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.  In addition to Brass Roots Trio, she is the founding member of Skylands Trio (www.skylandstrio.com).  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. Thomas Boulton, trumpet, is an active freelance musician and educator in the New York City area, performs internationally throughout North and Central America, and has performed live on television and National Public Radio broadcasts.  He has performed with numerous ensembles including the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas, the Orchestra at St. Luke's, and the New Amsterdam Brass Band where he recorded a CD with virtuoso Allen Vizzutti.  An avid supporter of chamber music, Tom regularly appears as principal trumpet with the Artemis Chamber Ensemble and 2011 Grammy nominee Metropolis Ensemble.  With Metropolis Boulton has premiered several commissioned works and reworked adaptations, including an adaptation of John Corigliano's "Three Hallucinations" and Igor Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring" which was subsequently performed before a crowd of 10,000 and broadcast live on WNYC/WQXR.  He served as principal trumpet in Lorin Maazel's inaugural Castleton Music Festival and recently appeared in Philip Glass' 2011 MATA Festival.  In June 2011 he will participate in The Center for Advanced Musical Studies at Chosen Vale, performing along side Stephen Burns, Edward Carroll, Gabriele Cassone, Mark Gould, Markus Stockhausen, Hakan Hardenberger, and Thomas Stevens.  Boulton earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at Rutgers University and attended Eastern Michigan University (BM) and Manhattan School of Music (MM).  Primary teachers include Kevin Cobb, Thomas V. Smith, Carter Eggers, and Michael Bowman and further instruction from teachers Mark Gould, David Krauss, Robert Sullivan, Philip Myers, Ray Mase, Jim Ross, Toby Hanks and Per Brevig.  Boulton has performed at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, Symphony Space and can be heard on the Sony Classical, Mark Masters and Naxos recording labels. Dan Wions has worked under the baton of such prestigious conductors as Zubin Mehta, Michael Tilson Thomas, Charles Dutoit, Kurt Masur and Lorin Maazel and has recorded on the Sony Classical and Naxos labels, and for NASCAR and ESPN productions.  Mr. Wions has performed on tour dates with a long list of pop, rock and jazz musicians including Dave Brubeck, Patti LaBelle, Aretha Franklin, John Legend, Gloria Estefan, Carlos Santana, Frank Sinatra, Jr., Patti Lupone, Anne Murray, Leann Rhimes, Mannheim Steamroller, Clay Aiken and Josh Groban.  Recent appointments include principal horn of the Chamber Orchestra of New York, Third Horn/Co-Principal of the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas, and a current trial as Principal Horn of the Pennsylvania Ballet.  He was also a finalist in the New York Philharmonic's most recent Assistant/Utility Horn audition.  Teachers include Michelle Baker, Myron Bloom, Tony Cecere, Peter Gordon, Michael Hatfield, Rick Seraphinoff, and Chris Wilhjelm. Mr. Wion's holds a BM in Horn Performance, with outside studies in piano and composition, from Indiana University.  He has been a participant in the the FAME Festival, National Orchestral Institute, and a member of the Verbier Festival Orchestra in Switzerland.  Mr. Wions is the CEO and Founder of Live Music Consulting LLC (www.livemusicconsulting.com).  He presently resides in Hillsborough, NJ, freelancing mainly in the NJ, NY, PA and DC areas, and contracting nationally.    Background Music:  Gershwin Medley (Gershwin/Bacon)