Travis J. Cross (he/him) serves as professor of music at UCLA, where he conducts the Wind Ensemble and leads the graduate wind conducting program. He chaired the music department from 2018–2023 and was also associate dean for academic mentoring and opportunity during the initial years of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. He previously taught at Virginia Tech and Edina (Minn.) High School. Cross earned doctor and master of music degrees in conducting from Northwestern University and the bachelor of music degree cum laude in vocal and instrumental music education from St. Olaf College. His principal teachers were Mallory Thompson and Timothy Mahr. Cross has appeared as a guest conductor, composer, and clinician in nearly 40 states; Canada, China, Korea, Singapore, Spain, Thailand, and the United Arab Emirates; as featured band clinician at the Texas Music Educators Association Clinic/Convention; and on several occasions at the Music for All National Festival and Midwest Clinic. Cross is a member of the Council of Korean Americans and a Yamaha Master Educator.

Dr. Dwayne S. Milburn (b. 1963) is a native of Baltimore, Maryland. He is a 1986 graduate of UCLA (BFA in Music) and a 1992 graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music (MM in Orchestral Conducting). He received his PhD in Music from UCLA in 2009.

In 1993, Dr. Milburn began his career as one of only twenty-four commissioned officer conductors in the Army Band program. After assignments that included The US Army Band “Pershing’s Own” (Washington, DC), The US Army Field Band (Fort Meade, MD) and the Army Bands Liaison to US Army Central Command (Camp Arifjan, Kuwait), he became the Commander of the US Army Europe Band and Chorus (Sembach, Germany). Dr. Milburn retired from the Army in 2018 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and received the German Army Cross in Silver and the Presidential Legion of Merit.

In addition to his responsibilities as a Lecturer in Music at UCLA, Dr. Milburn is in great demand as a conductor, composer, arranger, and clinician. He currently serves as the Music Director and Conductor of the Chamber Orchestra of St. Matthew’s in Pacific Palisades, CA. He has over 20 published works for choir, symphonic band, and orchestra.

Michael T. James (he/him) is currently pursuing a doctor of musical arts degree in wind conducting at UCLA, where he serves as a teaching assistant for the Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, and Marching Band. He brings with him an extensive background in public school teaching in Washington state. He has led students in performances at the Washington Music Educators Conference, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and has been recognized by the 5th Avenue Theatre (Seattle) and Jazz at Lincoln Center. James earned a bachelor of music education summa cum laude from Pacific Lutheran University and a master of arts in conducting from Truman State University. His primary conducting teachers include Travis J. Cross, Dan Peterson, and Raydell Bradley.

Nicholas M. Junker (he/him) is currently pursuing a master’s degree in wind conducting with Travis J. Cross at UCLA. Nicholas received his bachelor of music education from the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire, where he studied conducting with John Stewart and percussion with Jeffery Crowell. During this time, Nicholas served as the director for the University Athletic Band as well as the drum captain and percussion arranger for the Blugold Marching Band. His notable performances include appearances at CBDNA, ITEC, and PASIC. Nicholas spent five years as the band director at Ellsworth High School in Wisconsin, where he established a marching program and student leadership program. This leadership program was the basis of his presentation at the 2019 Wisconsin state music convention. From 2019-2022, Nicholas worked with the Madison Scouts Drum & Bugle Corps on the administrative team.

Flute/Piccolo
Cassian Barraza
Elaika Celemen
Sophie Kim*
Cecile Lebegue
Elian Lei
Crystal Lim
Alfredo Moran
Marissa Pe
Indu Danturti
Aaliyah Kueffner
Leah Kunkee
Samantha Morales
Maia Rosenbaum
Ryan Rusch*

* = Piccolo

Oboe
Matthew Link

Bassoon
Sophia Ji

Clarinet
Abigail Antonio
Natalie Bachman
Elias Alvarado Bush
Skyler Coleman
Oren Dror*
Aya Furuta^
Adam Gilberti+
Selina Juang
Rachel Lei
Elizabeth Medina
Vincent Palomo-Reyes
Ava Rosenberg
Michael Song
Edward Tang
Jamie Weisel
Ian Zolynas
Damien Ha

* = E-flat
^ = Bass
+ = Contra

Saxophone
Nora Galindo
Meena Khan
Matthew Knerr
Emily La
Daniel Lee
Esther Lin
Alannah Linden
Josh Luistro
Alec Machlis
Joshua Martinez
Holly Perez
Isabelle Preston
Wyatt Wu

Horn
Ryland Goldman
Matthew Graves
Julian Montoya
Patricia Yu

Trumpet
Eva Fiedler
Ryan Heiden
Stanley Lim
Isabella McRae
Adam Sondik
John Zhang

Trombone
Daniel Armstrong
Sam Black
Jonathan Haimowitz
Caitlyn Lo
Jacob Ryan
Gabriel Martinez Sandoval

Euphonium
Malakai Espinosa
Jamiel Liu
Devin McGrath
Edson Smith

Tuba
Stanley Chow
Valerie Jun
Alice Knystautas
Edward Lau

Percussion
Cody Chang
Catherine Keyser
Daniel Wellerstein
Jessica Tseng

Piano
Cecile Lebegue

Flute/Piccolo
Jake Jacobsen
Kayla Pei
Petunia Rizo
John Robert Santiago
Shannyn Sul

Oboe
Daniela Chavez
Emma Crawford
Laura Hernandez
Tina Shigeyama

Bassoon
Kevin Shihoon Bae
Aaron Colon
Dani Santana

Clarinet
Tyler Bresnick
Shiun Choi
Oren Dror
Harrison Garff
Adam Gilberti
Josh Kalinowski
Max Kaminsky
Esther Kim
Mia Kuo
Aria McCauley
Alicia Mara
Kai Nakkim

Saxophone
Matthew Chavez
Catrina Currier
Breanna Kim
Daniel Reyes-Velarde
Owen Richards
Ella Scoville
Aidan Tatlonghari

Horn
Bryan Chiu
Hannah Lee
Rory O’Regan
Aziel Ressler
Michelle Yang

Trumpet
Olivia Achcet
Jackson Bacon
Saúl Gutierrez
Morgan Michalik
Remy Ohara

Trombone
Carlos Castaneda
Calvin Chen
Ethan Holmes
Spencer Mar
Reuben Molina

Euphonium
Jillian Ran
Diego Vogel

Tuba
Daler Babaev
Leigha Linder
Peter Wang

Percussion
Demitrius Alleyne
Henry Fairbanks
Erica Hou
Matthew LeFebvre
Shawronna Sengupta
Viraj Sonawala

Piano
Fiona Mai

String Bass
Luca Lesko

Harp
Alaina Stark