Jennifer Rhees is an Idaho native and began her musical career with piano and flute. She has a Bachelor of Music from Boise State University, where she studied with Sara Williams, and a Master of Music from Baylor University, where she studied with Helen Ann Shanley. Jennifer has appeared as soloist with the Boise State Symphonic Winds, Treasure Valley Concert Band and the Meridian Symphony. She is currently principal flute of the Meridian Symphony.​

Mrs. Stein has had a long and varied career in music, as a professional violinist, teacher, and as music director of the San Jose Youth Chamber Orchestra.

A graduate of SJSU with a degree in violin performance, Stein has held tenured posts in the San Jose Symphony, Opera San Jose, and San Jose Chamber Orchestra.  She also performed with Ballet San Jose and is a founding member of the Jasmine String Quartet.  Mrs. Stein has performed in master classes with Franco Gulli, Andor Toth and Helen Dowland.  

Passion for music education has been an enduring motivation throughout her career, leading to the formation of educational programs for the California Youth Symphony,  the San Jose Youth Symphony and SJYCO, as well as teaching and coaching string players from elementary school through high school.  Mrs. Stein recently retired from her post as Music Director of the San Jose Youth Chamber Orchestra after serving in that capacity for 18 years.  

David Stein has been teaching and coaching cellists, pianists and ensembles for over 45 years.  He teaches all levels at his home in the Central Rim area of Boise. His specialties include classical, jazz, and popular styles, with music theory infused into the lessons. As a cellist David has studied under Irving Klein, Hiro Kano, David Kadarauch, and Millie Rosner. David has served as principal Cellist and soloist for Monterey County Symphony, was a member of the Santa Cruz Symphony, and has performed in many other orchestras, including Symphony Silicon Valley. David is a founding member of The Jasmine String Quartet, in which he performed and recorded from 1980-2017.

As a pianist David has studied with Christian Nilssen, Aiko Onishi, and Marina Grin. He was staff pianist at San Jose State University from 2006 through 2020.  He has extensive experience in both accompanying and recording. 

Pianist Mark Neiwirth, a Steinway Artist, received the 2018 Idaho Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts. He has gained an international reputation as a soloist, chamber musician, teacher, adjudicator, composer and arranger. Concert tours have taken him to Europe, South Africa and India, as well as dozens of venues in the US.  He was chairman of the piano department at the Sun Valley School of Music and now celebrates his twentieth year as an adjunct professor of piano at Idaho State University.

He has performed a repertoire of more than 30 piano concerti with orchestras throughout the country. For sixteen years he was the featured concerto soloist with the Sun Valley Summer Symphony. He was a founding member of Davidsbund (New York City), the California Trio (Los Angeles), the Vista Trio (Salt Lake City), the Edgar M. Bronfman Chamber Series in Sun Valley, the Amadeus Trio of Idaho, and currently the Claviano Trio and the Neiwirth-Sherman Piano Duo.  In 1997 he was declared the "Best Collaborative Pianist of the Year" by the Salt Lake Tribune.

After growing up in southern Idaho as a student of Fawn King, Olive Boren Stirland and Teala Bellini, he pursued his advanced studies with Raymond Hanson (The Hartt School), and Constance Keene and Dora Zaslavsky (Manhattan School of Music), where he served as Mme. Zaslavsky’s teaching assistant. Other major teachers were Aube Tzerko (UCLA) and Thomas Schumacher (Eastman School of Music).

He is the founder and Executive Director of Musicians West, Inc., a non-profit corporation that sponosrs musical events and provides scholarships and comoser commissions in the state of Idaho.  for 25 years, the Musicnas West Piano Festival & Competition in Pocatello presented Idaho's finest students and has become one of the most prestigious musical events in the region. 

Dr. Svetlana Maddox is a classical concert pianist who represents the third generation of professional musicians in her family.  Winner of the First Prize in the Bradshaw and Buono International Piano Competition in New York and as the recipient of the Grand Prizes in the Princeton Music Festivals, Svetlana had the honor to perform in Carnegie Hall in 2009, 2012, and 2013.  In 2014 Svetlana performed at Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Music Center in New York City.

While living in New York in 2004-2009, Svetlana studied privately with the renowned international concert pianist, Professor Bella Davidovich of Juilliard School.  Svetlana earned her Doctorate degree in Piano Performance from the University of Arizona and two Master’s Degrees in Piano Performance: from The Gnesins Academy of Music in Moscow, Russia and from Boise State University (with Dr. Del Parkinson). 

Svetlana’s numerous concerts across the US resulted in articles, interviews, and concert reviews that appeared in magazines and newspapers in New York, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Kansas, and Idaho.  Svetlana performed at the Liszt International Festival at California State University in Northridge, Los Angeles; gave a lecture-recital and a master class at the Franz Liszt University of Music in Budapest, Hungary; performed a solo recital at the Chopin International Festival in El Paso, Texas.  Svetlana was one of the featured Artists in the Stars of Steinway Concert Series in 2019, 2017, 2015, and 2014.  She also took part in the “Boise’s Finest” video concert project in 2021.

Dr. Svetlana Maddox combines her active performance career with teaching at Boise State University and the College of Western Idaho.

Wendy Bachman holds Performance and Pedagogy ARCT diplomas from The Royal Conservatory of Music, a Bachelor of Music Degree from the University of British Columbia and a Master’s Degree in Piano Pedagogy and Performance from Westminster Choir College. Her teachers include Edward Parker, Harold Zabrack, Frances Clark, and Louise Goss.  

Over the past forty three years, Wendy has taught in conservatories in Princeton,  Minneapolis, Vancouver, and Seattle.  In 1990 she was selected to teach and perform at the National Conference on Piano Pedagogy in Chicago.  Most recently, Mrs. Bachman taught at The Pennsylvania State University and recently relocated to Star, Idaho, where she is building her in-person studio.  As a specialist examiner with thirty years of experience, Mrs. Bachman has adjudicated thousands of candidates for the Royal Conservatory of Music and prepared hundreds of her own students for RCM piano exams, some scoring the highest marks in their State. Wendy also serves as a US Ambassador for the RCM Certificate Program and is currently President of the Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association. Wendy has judged numerous music festivals including the Kiwanis International and the Burnaby Clef.  In her spare time she loves to bake. 

Ethan Seegmiller is a pianist and teacher in Meridian. He teaches and performs in a variety of styles, including classical, jazz, religious, and original compositions. This year, Ethan received a grant through the Music Teachers National Association to fund a solo piano recital.