A highly respected musician, Steve has performed and/or recorded with such jazz luminaries as Frank Strozier,Eddie Bert, Sir Roland Hanna, John Lewis, Jack Wilkins, Tal Far- low, Diane Schuur, Richard Schindell and Carmen Leggio, performing at Carnegie Hall, Town Hall, Lincoln Center, and The Bottom Line. He has recorded and released 14 albums, and as a composer has written over 200 works, including pieces for string and woodwind quartets, jazz ensembles and modern dance. Steve teaches music privately and is on the faculty of the Community Music School in Essex, Ct and the Music Conservatory of Westchester in White Plains, NY. He also works as a landscape painter and is an audio engineer. Steve lives in Madison, CT.

A prominent instrumentalist, composer and teacher, Russ has been an active musician on the Connecticut music scene for many years. He has been a member of the Stamford Sym- phony, the Hartford Civic Orchestra, Radio Piece 3, The Bridgeport Industrial Saxophone Ensemble, Collectively Speaking, The Bob Hughes Big Band, The Art Cellar Sax Quartet, The Village Trio, and leader of the Russ Becker Quartet. He has released four albums of his own and recorded often as a sideman and studio musician. A prolific composer, Russ’ music has been featured on WNET, local and regional television and radio, and has been commissioned by theatre companies, churches, singers and instrumentalists. Russ teaches privately at The Russ Becker Wood- wind Studio in Clinton, Ct and at the Community Music School in Essex, Ct. He lives in Clinton, Ct.