August "Augie" Haas: Milwaukee-born trumpet major and a senior at the Roosevelt University College of Performing Arts, Chicago.

    As a founding member of the campus Tau Kappa Epsilon music fraternity, Augie has also accumulated strong performance credentials as well. His appearances with the Philly Pops Orchestra, a Disney all-star band, the big bands of Rob Parton and Dave Liebman and as a sideman backing the likes of Peter Nero, "Doc" Severinsen and Toshiko Akiyoshi indicate a high level of musical ability very early in his career.

    His scholorship application CD also demonstrates that he is equally comfortable in popular, jazz, and classical music settings revealing a depth of musical interpretation and technique quite advanced for a college musician.

    As he adds performance piano, music history and arranging to his performance skills, he is sure to become a valued and versatile leader as well.

    Bethany Hamilton: a jazz and classical voice major and a junior at the Roosevelt University College of Performing Arts, Chicago.

    Like Augie Haas, she also comes highly recommended by Roosevlet professor Scott Mason. She has seriously studied voice and music theory with a dozen or so local performing instrumentalists and vocal teachers.

    In high school, Bethany was a choir section leader in charge of the warm-ups and occasional conducting of two vacal jazz ensembles. She has developed a strong interest in jazz piano, averages two-dozen public performances and recitals each year with three or four different vocal ensembles and arranges music in a variety of styles for various size groups.

    She is a co-founder and leader of a campus Christian fellowship organization involved in community service and recently was part of an all-state vocal jazz workshop for high school students.