Annie LeDonne is an instrumental music composer based in Austin Texas.  Annie Earned their Bachelor's Degree in Music Composition, and Bachelor's in Flute Performance from Baylor University in May of 2025. As a student, they gained experience transcribing and arranging for small commissions, composing video game and film music, and programming original works for concerts and recitals at Baylor.  Along with composition, Annie has an extensive flute performance background participating in various festivals, ensembles, and performance groups such as the Galway flute festival of 2019, the Gary Schocker flute festivals (2018-2020), the Baylor Symphonic Band, Wind ensemble, Symphony Orchestra, and chamber programs. Annie is a freelance composer, performer, and private teacher in the North Austin area. Their Primary teachers included Dr. Scott McAllister and Dr. Charlotte Daniel.

A proud UT-Austin alumnus, Korey Young is entering his fourth year teaching oboe in the Austin area. Outside of school hours, Korey plays Principal Oboe in the Laredo Philharmonic and will join the Central Texas Philharmonic as English Hornist for their 2023-2024 season. As a soloist, Korey was a semifinalist in the Young Texas Artists Music Competition and was invited to compete at the Barbirolli International Oboe Competition at age 19. He has spent summers at National Orchestral Institute, Eastern Music Festival, and most recently Kent-Blossom Music Festival, where he performed alongside The Cleveland Orchestra. Korey's primary teachers have been Dr. Andrew Parker, Jeffrey Rathbun, and Katie Steele. When he's not playing the oboe, Korey enjoys playing board games and feeding the ducks at Mueller Lake Park!

Cathy Teltschik was the Head Band Director at Leander Middle School for 36 years before retiring to teach Bassoon Lessons! 

With nearly 30 years of experience in music education, Mrs Tricia Moore is passionate about helping students develop confidence, musicianship, and a lifelong love of music. She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Music Education and a Master's Degree in Education and recently retired after 29 years as an elementary music teacher.

As both a music educator and parent of former band students, Mrs Moore understands the value of a strong music program and strive to make every lesson engaging, encouraging, and rewarding. Tricia looks forward to helping students grow as musicians and achieve their full potential. Mrs Moore has two grown students, a UT Grad, and this year a Texas State Grad. She plays in the community band and enjoys her two golden retrievers, Cadence and Coda.

Dustin Hunter is an Austin based saxophonist and music educator. He holds a Bachelor’s of Music degree from Louisiana State University and a Master’s of Music degree from the University of New Mexico. Locally, Dustin performs regularly with Honey Made, a funk and soul band hailing from Austin, Texas, and the Austin Saxophone Ensemble, one of the only professional classical saxophone ensembles in the country. He has also performed with the San Antonio Symphony, Mid-texas Symphony, and various other ensembles of all genres of music. He has been a guest soloist with the Heart of Texas Concert Band and the Louisiana State University Wind Ensemble. As an educator he has been teaching professionally for over twelve years in Virginia, Louisiana, New Mexico, and Texas. His students have consistently won auditions in region, district, area, and state competitions, and have often continued their education at the collegiate level.

Dr. Shane Pitsch holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Trumpet Performance and literature from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a Master of Music in Trumpet Performance from Eastern Illinois University, and a Bachelor of Music in Trumpet Performance (jazz emphasis) degree from University of Texas at Austin. Shane has performed with artists such as Willie Nelson, The Drifters, Sam Moore (of Sam and Dave), Maria Schneider, Wayne Shorter, Steve Turre, Henry Butler, Spoon, What Made Milwaukee Famous, The Latin Breed, Johnny Bush, Ron Wilkins, and many others. 

Shane has been an active freelancer on the Austin music scene for over 20 years. As a leader, he led a 10-piece soul/rock group called Shane Pitsch and the Smokestack Revue, which you can hear on the album "Movin' On." You can also hear him on the album "This is it," by jazz group Global Soul, which he was a co-leader of. Shane currently leads two of his own groups, Gus and the Dirty Bones, and Shane Pitsch and the Dirty Six. 

As an educator, Shane maintains a healthy teaching schedule, teaching trumpet and jazz improv lessons, working with jazz bands, and giving clinics/masterclasses. He began teaching trumpet lessons while still in high school, giving him close to 40 years of experience. He has been teaching in the Austin area since 2002. 

Caitlynn Sandberg is a freelance educator and performer currently based in Austin, Texas. A Los Angeles native, she has taught students over the past eight years from the beginner to collegiate level and absolutely adores seeing her students grow as players and human beings throughout their time with her. As an active performer, she holds the Principal Horn position with the Sierra Vista Symphony Orchestra and subs with the Tucson Symphony and Tucson Pops orchestras. Her performances with various symphonies and chamber groups have taken her around the United States in the cities of Austin, Tucson, Sierra Vista, Los Angeles, and San Diego as well as around Central Europe performing in the countries of France, Czech Republic, Austria, and Italy. Stepping into the jazz scene, she has also performed in jazz recitals and performed the entirety of Miles Davis’s Birth of the Cool album with The New Nine in Long Beach, California.

She holds degrees from California State University, Northridge (B.M) and The University of Arizona Fred Fox School of Music (M.M) where she was a graduate teaching assistant for the Horn Studio and a member of the Fred Fox Graduate Wind Quintet. Her primary teachers are Annie Bosler, Dylan Hart, and Johanna Lundy. Outside of music she loves to travel (searching for the best coffee in a new city) and spending time with her partner Chris and tiny dog, Dakota.

Chris Porteous is a freelance bass trombonist and private lessons teacher based in Austin, Texas. A native of Tucson Arizona,he has been teaching, both in the classroom and privately, for eight years. He holds two degrees from the University of Arizona, both a M.M and a B.M in Bass Trombone Performance. Outside of teaching, Chris is a freelance musician playing in jazz bands, orchestras, musicals, and is currently the bass trombonist for the Sierra Vista Symphony Orchestra in Sierra Vista, Arizona. Outside of music, Chris enjoys spending time with his partner and their dog and cat, Dakota and Jelly.

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