Originally from Detroit, Clint Gawthrop studied under Carol Petty and then Mischa Kottler. Mr. Kottler was in turn taught by Emil von Sauer and Sergei Rachmaninoff. Clint has soloed with the Troy High School Orchestra and has played a reception for the Dresden-Staatskapelle Orchestra under Andre Previn. When time between students permits, he plays for several choirs and ballets, along with a few weddings and other special occasions. Clint’s latest project has been composing a number of pieces, from which he hopes eventually to make a CD.

Gerald Webster is an internationally acclaimed solo artist. Mr. Webster was a Professor of Music at Washington State University for nearly 25 years and is currently Professor of Trumpet at Portland State University. His numerous concert tours and teaching opportunities have taken him throughout the United States and Europe and now, with the opening of the East, to Russia. His publications include The Art of Playing the Piccolo Trumpet (Best Press, 1994) and The Concerto in D Major for Two Trumpets by Peter Prelleur (Hoyt Editions, 1995).