Kelly Bennette was born in Port Arthur, Texas, and grew up in the neighboring city of Groves. He attended Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, and was awarded a Bachelor of Arts in music education in 1989. For many years he was the tubist for the Lamar Faculty Brass Quintet as well as the Beaumont Symphony Orchestra.
Lucidio Quintero Simanca, was born on July 15th 1961 in Maracaibo, Venezuela. He started his musical training at the early age of 10 under his father’s supervision, who instructed him in the basics of clarinet, musical theory and solfege. In 1972 he joined the band of Cuartel de Bomberos in Maracaibo as a clarinet player under the instruction of Gregorio Garrido and Elías Núñez. He started formal clarinet and musical language studies at the Conservatorio José Luis Paz in 1975 under the instruction of Félix Mozo Núñez and Giuseppe Terencio. He would alternate his studies at the conservatory with orchestral practice with the Youth Symphonic Orchestras Program in Zulia, Venezuela. In 1977 he auditioned for a position in the Simón Bolívar concert band where he became concert master. He starts piano and harmony studies with Renzo Salvetti who works with him over 10 years until he concludes his studies in Musical Composition.
Nestor Horacio Alderete (1965) born in Cordoba, Argentina studied guitar with Francisco Barroso and Pablo De Giusto and composition with Nicholas Alessio and, in the National University of Cordoba, Cesar Franchisena and Vicente Moncho, among others.
Robert Farias conductor and composer, was born in Cubatão, São Paulo Brazil. He began his musical studies at age seven and by eleven years old he was already producing arrangements for band. With links to the musical initiatives of Cubatão, he created in 1970 the Afonso Schmidt Musical Band. (the current Cubatão Symphonic Band).
Mr Farias graduated from the Santos College of Music where he later assumed the chairs of Instrumental Literature, Musical Appreciation and Superior Instrument.
Rodrigo Vitta, was born in Sao Paulo - Brazil. It did master's degree in Semiotics in the PUC and graduate in Composition for the FAAM. It already conducted the Philharmonic Orchestra of Montevideo, Brazilian Orchestra of Blows, Symphonic Band of Ribeirão Pires, Symphonic Band of Cubatão, Philharmonic Orchestra Metropolitana, Orchestra LyricSur and Camerata Vitta.