Saxophonist Chris McGuire is a member of the University of Texas-Arlington music faculty and an in-demand performer on saxophone, clarinet, and other woodwinds. Holding a BM and a MM from the University of North Texas, his 30+ year freelance career has included performing and touring with many diverse musical acts such as The Duke Ellington Orchestra, country star Jamey Johnson, the Jim Cullum Jazz Band, and the industrial rap of MC 900 ft. Jesus, to name a few. He has worked at UTA for 10 years where he has taught applied saxophone, coached small ensembles, and directed the Jazz Lab. More recently, he has also taught as an adjunct professor of saxophone at UNT’s Jazz Studies Program. Outside of teaching, he maintains a full performance schedule playing for a range of ensembles and recording projects. His extensive recording credits include tenor and soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, and flute parts on One Step Ahead of the Spider by MC 900 ft. Jesus which has also been featured as bumper music on NPR.

Cindy Horstman  has been performing, recording, writing, and arranging  for the past four decades. Classically trained, she is the first recipient of a Master of Music degree in harp performance from the University of Texas at Austin and a prize winner in the Lyon & Healy International Jazz Harp Competition.

Cindy co-founded the jazz duo,“2tone”, with bassist Michael Medina,  the producer of 2tone's 10 CDs. 2tone has toured nationally for 20 years and their recordings have received critical acclaim on Amazon.com and CD Baby.  Horstman’s  jazz theory workbook for harpists and her jazz-oriented arrangements and compositions for harp ensembles are very popular with harpists both nationally and internationally, becoming best sellers on the Harp Column Music website.  She has given clinics nationwide and recently conducted her ensemble arrangements for the youth ensemble at the American Harp Society convention in New Orleans, the TMEA harp ensemble in Round Rock, TX, and the UT Longhorn Music Camp in Austin, TX, and has recently completed a course on arranging for the harp for a national company, Harp Column Academy.

Cindy is currently teaching harp and conducting a 13 member harp ensemble at Brookhaven College with an emphasis on arranging, particularly in the jazz idiom. Cindy’s latest composition for flute and harp, “Life Aquatic”,  won 2nd place in the 2017 Composition Contest sponsored by the American Harp Society – Los Angeles Chapter.

Born in California to a musical family, Colin began to study piano at the age of five. Four years later, his family moved to South Carolina where they continued to nurture his love for music. He excelled in his classical studies and began to study jazz piano with Bert Ligon at the University of South Carolina.

In 2008, Colin was offered a scholarship to attend the jazz program at the University of North Texas, where he flourished under the tutelage of Stefan Karlsson. During his time at UNT, Colin was awarded the pianist position for the internationally acclaimed One O’clock Lab Band. While in the band, he had the opportunity to tour London, Cork, Dublin, New Orleans, and Houston, as well as play in large and small ensemble settings with such players as Marvin Stamm, Adam Nussbaum, Adonis Rose, Ed Soph, Kurt Rosenwinkel, composer Darcy James Argue, Bill Moring, Ravi Coltrane, Tim Ries, and Bernard Fowler, as well as a three­night engagement with the Houston Symphony. He has also had the opportunity to study with Dan Haerle, Aaron Goldberg, and Taylor Eigsti. He has been very active in the Dallas/Ft. Worth jazz scene, playing with many of the area's top players.

In his summers, Colin teaches regularly at the SWU Summer Jazz Camp in SC, and has taught master classes at the UNT Summer Jazz Camp. He has taught jazz piano lessons to students of various ages and skill levels.

Colin spent 5 months in Stockholm, Sweden, studying, writing, and recording. He plays a wide variety of genres, from old and modern jazz styles, to gospel, neo­soul, R&B, and pop genres. His passion extends from Vivaldi to metal, and this is reflected in many of his compositions. Today, Colin continues to work regularly all over the North Texas area and the surrounding states in many bands, and leads his own jazz, soul, and organ groups in a wide variety of events and concerts.

Mr. Bradshaw received a Music Education Bachelor of Arts Degree from The University of Northern Iowa with a minor in trombone.  After completing his undergraduate work he joined the 328th Army Band, Ft. Wolters, Texas. Bradshaw completed a music composition Masters Degree at The University of North Texas under the guidance of Dr. William P. Latham, Dr. Martin Mailman, and Merrill Ellis. When the Arts Magnet High School at Booker T. Washington (Now the Dallas High School For The Performing And Visual Arts) was launched, the school district asked Mr. Bradshaw to develop the new jazz music program.  He also developed the big band arranging and improvisation curriculum. Under his instruction and leadership, students produced albums of their arrangements. While at Eastfield College, his arrangement/production of “The Music of Antonio Carlos Jobim” breathed life into the east Dallas music scene, leading to his creation of the annual Celebration Spring – Together Again concerts. Curtis received "2013 Jazz Artist Of The Year," as awarded by the prestigious Sammons Center For The Arts in Dallas, Texas.

Dan Haerle is a composer, performer, educator, and ambassador of jazz piano. A Regents Professor Emeritus of Jazz Studies at UNT, he has authored instructional material used by thousands of musicians worldwide. He is a member of the International Association of Jazz Education Hall of Fame. The Jazz Education Network recognized him as part of the inaugural class of the LeJENds of Jazz award. Through participation in a variety of educational programs, he has benefitted countless musicians from youth to professional. He continues to teach jazz piano and improvisation at the Dallas School of Music and private online lessons. Haerle has performed with Clark Terry, Pat Metheny, Freddie Hubbard, and numerous other modern jazz leaders, and has recorded multiple albums featuring his own music as well as jazz standards.