Seth Davis is a conductor who has collaborated across many areas of the wind music medium. Prior to moving to Minneapolis in 2022, he taught secondary school band in New Jersey, Indiana, and Texas. Seth holds a masters’ degree in wind band conducting from Texas State University, studying under Dr. Caroline Beatty. Currently, he serves as a graduate teaching assistant and doctoral candidate at the University of Minnesota. At UMN, Seth is the director of the Gold Campus Band, an ensemble consisting of graduate and undergraduate non-music majors and community members. In 2024, he was appointed to the faculty of music at Normandale Community College, where he directs the concert band and supervises the chamber music curriculum. He also serves as the music director for the Minneapolis Brass Ensemble, a community ensemble which recently performed at the Minneapolis Music Educator’s Association Conference.

Anthony Morris is an assistant band director at Null Middle School in Houston, Texas. Before that, he received a Master of Music in Wind Conducting at the University of Georgia where he studied with Dr. Nicholas Williams and Dr. Jaclyn Hartenberger and served as a Graduate Teaching Assistant for the UGA Bands. Mr. Morris received a Bachelor of Music in Music Education with a dual concentration in Instrumental and Choral education with Cum Laude distinction from Kennesaw State University. Prior to graduate study, Mr. Morris served as Director of Bands & Choirs at Wildwood Middle High School (Wildwood, Florida) where he was responsible for the instruction and administration of the middle & high school concert bands, marching band, music theory, and choir program. Mr. Morris has appeared as a guest conductor with The U.S. Air Force Band and The U.S. Army Band “Pershing’s Own” and was named a conducting fellow for the H. Robert Reynolds Conducting Institute at the 76th Annual Midwest Clinic in Chicago, Illinois. Morris is also the co-founder and co-host of the music education podcast Relative Pitch.

Katahj Copley, a Georgia native and current doctoral student in music composition at Michigan State University, creates music that blends rhythmic complexity with deep emotional resonance. His compositions have been performed and commissioned by universities, organizations, and professional ensembles, including the Cavaliers Brass, California Band Director Association, Admiral Launch Duo, and “The President’s Own” Marine Band. Katahj has also received critical acclaim internationally with pieces being performed in Canada, the United Kingdom, Japan, China, and Australia. Katahj received two Bachelor of Music degrees from the University of West Georgia in Music Education and Composition in 2021. In 2023, he received his Masters in Music Composition from the University of Texas at Austin - studying with Omar Thomas and Yevgeniy Sharlat. Drawing from hip hop, R&B, and other Black music traditions, his compositions channel raw, expressive energy through intricate rhythms and soulful grooves, connecting to the heart of the human experience. His work captures both the technical mastery of rhythm and the vulnerability of the soul.

Dr. Kevin Day is an award-winning, multi-disciplinary composer, jazz pianist and conductor. Internationally acclaimed as one of the world’s leading musical voices, Dr. Day’s work is known as a vibrant exploration of diverse musical traditions from contemporary classical, jazz, R&B, Soul and more. Dr. Day is the recipient of numerous awards, including a Copland House Residency Award, the MacDowell Fellowship for Music Composition, the BMI Composer Award, the TCU Alumni Outstanding Young Professional Award, a three-time ASCAP Morton Gould Finalist, a finalist for the ABA Sousa-Ostwald Award, a finalist twice for the NBA Revelli Award, and many more. Dr. Day currently resides in San Diego, California and holds degrees from TCU, the University of Georgia, and the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami. He has studied composition with Dorothy Hindman, Charles Norman Mason, Peter Van Zandt Lane, Emily Koh, Gabriela Lena Frank, and Neil Anderson-Himmelspach. 

Dr. Day currently teaches as Lecturer of Music Theory and Musicianship at UC San Diego.

Marie A. Douglas is an Atlanta-bred composer known for mixing genres and textures in her concert stage pieces. Her music reflects her inner-city upbringing and experiences. Notable for memorable melodies, rhythms, and surprising textures, her compositions are influenced by the African Diaspora and often fuse blues derived genres with western art music idioms. A variety of well-known ensembles have worked with Marie and performed her music; The Albany Symphony-Dogs of Desire, University of Central Florida Symphonic Band, University of Alabama-Birmingham Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band, California All-State Wind Symphony, University of the Pacific Conservatory, and many others. In addition to symphonic and chamber works, her catalogue also includes music for film as well as hip-hop and r&b instrumentals. She collaborates with various ensembles, contributes to film music, and recently earned her Doctor of Musical Arts in composition and conducting at the University of Memphis.