Dr. John Bannon is Principal Tympanist  Timpanist of the Florida Orchestra. He conducts the band and orchestra and teaches conducting at St. Petersburg College. He also teaches percussion at Hillsborough Community College. During summers he coaches chamber music and teaches percussion at the Kinhaven Music School in Vermont.

Mark Sforzini is conductor and Artistic Director of the St. Petersburg Opera Company and the Encore Series of chamber music at the Palladium Theater. He teaches bassoon at St. Petersburg College and is an accomplished composer whose works have been played across the country.

Dr. Susan Robinson, Ph.D, is Conductor and Music Director of the Pinellas Youth Symphony and the South Shore Symphony Orchestra. She conducts the University of Tampa Orchestra and  teaches at St. Petersburg College, University of Tampa, and the Marcia P. Hoffman Institute for the Performing Arts in Clearwater.