Russ Becker, musician and composer, plays a wide variety of instruments, including clarinet, bass clarinet, alto, tenor, and so-prano saxophone, and flute. Becker has been performing jazz for the Connecticut shoreline since 1990, most notably with the group Collectively Speaking, and his own group, the Russ Becker Quartet. 

        He has been a member of the Stamford Symphony and the Hartford Civic Orchestra, and currently performs chamber music with The Village Trio. As a composer, Mr. Becker's music has been featured on WNET television, aired on radio programs, and commissioned by theater companies, singers, churches, instrumentalists and much more. 

         Russ now teaches music and lives in Clinton, CT. He and his group are availible for events of all kinds, from parties to concerts.