Dr. Daniel Monek is an Assistant Professor of Music and chairman of the music department at Marietta College. He directs the Concert Choir, Women's Choir ,Chamber Singers and Oratorio Chorus. In addition to his ensemble responsibilities, he teaches applied voice and music history. He has received his Ph.D. in music from Edinburgh University (Scotland) and holds degrees in Music Education and Vocal Performance from the University of South Florida and the University of Florida. Monek has taught music in Florida's public schools and was the founding Artistic and Musical Director of the New Edinburgh Orchestra in Edinburgh, Scotland. He has served as the musical director of several churches, as Secretary/Treasurer for the Florida Chapter of the American Choral Directors Association, and as Chairman of the Scotland Association of the British Choral Directors. He currently serves on the board for the Central Division of the American Choral Directors Association as the Editor-in-Chief of Resound, the division's newsletter. Dr. Monek is also a member of the Music Educators National Conference, Ohio Music Educators Association, Music Teachers National Association, College Music Society, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia.

Dr. Ronda King, Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Bands, comes to Marietta College from Mesa State College in Grand Junciton Colorado where she served as Director of Bands and Music Education. She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Music Education and a Master of Education in Music from the University of Missouri-Columbia and a Ph.D. in Music Education from The Ohio State University. Dr. King was the first winner of the Richard Heine Arranging Competition sponsored by The Ohio State University Marching Band. She is a member of Phi Kappa Phi, Music Educator's National Conference, and OMEA. She taught public school in her home state of Missouri for 10 years, at both the elementary and secondary level, and has been active as both a clinician and as an adjudicator in Missouri, Arkansas and Colorado. in addition to directing the Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Mallet Mania, and Jazz Band here at Marietta College, Dr. King coaches the woodwind quartet, teaches applied brass and percussion, and Music for Elementary Teachers.

Elizabeth Cummings who made her orchestral debut at age 15 with the Kanawha Valley Youth Orchestra, also performed with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra at 16. Both of her degrees, a B.M. from Ohio Wesleyan and a M.M. from Eastman School of Music, are performance degrees. She is an accomplished pianist who has given many solo and ensemble recitals at Marietta College, Marietta, Ohio, in Charleston, WV, at Trombino's in Pittsburgh, PA, and at Davis-Elkins College in Elkins, WV. She and her husband, Dr. H. Dean Cummings, performed as a trombone-piano team for many years.

Cynthia Lutz-Puls is a cellist who currently performs in The River Cities Orchestra. As the founder of the Gliere String Quartet and the Trillium Piano Trio and a Marietta College Piano Trio, she is an accomplished and busy performer. She is an Artsbridge Catalog Artist and was awarded a grant by the Henry Logan Foundation to fund her educational series called "Exploring Composers." Cynthia, who completed a B.M. at the University of Evansville in Indiana and a M.M. at Louisiana State University, teaches a large class of Suzuki Cellists from ages 3 to adults.