Ben Lewis, trumpet
Mr. Lewis is a retired U.S. Navy musician and bandmaster. With over thirty years of experience as a performer throughout the United States and Europe, he studied privately with George Vosburgh, principal trumpet of the Pittsburgh Symphony. He has served as Adjunct Professor of trumpet at Rhodes College and is a member of the Memphis Brass Quintet, the professional brass ensemble in residence at the University of Memphis Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music. Additionally, Mr. Lewis performs extensively throughout the Mid-South region with various ensembles, including the Memphis Symphony, the Zephyr Brass Quartet, the Delta Symphony, and the Orpheum Theater orchestra, as well as many local churches.
Robert Allison, trumpet
Robert Allison hails from Memphis, Tennessee, and is Associate Professor of Trumpet and Jazz Studies at Southern Illinois University. He has also taught at Millikin University and the Latvian National Conservatory in Riga, Latvia. Besides fulfilling his teaching duties, Dr. Allison is active as a recitalist and clinician, and in addition to the New Arts Jazztet, also performs regularly with the SIUC Faculty Brass Trio and the Brass Ensemble of Illinois. He has performed with numerous jazz artists, including James Williams, Cal Thomas, Willie Thomas and Stanley Clarke. Dr. Allison received most of his training at the University of Illinois where he was a student of Ray Sasaki, David Hickman and Mike Tunnel. He is also a former winner of the International Trumpet Guild's Jazz Improvisition Competition.
Dan Phillips, horn
Mr. Dan Phillips, Associate Professor of Horn and Theory, joined The University of Memphis faculty in the fall of 1999. In addition to teaching duties, he plays in the Memphis Brass Quintet, the Memphis Woodwind Quintet and the Birth of the Cool Ensemble, all faculty ensembles in residence at the University. He holds degrees in horn performance from Michigan State University and the University of Notre Dame and has done additional graduate study at Indiana University. His background as a hornist includes extensive experience in solo, chamber ensemble, symphonic, studio and operatic idioms throughout the US and in Europe, Brazil and Japan. Mr. Phillips has a broad background as a conductor, arranger, and teacher. He served three terms as Visiting Professor at Southern Illinois University's campus in Nakajo, Japan; and in the spring of 1992, he was an Artist-in-Residence at the Latvian Music Academy in Riga. He is webmaster for The Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music and for the International Horn Society.
John Mueller, trombone/euphonium
Dr. John Mueller is Assistant Professor of Trombone and Euphonium at The Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music. He is trombonist with the Memphis Brass Quintet and The Birth of the Cool faculty jazz ensemble. He joined the faculty at the University of Memphis in 2001 after a 21-year career with The U.S. Army Band in Washington, D.C., where he was euphonium section leader and soloist. Dr. Mueller has performed on both trombone and euphonium with the National Symphony Orchestra, the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra, the Jazz Orchestra of the Delta, and the Kennedy Center Theatre Chamber Players. As a soloist, clinician, and adjudicator, he has appeared throughout the U.S., Japan, Australia, and Europe. Dr. Mueller earned his Bachelors degree in Music Education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and his Masters and Doctoral degrees in Trombone Performance from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. In 1999 he released his debut solo recording, Euphonic Sounds. Dr. Mueller has served on the faculty of The Catholic University of America and the executive committee of the International Tuba Euphonium Association (formerly T.U.B.A.). He is a Meinl-Weston artist/clinician. Dr. Mueller's principal teachers include Milton Stevens, Robert Gray, Daniel Perantoni, and Brian Bowman.
Kevin Sanders, tuba
Mr. Sanders, Assistant Professor of Tuba, joined the University of Memphis faculty in the Fall of 2008. He is a graduate of the Interlochen Arts Academy and received his Bachelors degree from Indiana University and his Masters degree from The Juilliard School of Music. He is currently finishing his Doctorate of Musical Arts at Michigan State University. Mr. Sanders actively performs with orchestras and presents recitals and master classes around the United States. He is a member of the Memphis Brass Quintet, Birth of the Cool Ensemble, and has performed with the American Brass Quintet, New Mexico Symphony, Spoleto USA Festival Orchestra, New World Symphony in Miami, Chicago Civic Orchestra, and Columbus Philharmonic. In 1999 Mr. Sanders was selected as one of nine Americans to play with the Jeunesse Musicales World Orchestra for their North American and European tours. He has worked under internationally acclaimed conductors such as Kurt Masur, Lorin Maazel, Frederick Fennell, and James Conlon, including performances in New York City’s Carnegie Hall under the batons of Charles Dutoit and Michael Tilson Thomas. Through the years Mr. Sanders has been fortunate to study with some of the most legendary brass virtuosi, including Dan Perantoni, Tony Kniffen, David Fedderly, and Joseph Alessi. He currently serves on the faculty of the University of Memphis Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music and has held positions on the faculties of the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith, SUNY-Potsdam Crane School of Music, and the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp.
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