Michael Westbrook is currently in his seventh year as Director of Jazz Studies at Fort Smith Southside High School.  His previous positions include Springdale Public Schools where he served as Assistant Director of Bands at Springdale High School, George Junior High School and Kelly Middle school.  He was also Interim Director of Bands and Visiting Instructor of Music at Arkansas Tech during the 2014-15 school year.  His duties at Arkansas Tech include conducting the Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Concert Band, Arkansas’ Band of Distinction Marching Band, teaching Instrumental Methods classes and conducting.  Prior to arriving at Arkansas Tech Mr. Westbrook was Director of Bands at Westmoore High School (2004-2014) and Director of Bands at Stillwater High School and Coordinator of Instrumental Music for the Stillwater Public System (1991-2004).  His bands at Westmoore High School and Stillwater High School consistently received superior ratings in concert, sight-reading, marching as well as the Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activities Association Sweepstakes Award.  Ensembles under the direction of Mr. Westbrook have appeared as Honor Ensembles at the Oklahoma Music Educators Association Conference on four separate occasions.

Mr. Westbrook holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music Education from Arkansas Tech University where he was a student of Mr. Gene Witherspoon and Richard Fletcher.  He also holds the Master of Music Degree in Conducting Performance and Pedagogy from Oklahoma State University where he was a conducting student of Dr. Joseph Missal.  Mr. Westbrook has also studied conducting with Frederick Fennell, H. Robert Reynolds and Thomas Dvorak.   

In 1990 he was the recipient of the Stanbury Award for Outstanding Young Band Directors presented by the American School Band Directors Association for the state of Arkansas. Mr. Westbrook was awarded the Citation of Excellence from the National Band Association. In 2000 Mr. Westbrook served as the Oklahoma Music Educators Association All-OMEA Honor Band Chair.  In 2003 he was elected to the position of Band Vice President for the Oklahoma Music Educators Association.  Mr. Westbrook was chosen by School Band & Orchestra Magazine to be included in 50 Band Directors Who Make A Difference. In 2014 he was awarded the Exemplary Teacher award by the Oklahoma Music Educators Association.  Mr. Westbrook was inducted into the Oklahoma Bandmasters Hall of Fame in 2015.   

He has been active in the community band movement in Arkansas and Oklahoma having performed as featured soloist with the Community Band of Western Arkansas as well as the Stillwater Community Band and is a past president of the Stillwater Community Band Board of Directors. His teaching career began in the Conway, Fort Smith and Van Buren, Arkansas public school systems.  As a professional saxophonist Mr. Westbrook has performed with such notable artists as Frank Gorshin, Patti Page, Franki Avalon, Byron Stripling, Steve Wilkerson, Pete Christlieb, Jon Faddis, Randy Brecker, Rosemary Clooney, Lou Marini and Ella Fitzgerald.  Mr. Westbrook has served as a clinician and adjudicator in Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, New Mexico, Kansas and Nevada.  

Keith Wood was born in Mena, Arkansas.  He began playing trumpet in 1973 and thanks his dad for keeping the old 1938 Conn cornet and the "Doc" Severinsen albums all those years.  Midway through his rather extended college career, Keith toured Canada, the northern US, Scandinavia and Western Europe with the international group "Up With People".  Upon returning to "civilian life" he transferred to the University of North Texas.  While attended UNT he became a music copyist in the Dallas area.  Keith received a degree in Trumpet Performance from North Texas in 1989 and later performed in Eureka Springs and Branson.  In 1997 Keith left the Branson scene and his schedule hasn't slowed a bit since.  Keith has studied trumpet with Don Jacoby, Keith Johnson, Bobby Shew and Clint McLaughlin.  He has been a member of Fayetteville-based Full House since 1999 as lead trumpet and horn arranger, and plays with two big bands and the Arkansas Winds Concert Band.