Liz Smith, flute, clarinet, and saxophone, is a resident of Quaker Hill CT and teaches instrumental music at Lyme/Old Lyme Middle School. Liz received her BA from Luther College and her MA in Music Education from the University of Connecticut. She is an active member of the Goodspeed Opera House Orchestra, and the New World Jazz Orchestra, and has performed for musical productions at the Bushnell Theater in Hartford CT and the Performing Arts Center in Providence RI.

Perry Elliot, violin, is a member of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra and the Connecticut Symphony at Summer Music in Waterford CT. He is a graduate of the Hartt School of Music and is Visiting Teacher of Violin at Wesleyan University. He is also a founding member of the New World Consort, ensemble-in-residence at Wesleyan, and former concertmaster of the Goodspeed Opera House Orchestra.

Gary Chapman, piano, has appeared as soloist with the New Haven Symphony, the Connecticut Orchestra at Summer Music in Waterford CT, and as accompanist to soprano Dawn Upshaw. He has performed at London's Wigmore Hall, the 92nd Street Y, and at the Spoleto USA festival. A former Dean of the Hartford Camerata Conservatory, Gary is on the faculty of Connecticut College in New London CT, where he teaches both piano and jazz history.

Roy Wiseman, double bass, is Artistic Director of the New World Consort, ensemble-in-residence at Wesleyan University, and Conductor of the New World Jazz Orchestra. He served as Music Advisor to Garrison Keillor's NPR program “The American Radio Company of the Air”, and as conductor for the Oregon Festival of American Music. He is also on the faculties of Wesleyan University and the Educational Center for the Arts in New Haven CT.