Trumpeter Caleb Wiebe has performed professionally with the International Chamber Orchestra of Puerto Rico, with organist Clara Gerdes at the Piccolo Spoleto Festival, and with members of the American Brass Quintet at the Aspen Music Festival. While attending Curtis Institute of Music, he and his colleagues won first prize at the National Trumpet Competition in the trumpet ensemble division. Passionate for music education and arts access, Caleb served as an ArtistYear fellow, where he taught sixty-five recorder students at Philadelphia’s Powel Elementary School during the 2016-17 school year. He’s served as a teaching artist for Jazz Aspen Snowmass and Play on Philly. As a founding member of The Brass Project from 2016 to 2018, Caleb premiered over thirty works written for the ensemble. During that time The Brass Project was featured by Santa Fe Pro Musica, National Sawdust in Brooklyn, and Music from Angel Fire. Their debut album, “Cityscaping,” released in December 2018. Caleb received his bachelor’s degree at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music. He continued his studies at the Colburn School in Los Angeles before earning an Artist Diploma at the Curtis Institute of Music.
Musician Category: Brass
Bob Topper is a free-lance player in the Philadelphia area and is a member of Pro Christo Brass and the Westminster Brass large ensemble. He studied with Tyrone Breuninger of the Philadelphia Orchestra and has performed with the Pennsylvania Sinfonia, the Philadelphia Academy of Vocal Arts, the Concerto Soloists, the Jubilate Deo Chorale and many other local symphonic and theater orchestras. Bob is an electrical engineer and enjoys woodworking, cycling, working with adult and youth groups at church and spending time with his wife, three children and one grand-daughter.
With a BM in trombone performance and an MAT in music education from the University of the Arts, Cindy is a freelance trombonist in the Delaware Valley area. She is also a jazz and folk vocalist, and celtic harpist. Throughout her career, she has performed extensively with Barry Manilow, Joni Mitchell, The O'Jays, Bobby Rydell, Frankie Avalon, Randy Newman, Carlos Santana, Arturo Sandoval, James Moody, and many others. She has been a performer in the Walnut Street and Prince Music Theaters, and is a member of the Pennsylvania Sinfonia, the Barbone Street Jazz Band, Celtic Duo, and the Joe Sudler Swing Machine. She is a recording artist in Sigma Sound and Gamble and Huff studios. In 2009, Cindy was named one of five national recipients of the Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation Award for outstanding music educators. She accepted her award from Felice Mancini, Gabriel Kosakoff, and William H. Macy at an honorary concert in Carnegie Hall. She loves gardening, wilderness canoeing, wine, and sewing with her mom!
As a member of the Reading Symphony Orchestra under Andrew Constantine, and the Vox Amadeus Orchestra under Valentine Radu, Paul he has been often featured and recorded as soloist at the Kimmel Center, Philadelphia. Paul was Principal Horn in the Israel Chamber Orchestra under Shlomo Mintz, and also held positions in the Gulbenkian Orchestra of Lisbon as well as playing principal in orchestras in Spain and Mexico. Paul has recorded at Sigma Sound and Gamble and Huff studios, and played in orchestral recordings with the Chicago Symphony and the Gulbenkian Orchestra. Mr. Rosenberg maintains his own private teaching studio in the suburban Philadelphia area. He himself has been a grateful student of Eyal Vilner of the Jerusalem Symphony, Randy Gardner of the Philadelphia Orchestra and his longtime mentor and teacher, Dale Clevenger, Principal Horn of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Jose' is a graduate of the New School of Music in Philadelphia, where he studied tenor and bass trombone with Tyrone Breuninger, Glenn Dodson, and Charlie Vernon. Throughout his career, he has performed with the Harrisburg Symphony, the Delaware Symphony, the Princeton Chamber Symphony, the Pennsylvania Sinfonia, the Philly Pops Orchesta, and the Pennsylvania Ballet. Jose' has also played for Slide Hampton, Frank Foster, Freddie Hubbard, Aretha Franklin, and opera soprano Roberta Peters among others. One of the highlights of of his career was performing with legendary jazz trombonist, J.J. Johnson in Philadelphia. Jose' recorded with Teddy Pendergrass, Lou Rawls, the O'Jays, and Patti LaBelle. He enjoys traveling, photography, and the craft of musical instrument repair.
Darin Kelly appears frequently with the Philadelphia Orchestra and other performing ensembles throughout the mid-Atlantic region. He is a member of the IRIS Orchestra, the renowned chamber orchestra based near Memphis, TN. His collaborative recording with soprano Julianne Baird, Soprano Arias with Trumpet and Organ, has been hailed by critics worldwide as “… seamless playing that is equally light and virtuosic.” In addition, he is in wide demand as an arranger and orchestrator; his work has been performed by many major symphonies and ensembles across the country, including the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Detroit, St. Louis, Grand Rapids, Virginia, and Jacksonville Symphonies. He received both his Bachelor's and Master's degrees from the University of Michigan, where he studied with Armando Ghitalla, and currently holds teaching positions at the University of Pennsylvania and Drexel University. He maintains an active interest in Traditional Irish music and 30's-era traditional Jazz, and has recorded for the Albany, Naxos, Ondine, and Deutsche Gramophon labels.
