Aaron Hynds is an Indiana-based audio engineer, tubist, and composer. His creative practice is centered on the intersection of technology and live performance, with a specialty in the interpretation of contemporary music. To this end, he remains active as a performer and composer, while working primarily as an instructor and audio engineer in higher education. He currently works as the Manager of Audio Operations for the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, and previously worked for the University of Kentucky and the University of Nebraska at Kearney. 

Aaron's musical background is centered around performance, having performed on the tuba across the United States since 2008. As a specialist in contemporary music, he has performed at events such as the inaugural Omaha Under the Radar Festival, the 2014 International Summer Course for New Music in Darmstadt, Germany, the Null Point music series in Buffalo, NY, Constellation-Chicago, and the 2016 and 2017 New Music Gatherings. In March of 2019, he was the featured guest artist for the 2019 UNK New Music Festival, performing several recently-composed works for tuba and bass trombone. In addition, he has appeared on CDs with groups such as Ensemble Dal Niente, the University of Wisconsin Wind Ensemble, and the Midwest Hackers. 

Besides his work as a performer, Aaron is also a composer and new media artist. Upcoming works include hollow town hums for xiao+xun and computer (for Hong-Da Chin) and a work for tuba, live electronics, and live video, entitled The ghosts who learned to breathe.

Randy Westmoreland is tubist and music educator, residing in Holt, Michigan. He serves as the instructor of applied tuba and euphonium at Hillsdale College, Alma College, and Siena Heights University, all located in middle/southern Michigan. His other duties at these schools include teaching Brass Pedagogy, coaching chamber music ensembles and coaching orchestral students. Randy is also the applied instructor of tuba and euphonium for Grand Ledge High School, one of the premier music education programs in Michigan. He received his Bachelor of Music Education at Michigan State University where he studied with Phil Sinder and his Master of Music from the University of Notre Dame where he studied with Rex Martin.

Randy has served as the principal tubist for the Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra and the Motor City Symphony Orchestra since 2011. He frequently performs with other ensembles in the area including the Lansing Symphony Orchestra, the Flint Symphony Orchestra, the Midland Symphony Orchestra, the Jackson Symphony Orchestra, the West Michigan Symphony Orchestra and the Toledo Symphony Orchestra. He was a founding member of the Capital City Brass Band, which he performed with for nine years. Randy has served as an adjudicator and clinician throughout Michigan and serves on the Board of Directors for the Leonard Falcone International Euphonium and Tuba Festival.