Christopher Gross earns his living as a piano technician but is also an active performer, playing guitar in the rhythm section of North South Jazz swing band, in a couple different rock-n-roll bands & in a vaudevillian-style show band known as “The Fremont Philharmonic,” directed by Kiki Hood, which participates in The Moisture Festival each summer. As a former member of the Northwest Chamber Chorus under the direction of Joan Conlon, Chris most recently soloed in “He Is An Englishman” (from H.M.S. Pinafore) in an NWCC reunion concert, “Topsy Turvy,” a Gilbert & Sullivan revue. Chris is also a jazz composer: in 1999 The Christopher Gross Ensemble, a jazz fusion band, released two CDs (“Hit the Mark” and “The Hidden Tiger”).

Karin McCullough is a Nationally Certified Teacher of Music (https://sites.google.com/site/karinmcculloughpianocom) who gives piano lessons in her Ballard studio & performs often in the Seattle area, most frequently under the auspices of Ladies Musical Club. She co-led 2 music history tours of Vienna in the early 2000s. She’s the Principal Organizer in Puget Sound for the international movement Bach in the Subways on or around each March 21 & acts as Librarian for Seattle Music Teachers Association. She has on numerous occasions played on KING FM’s show NW Focus Live; her most recent radio performance there was recorded & is available on NPR (https://livesessions.npr.org/videos/brandi-birdsong-karin-mccullough-h-leslie-adams-branch-by-branch-from-five-millay-songs).