Three world-class, conservatory trained musicians captivate audiences with their mesmerizing sounds and charismatic personalities. Pianist Rosetta Senkus Bacon, trumpeter Travis Heath, and French horn player Douglas Lundeen have demonstrated their prodigious talents across the country and around the world with engagements at the Kennedy Center in Washington, Avery Fisher and Carnegie Hall in NY, Symphony Hall in Boston, the Banff Centre in Canada, the Guinness Jazz Festival in Ireland, Cultural Centers in Taiwan, Japan, Switzerland, Spain, Germany, and Lithuania, and with major symphony orchestras in the US, England and Costa Rica.

Douglas Lundeen Alongside his studies on the French horn, Douglas Lundeen began his musical training in opera in Manhattan, coaching with Metropolitan Opera assistant conductor Frank Basilice.   It was maestro Basilice, whose father had been principal horn of the Met orchestra under Toscanini, who encouraged Doug to pursue a horn-playing career while he waited for his voice to mature.  An engagement as Principal Horn with the Orquesta Naçional de Costa Rica began what has turned into a 35-year career as a hornist.  Equally at home as a soloist, chamber player and orchestral musician on the modern horn, Doug is also one of the leading players in North America on the valveless natural horn.  Since winning first prize for solo natural horn in the 1987 American Horn Competition, he has played principal horn in period instrument orchestras in New York City, San Francisco, Chicago, Montréal, Boston, and Washington, D.C., and has recordings on the Sony, Koch, Titanic, and Musical Heritage Society Labels.  On the modern horn, Doug has played principal horn with orchestras in Cincinnati and Pittsburgh, in Philadelphia with Peter Nero and the Philly Pops and the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, on Broadway with “Jekyll and Hyde” and “Aida,” and he is currently Principal Horn of the Princeton Symphony.   He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Cincinnati Conservatory and is Associate Professor of Horn at the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University.   “Thomas Schmidt’s orchestra was notable for the steadfastness of the high trumpet parts and for the horn solo by Douglas Lundeen in the ‘Quoniam.’” - Bernard Holland, The New York Times, Oct. 2, 2006

Travis Heath 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.

Rosetta Senkus Bacon Pianist Rosetta Senkus Bacon has performed extensively throughout North America, Europe and Asia.  Her tours, which have included recitals at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, St. Moritz Cultural Center in Switzerland, Taipei County Cultural Center in Taiwan, and Kaunus Philharmonic Hall in Lithuania, have taken her to the major cities of the U.S, Canada, Europe and Taiwan.  She concertized widely with Metropolitan Opera soprano Judith Raskin in the 1980's and with the internationally acclaimed Lithuanian clarinetist Algirdas Budrys in the 1990's. A frequent guest at international festivals, Rosetta has served on faculties and performed at “The International Summer Chamber Music Festival” in Taiwan, “International Artists Series” at the Kennedy Center, and “The International School of Performing Arts” in Bucks County, PA.   From 1998 - 2004 she was on the music faculty of William Paterson University where she was the pianist and vocal coach for the Opera Workshop. She has accompanied Opera Masterclasses of Metropolitan Opera singers Sherrill Milnes and Gilda Cruz-Romo. Rosetta was the founding member of  'Band du Soleil' and performed with the group from 2001 - 2004. In a lighter vein she was one of the duo-pianists in 'Side By Side By Sondheim' starring Arlene Francis and Hermione Gingold. Her recordings include 'Liederabend' with Judith Raskin, a collection of classical piano solos 'Piano Works', 'Behold that Star!' with tenor Steven Snow, and 'Reflections of Peace' with Brass Roots Trio. 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 'Young Artist Award' at West Virginia University and 'Outstanding Musician Award' from the West Virginia Arts & Humanities Commission. “Rosetta Senkus Bacon was excellent throughout.”                                                                         -Joseph McLellan, The Washington Post   Background Music:  Gershwin Medley (Gershwin/Bacon)