Larry’s family is the source of his musical appreciation and involvement.  Starting at a young age with violin, piano, and youth chorus experiences, he enjoyed getting into the “zone” and letting the time fly by.  Presently, his family of choraliers includes his wife and daughters, providing them with many opportunities to perform and travel as members of the Cabrillo Youth Chorus, and Symphonic Chorus.  He is grateful for the rich associations and friendships that are abundant performing with these talented individuals.  HIs professional career followed a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of the Pacific to various positions with Procter & Gamble, Miller-Morton Co., Grafspan Inc., Pieroth Wines, and Conifer Paper – Unisource.  Currently,  he is the sole proprietor of his own packaging materials brokerage business, Point-By Group — sourcing food, industrial & retail packaging materials for the greater community. For active relaxation, he can be found enjoying the pleasures of high-performance driving & instructing, hiking the back-country trails of the Sierras, and cultivating a one-acre hobby vineyard.  Firing up the outdoor wood oven to produce a batch of homemade pizza or steaks for groups of friends is also a pleasure he shares with his talented spouse Frances.

Dr. Grant Rosen serves on the EMCO Board after many years performing with the organization. He continues to perform, as principal clarinet with the MPC concert band and with the MPC orchestra and Monterey Pops!, as well as with other local organizations. Past performance affiliations include Monterey County Symphony, Western Stage, Jamesburg Players and MPC Theater, and past board associations include the Monterey Bay Dental Society. He studied with Franklyn Stokes of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Gary Gray of the UCLA music faculty. Besides dentistry, other interests include hiking and cycling, camping and backpacking, target shooting, ocean kayaking, and building fine scale models.

Jeanne Faulkner grew up in St. Louis, Missouri and began singing in church choirs at the age of 7.  She also studied the piano, sang in high school and college choirs, and majored in music at Grinnell College, Iowa. She worked for a year in India at a small college, teaching English, playing pedal organ for church, directing the choir and serving as house mother in the woman’s dorm.   When she returned to the U.S., she earned a masters degree in Music Education at Washington University in St. Louis, followed by a move to England with her husband for two years. While there, she sang in choirs and conducted her own group. When she moved to Santa Cruz in 1969, she continued singing in groups and was a founding member of the Antiquarian Funks, an early music group. She earned an additional master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy and worked in that field for 15 years. She sang in Ariose for a few years, and now sings in Cantiamo.   She enjoys combining music, traveling and counseling.

Dr. Leslie Foote is a physician specializing in Family Medicine with a practice in Salinas, California. A lifelong amateur musician, Dr. Foote performs locally with the MPC Concert Band and the Monterey Flute Ensemble. She enjoys gardening and traveling. She is a regular attendee of the Ashland Shakespeare Festival in Oregon.

David Gatwood is a software engineer by trade, and a composer, pianist, singer, and brass player for sanity.  He is the assistant director of the high-school/college choir at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Santa Cruz, and is a member of a number of choral and wind groups in the greater Santa Cruz area.  His collection of Sunday psalm settings and other sacred choral music are published through Simply Liturgical Music.

Peter is a well-known oboist in the Bay area as Principal Oboe with the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra (for 15 years ) and  the San Francisco Opera Center Orchestra  (for 26 years including 7 opera tours to the East coast). He has also played principal with many other area ensembles, including Acting Principal Oboe in 2014-15 for the Reno Philharmonic, substitute Principal for the San Francisco Opera’s  performances of Rake’s Progress, Madama Butterfly and Daughter of the Regiment, and substitute principal for both the Monterey and Santa Cruz symphonies.  He played in the Mendocino Music Festival for 8 seasons and has recently played 4 seasons with the Carmel Bach Festival (on both Baroque and modern oboes and English horns).  In addition, Peter has been a featured soloist with the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra, Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra and Ensemble Monterey as well as a guest artist with the Stanford University Woodwind Quintet and the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble.

During his free time, Peter can be found in his oboe cave making oboe reads, in old record shops buying classical vinyl, or on Zoom teaching his many oboe students.

Claire Horn earned her B.A. in Music Education at Ithaca College in New York, and two master’s degrees, in Music and Education Administration at California State University, Fullerton. She was the high school band and orchestra director for years at Mission Viejo High School. From1980 until 1988, she was the Coordinator of Music for the Saddleback Valley Unified School District.

After moving to Monterey in 1988, she became the director of the Defense Language Institute Pan Cultural Orchestra, and also conducted the youth orchestra for Youth Music Monterey in 1992-93.  She has served on the boards of the Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association (SCSBOA), Orange County Music Administrators (OCMA), California Music Educators Association (CMEA), the Mozart in Monterey Festival, and Youth Music Monterey.

Claire has been on the board of Ensemble Monterey for 28 years and has served as the board president (10 years), vice president (2 years), secretary (2 years), and treasurer (3years). She plays the oboe professionally with numerous groups in the Monterey Bay Area, and for the pleasure of playing, with the MPC Band, and the Category 5 Woodwind Quintet. She also plays the piano, and violin for personal enjoyment.  She has been cited in Who’s Who in the West, Who’s Who in America and the World Who’s Who of Women.  Claire has grown children and grandchildren, and two great-granddaughters, (plus another undetermined thus far).  She lives in Monterey with her husband of 65 years.

A summa cum laude graduate from the Conservatory of Music at the University of the Pacific (UOP), Dr. Klevan pursued graduate degrees at DePaul University in Chicago and at UOP, where he received his Master of Music degree.  He then earned his Ph.D. at the University of Texas in Austin.  For twenty-seven years, Dr. Klevan served as Music Director and Fine Arts Director at the Stevenson School in Pebble Beach and sixteen years as Director of Bands at University of California, Santa Cruz.

Dr. Klevan is Jazz Education Director Emeritus for the Monterey Jazz Festival and currently serves as Director of the High School Honor Vocal Jazz Ensemble and Middle School Honor Jazz Band for the festival.  Dr. Klevan’s articles on music teaching have been published in JazzEd Magazine, The Jazz Education Journal, The Instrumentalist, CMEA Magazine, The Journal for Texas Music Education Research, Newsletter for the California Association of Independent Schools, The Monterey Herald, and others.