Harry Hassell received his BA in Applied Music from Emory University in Atlanta, where he studied with Stutz Wimmer, and his Masters Degree in Saxophone Performance from the University of Michigan, where he studied with Don Sinta. For four years he was saxophonist for the San Antonio Symphony and Pops Orchestra, and has backed up numerous artists including Bernadette Peters, Marilyn Horne, Rosemary Clooney, Rita Moreno, Ben Vereen, the Four Tops, and Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. He has held teaching positions at San Antonio College, University of the Incarnate Word and Trinity University in San Antonio, TX. An accomplished reed doubler, he has toured extensively and works regularly as a Broadway pit musician.

Anne-Marie Tranchida trained at the University of Montréal, where she received Bachelor's Degrees in Music and Cello Performance. While there, she studied with Thérèse Motard and Yuli Turovski, and performed with the University of Montréal Symphony Orchestra and the University Baroque Orchestra, as well as free-lancing and teaching throughout the Montréal area. She has toured the United States with productions of the KING AND I, 1776, and GODSPELL, and plays on the National Tour Cast Recording of GODSPELL, released in 2000. She was the cellist for the Off-Broadway productions of THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER and LINGOLAND, and plays on both Original Cast Recordings. An active free-lance musician in the New York/Tri-State area, she is a regular member of Garden State Philharmonic and Metro Chamber Ensemble.