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Stephen Dunn, Trumpets
John Pennington, Percussion

Stephen Dunn is a faculty member at the University of Oregon, where he teaches trumpet, brass ensemble, and aural skills. He recently received a doctorate of musical arts from Arizona State University and also holds degrees from Northwestern University and the University of North Texas. Dunn currently performs as a member the Oregon Brass Quintet, principal trumpet of the Oregon Festival of American Music, and second trumpet with the Music in the Mountains Festival Orchestra. He has performed with numerous professional orchestras, including the Utah Symphony and Phoenix Symphony, and has made solo appearances with several orchestras and bands across the country and in Germany.

John Pennington is currently an Associate Professor of Music at Fort Lewis College, where he teaches percussion and music theory and is the Artistic Director of the Animas Music Festival. He holds degrees from the University of Michigan, Arizona, and Arizona State. He is an orchestral percussionist who currently performs with the Music in the Mountains Festival Orchestra, Animas Music Festival, and the San Juan Symphony. He has performed with the Arizona Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Arizona Ballet, Phoenix, Ann Arbor, Saginaw, and Tucson Symphonies. He has also performed and recorded with Ensemble 21 and Summit Brass. He has recorded for Summit, OCP, and Equilibrium. Mr. Pennington has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, Meet the Composer Series, and was the 1996 Colorado Council on the Arts Co-Vision Recognition Award recipient.