists, have been published in numerous distinguished music magazines and journals throughout the world. These publications include The Instrumentalist, The Saxophone Journal, School Band and Orchestra Magazine, Jazz Ed Magazine, Teaching Music, Clarinet and Saxophone Society of Great Britain Magazine, Canadian Music Educator, Viento (Spain), Clasax (Australia), and Les Cahiers Du Saxophone (France).
Currently, Sean is the saxophonist on call with the New World Symphony in Miami Beach, Florida under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas. Additionally, he was a semifinalist in the North American Saxophone Alliance Quartet Competition and a quarter finalist in the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. He was also named the first ever winner of the Slippery Rock University Concerto Competition.
He currently holds the position of private saxophone instructor in the Richardson, Allen, Lewisville, Friso, and McKinney Independent School Districts of Texas where he coordinates a studio of over one hundred saxophonists. His principal teachers include Eric Nestler, Jason Kush, Nathan Nabb,Terry Steele, Chris Hemmingway, Jeremy Long, and Varden Armstrong. He has also engaged in supplemental saxophone study with Chien-Kwan Lin, Timothy McAllister, John Sampen, Greg Banaszak, James Umble, and Michael Ibrahim among others. Sean Murphy is a Selmer performing artist and performs exclusively on Selmer Saxophones. For more information please visit www.seanmurphysaxophone.com.
Steve Seibert, Trombone
Steve Seibert earned a Bachelor of Music degree from Southern Methodist University and a Master of Music Education degree from the University of North Texas. He has had a successful career as a band director and a trombonist. He led bands at Arbor Creek Middle School, Lakeview Middle School, Marcus High School, and Little Elm High School. He currently teaches lessons at Hebron High School, The Colony High School, Griffin, and Cobb Middle Schools. He is active as a trombonist, clinician and adjudicator in the Dallas/Ft Worth area. Mr. Seibert is a member of the Texas Music Educators Association.
Adam Miller, Trumpet
Adam Miller grew up in the Dallas area where he graduated from Plano East Senior High, and then matriculated to Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX. After receiving a Bachelors degree in Trumpet performance from SMU in 1999, he went to New York to attain a Masters degree in Trumpet performance from The Juilliard School, graduating in 2001. Adam followed his education with a one year position as Principal Trumpet in the Shanghai Broadcasting Symphony in Shanghai, China. In 2002, he settled in the Dallas area where he is an active trumpet teacher and freelance musician. Mr. Miller plays in the Irving Symphony, the Plano Symphony, and the DFW Brass, a brass ensemble ranging from 5 to 20 musicians. In his career, Adam has had the honor of performing with Luciano Pavorotti, Wynton Marsalis, Yo-Yo Ma, Josh Grobin, Idina Menzell, Christin Chenowith, Michael W. Smith, Amy Grant, and Sandy Patty among others. Adam teaches private lessons, Masterclasses, and he is a member of the Blast of Brass summer brass conference faculty. Adam Currently resides in Dallas, TX, and he has taught at The Colony High School for the last 2 years.
