The founding member of Brass Roots Trio, pianist and arranger Rosetta Senkus Bacon has performed extensively throughout North America, Europe and Asia with concerts at the Kennedy Center in Washington, Taipei County Cultural Center in Taiwan, St. Moritz Cultural Center in Switzerland, and Kaunus Philharmonic Hall in Lithuania.  A frequent guest at international festivals, Rosetta has served on faculties and performed at “The International Summer Chamber Music Festival” in Taiwan and “The International School of Performing Arts” in Bucks County, PA where she accompanied Master Classes of Metropolitan Opera stars Sherrill Milnes and Gilda Cruz-Roma.  She concertized with Metropolitan Opera soprano Judith Raskin and the internationally acclaimed Lithuanian clarinetist Algirdas Budrys.   In a lighter vein she was one of the duo-pianists in “Side By Side By Sondheim” starring Arlene Francis and Hermione Gingold.  A native of West Virginia, Rosetta graduated from West Virginia University and received a Masters Degree from the Manhattan School of Music in New York.  She was the recipient of the “Outstanding Musician Award” from the West Virginia Arts & Humanities Commission. Equally at home with both classical and jazz genres, Travis Heath’s international performances have included solo works, big band, and chamber music.  He has been a soloist with the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra and Metropolis Ensemble, and performed frequently with the Brevard Symphony Orchestra and Orlando Philharmonic.  In addition, Travis has performed commercially at Universal Studios and for the Walt Disney World Co. He played lead trumpet with Nashville based touring groups Truth and the American Rhapsody Orchestra celebrating the George and Ira Gershwin centennial.  He was also the lead trumpet for Ray Charles on two different PBS broadcasts.  Currently Travis performs around the globe with the Brass Roots Trio and Crescendo Brass, including recently at the opening of PNC Hall in Japan, Banff Centre in Canada, the Guinness Jazz festival in Cork, Ireland, and in the UK at Oxford University and St. James Piccadilly.  He can be heard on the Naxos, BRT, and Mark recording labels. A native of Vero Beach, FL, Travis holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Rutgers University and is the Coordinator of the Brass Department at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago.  He is the founding director of the Chicago Brass Festival. Accomplished on both the horn and violin, Christina Ciraulo has performed in chamber ensembles and orchestras across the globe.  In addition to her concerts across the US and Canada, her tours have taken her to England, Scotland, France, Israel, Jordan, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, South Africa, Zimbabwe, China, Hong Kong, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Guam, and the Philippines.  She has collaborated with Phil Meyers, Hermann Baumann, Jens Lindeman, Alain Trudel and the American Brass Quintet on the modern horn, and with Andrew Clark on the natural horn.  She has performed in concert with Ray Charles and in orchestras under the baton of Kurt Masur, Benjamin Zander and Michael Tilson Thomas.  Christina received a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University.  Currently living and teaching in Chicago, she performs regularly with the Chicago Chamber Orchestra. Background Music:  Gershwin Medley (Gershwin/Bacon)