Cathryn Leasure
with Sheba

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Trombone
Cathryn was the first female trombonist ever to be accepted into, and graduate from, the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, England.

Before graduating, Cathryn was offered the position of sub-principal trombonist in the Natal Philharmonic Orchestra (now the KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra) in Durban, South Africa. She accepted the position and later returned to England to complete her degree and further her studies.

After spending three years in South Africa, Cathryn won the trombonist position in the musical 'Some Like It Hot', in London's West End (England's prestigious equivalent of Broadway).

In 1998 Cathryn came to the US to work with Carnival Cruise Lines, as one of the first female instrumentalists to work for any cruise line.

Cathryn now resides in Melbourne and is active as a freelance trombonist in the area. She also teaches low brass at Brevard Community College, and Satellite High School.

Throughout her career Cathryn has freelanced with many symphony orchestras, big bands, brass bands, brass ensembles, dance bands, big bands and wind orchestras and worked with many renowned musicians, e.g. Sir Charles Groves, Louis Fremeaux, Terence Nagle, David Lloyd-Jones, Sian Edwards and Richard Hickox, to name but a few.

Florida affiliations include the Space Coast Symphony Orchestra and Central Florida Winds.

If you are interested in taking lessons from Cathryn, please visit her website: www.cathrynleasure.com
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He was a member of the Evanston and Waukegan Symphonies, the Lakeside Band, the Northwest Indiana Symphony and the Illinois Philharmonic, and is a founding member of the famed Lakeshore Brass. While in California he was in the San Jose Wind Symphony, the Redwood Symphony, and the Livermore Opera Orchestra and had performed with the now defunct Sacramento Symphony.
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Paula Taylor with Shadow

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Drums
Paula Taylor is an Ohio transplant who has lived in Florida for over 16 years.

She has a Bachelors of Music Education degree from the Ohio State University, with an emphasis in percussion, under the supervision of Dr. James Moore.

She has performed in numerous groups, including the Sedalia Concert Band, the Community Band of Brevard, the Space Coast Symphony Orchestra, Dog Bones, and an assortment of jazz ensembles.

On occasion you will find her sitting in at various night clubs playing the drum set. She specializes in jazz, but enjoys an occasional funk or rock beat too.

Paula founded Snare Necessities as a way to share her percussion talents by teaching drum lines, percussion ensembles, private lessons and group lessons to gifted students. Many of her students have been accepted into All County as well as All State.

She also conducts a Preschool music program that uses a hands-on approach for toddlers and young children to experience music through the use of instruments, puppets, sign language and of course, singing.

Paula lives on Merritt Island with her husband and two children, Billy and Cassie. The family got their Schnauzer-mix dog from Dog Rescue and truly believes that Shadow is the best dog in the whole world!
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