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Chris Grant
Conductor
Chris Grant

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David
Eb Cornet
David Mayo

David Mayo is from Centreville, Virginia. He became enamored with brass bands at James Madison University and ended up playing Soprano. He has had great opportunities to play with the Canterbury Brass in Christchurch, New Zealand, the Massanutten Brass in Massanutten Virginia, and has been playing with the Spokane British Brass Band since 2015.

Repiano
Jim Phillips
Collins
Flugel Horn
Collins Loupe
Sam
Principle Solo Cornet
Sam Morozov

Sam is majoring in mechanical engineering at Gonzaga University. He has played the trumpet since fifth grade (a little over a decade ago), and now plays various brass instruments in ensembles both on and off campus. Now in his second season with the group, Sam is, as ever, thrilled for the opportunity to play in the Spokane British Brass Band and share the stage with a community of musicians who foster a higher level of music making.

Solo Cornet
Ryan Coles
Solo Cornet
Jay Jones
Alex
Solo Cornet
Alex Wolfe

Alex Wolfe is from Bremerton, WA. He attended Eastern Washington University and graduated in 2009 with a bachelor's degree in composition and 2010 with a postbaccalaureate in trumpet performance. After living in Los Angeles for two years and dabbling in the film and television industry, he moved back to Washington where he earned a master's degree in architecture from WSU in 2017. He now works as a building designer in Spokane. Alex Wolfe plays cornet in the Spokane British Brass Band, has his own brass quartet, and has previously played in the Bainbridge Island Symphony, the Los Angeles Valley Symphony, Rude and Unprofessional Big Band, Manny's Last Cigarette (an avant garde electro pop ensemble), and various other popular and classical ensembles. He has written music for EWU's marching band, the WSU 1:00 Big Band, and the films of Stimson Snead. He is an avid cyclist, camper, and hiker. If you want some of his favorite outdoor spots, grab him after the concert! He loves to share!

2nd Cornet
Rick Plumbo
2nd Cornet
Taylor Hirschey
3rd Cornet
Dave Halverson
3rd Cornet
Jim Cathey
Lisa
3rd cornet
Lisa Sousa
Bruce
Solo Horn
Bruce Brummet, originally from Udall, Kansas, began his study of the horn at age 12. In high school, Bruce was selected to perform with the horn section of the Seattle Symphony. He studied at Witchita State University and obtained a degree in music performance from Central Washington University. A former member of the Seattle Brass Ensemble, Bruce is currently a member of the Spokane Falls Community Band, the Spokane Falls Community Orchestra, Gonzaga Wind Ensemble and the Spokane Horn Club. He is the principal Eb Tenor Horn in the Spokane British Brass Band. Bruce is retired as the aluminum ingot manager for Travis Pattern and Foundry.
Jim
1st Horn

Jim Markley was born and raised in the Washington D.C. area but has lived in Coeur d'Alene since the late 1970's. He began piano lessons at age 4 and horn lessons at age 12, playing the horn with various groups. He played in the Coeur d' Alene Symphony for several years before joining the Spokane British Brass Band in 1996.

Jim is a retired civil engineer. He and his wife Debbie have two wonderful children, a wonderful son-in-law, a wonderful daughter-in-law, and two wonderful grandsons.

2nd Horn
Jason Evans
Kiira
1st Baritone
Kiira Tietjen

Kiira Tietjen is a Spokane native and first played with SBBB when she was in high school, soloing in Masters of Brass concerts in 2001 and 2002. She went on to study music at Northwestern University before switching careers and earning a doctorate degree in nursing. She currently works with teens as a psychiatric nurse practitioner. Kiira joined SBBB as a regular member in 2019 and enjoys sharing her love of music with her family. Over the years she has also enjoyed playing with Clarion Brass Choir, NU SWE, Chicago British Brass Band, and Spokane’s New Horizons Orchestra.

2nd Baritone
MacLean Ferguson
Hill
2nd Baritone
Larry Hill
Kit
Euphonium

Kit Cutler has played euphonium with the Spokane British Brass Band since its inception in 1995, and has served as band manager for most of that time. Kit grew up in Spokane, attending North Central High School and graduating from Whitman College with a BA in Chemistry.

Kit currently lives on a Wheat and Kentucky Bluegrass farm in Nine Mile Falls. He has three grown children, three granddaughters and two grandsons.

Sandi
Euphonium

Sandi Wilcox was born and raised in a small Indiana farming community. Upon graduation from high school, she moved to Washington, DC and attended the University of Maryland, while working for the FBI as a file clerk. Upon returning to Indiana, she got married and started working as an accountant for a small CPA firm in Indianapolis. While in Indianapolis, she and her husband, RJ, were blessed with a son, Russ. Her husband was transferred to Southern California in 1984, where Sandi and their son soon followed. They resided in Huntington Beach for 24 years. While there, she worked for another CPA firm, Carpenter Petersen & Associates as Accounting Manager.

She played hand bells with her church's hand bell choir for several years, as well as belonging to two community bands, Huntington Beach Concert Band and the Golden West Pops. She also played in a brass quintet. They also enjoyed the beach lifestyle, fishing, going to the beach, bike riding, spending time with neighbors and friends.
Sandi and RJ moved to Sagle, ID in June of 2009. She is now retired and will find her walking her dog, working in her flower garden, cooking, and reading.

Eric
1st Trombone
Eric Marsh
2nd Trombone
Dan Cutler
Bass Trombone
Pat Barclay
Jerry
Eb Tuba
Jerry Olson is Principal Eb Tuba with the SBBB and is Chief Engineer for Spokane Public Radio (KPBX/KSFC/KPBZ). He is a member of the Spokane Piston and Rotary Club (SPARC, a euphonium/tuba quartet), Spokane Brassworks Quintet, Ex Lingua Mortua, and Octuba. Jerry has played as an extra with the Spokane Symphony and played in the Spokane Park Band. A native of Cleveland, Jerry is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati, where he studied engineering. Before moving to Spokane in 1989, he was a member of many groups in the San Francisco Bay Area, including the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra (retired 2017), Fremont Philharmonic, San Jose Wind Symphony, San Jose Municipal Band, and the Menlo Brass Quintet.
Jim
Eb Tuba
Jim Marshall

Jim Marshall is a native of Spokane and received a BA in Ed from EWU majoring in music. He has a private studio teaching trombone, bass trombone, euphonium, tuba and trumpet. Jim has coached the Lewis & Clark low brass and West Valley low brass at their marching band camp. He has conducted the choir at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church and has performed with the Spokane Jazz Orchestra, Spokane River Band, Spokane Riverpark Band, Wenatchee Symphony, Octuba and the Wenatchee British Brass Band.

Jim spent 10 years with the Spokane British Brass Band before becoming conductor for one concert. He started the Spokane Brass Youth Band and was Business Office Manager of Sunshine Terrace until his retirement. Jim now plays Eb tuba in the band.

Mike
BBb Tuba
Michael Ferries
BBb Tuba
Matt Frankiewicz
BBb Tuba
Bill Foster
Robert
Percussion
Robert Johnson
Stephen
Percussion
Stephen Polunsky
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