Chuck Rogers - Guitar has over 30 years experience as a music educator. Receiving his bachelors and masters degrees in music education, with an emphasis on classical guitar, from the University of Central Florida, Chuck has taught and directed in various settings. This includes elementary music teacher, band director, and guitar instructor. Chuck was the director of the guitar program at Stetson University's Community School of the Arts for 17 years, where he worked with large and small guitar ensembles, as well as, taught group and individual lessons. His student ensembles often performed in the community, including E.P.C.O.T. at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. Chuck was also the founder and headmaster of the West Hawaii Community School of Music, a branch of the Hawaii Community College Office of Continuing Education and Training. Chuck has studied with Stephen Robinson, Ricardo Cobo, Gamble Rogers, and Eric Lesko. In addition, he has performed in master classes with Bruce Holzman, Adam Holzman, Ron Pearl, Julian Gray, the L.A. Guitar Quartet, and many other outstanding guitarist. Chuck has been a performer for over 30 years, playing a diverse genre of music from classical to popular music. He has worked with large ensembles, such as the London Symphony Orchestra, and the Jacksonville Orchestra, as well as, many smaller groups. In addition, he has performed with many other guitarists such as Gamble Rogers, Stephen Robinson, John Blake, and George Kahumoku, Jr.  Chuck also performs as a soloist at concerts, recitals, churches, weddings, and public events. He is a composer and arranger and has worked in the recording studio in both capacities.
 

Julie Rogers - Guitar graduated Cum Laude from Stetson University with a bachelors degree in classical guitar and an emphasis in Spanish.  Julie has had a private teaching studio for the last ten years where she has taught various styles of music.  She has had the opportunity to study classical guitar with a variety of well respected teachers.  She performed on national television in Uruguay.  In addition, she performed in various places in the United States.  Her love of the Spanish language has caused her to devote much time to the study of Spanish culture and its impact on music. Julie taught migrant students from Mexico through the Mexican American Internship, a combined program with Volusia County Schools and Stetson University.  In addition, Julie has worked for the last two school years as a Spanish teacher.  She is a skilled instructor in both guitar instruction and Spanish.

Christina Medlin - Piano graduated Magna cum laude from Stetson University with a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance in 2003. She also participated in the Outside Field degree with an emphasis in Psychology. While at Stetson she frequently performed on multiple instruments, participating in numerous ensembles, rendering her proficient on piano and low brass instruments. Since graduating, she has remained an active musician, participating in Southern Winds and performing as a guest artist at many musical events, her favorite being the Ives Festival. You can also hear both her solo and ensemble work featured on National Public Radio. Christina has been teaching private music lessons for five years and has been an educator in private, public and home schooling settings. Last year Christina served as Director and primary educator of Covenant Arts Academy, an arts school for home schoolers. Her students have earned honors such as All-State, All-County, and Tri-State positions, Superior ratings at Solo and Ensemble Festivals, admission to the United States Marine Band, and many have gone on to earn music scholarships for their college education.  Christina also loves to use her musical gifts to worship internationally, has traveled to Italy, Switzerland and Germany, and has led worship in Chiba, Japan and Malawi, Africa.

Brent "Banjammer" Nichols - Brass has widely traveled with his 5-string banjo in South America and Europe. Although not yet known inside concert halls, he has often been found spreading the unique joyous sound of the banjo near subways and sidewalks. His Gospel Bluegrass Band of Bend, Oregon delighted occupants of rest homes and shopping malls, particularly around Christmas. He began playing the banjo over 25 years ago while a music theory major at George Fox College.   Although he plays a number of brass, woodwind, and stringed instruments, the banjo remains his favorite for its bright percussive message that can't be picked without a grin. 
 

Paul Madsen - Woodwinds studied music and guitar, graduating with a Bachelor of Music degree from Vennard College, Iowa. By that time he had traveled around the United States in various vocal and instrumental ensembles performing mainly in churches, camps, and other ministry venues. Upon completing his music teacher's certification for vocal and instrumental music at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, he directed the instrumental and vocal music program at Naples Christian Academy, Florida. In 1998 he moved to Spain to teach music at an international K-12 school. He continues in that role, directing the concert band, teaching private lessons, leading traveling music groups, developing the music education department, and writing and arranging music. He has a Master of Music degree from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. He has performed with various groups including the Naples Philharmonic, the Chieftains, and the Chamber Singers of Iowa City as well as under conductors such as Erich Kunzel and Christopher Seaman. He has also been a guest music director at international teacher and student conferences in Hungary and Austria. Paul has a deep love for music and enjoys teaching others to expand their abilities and express their emotions through quality music performance.