LAURA JOSEPHS (Piano) is in her first season with the MTC. Other credits include piano for Oklahoma!, West Side Story, and Sweeney Todd. She is currently a Freshman at Ithaca College majoring in Environmental Science.

MICHAEL JOY (Synthesizer I) is in his first season with the MTC. He has played both the piano and cello for 11 years, taking lessons through the Eastman School of Music and Nazareth College. He has performed in the Genesee Symphony Orchestra and the Essential Elegance String Quartet. Michael is currently a Sophomore Sound Recording major at Ithaca College, studying piano in the studio of Dr. Jennifer Hayghe.

ELIAS C. LAUERMANN (Synthesizer II) is in his first season with the MTC. Other credits include orchestra for Oklahoma!, Brigadoon, and Little Shop Of Horrors. He has also accompanied various vocal and instrumental groups at his high school in Exeter, N.H. Elias has previously studied piano with Barbara Flocco and has also studied with Arlene Kies at the University of New Hampshire. He is currently a Sophomore in the studio of Phiroze Mehta at the Ithaca College School of Music.

LAUREN BAKER (Cello) is in her first season with the MTC. Recent credits include the orchestra for Oklahoma!, Anything Goes, and The Pajama Game. She has also played the cello in her Area All-State Orchestra, String Ensemble, Orchestra, and String Quartet. She is currently a Freshman biology major at Cornell University.

DAVE MORGAN (Drums) is in his first season with the MTC. Other credits include drums for Bye Bye Birdie and Little Shop Of Horrors, and Three Ring Theatre. He is currently a Freshman Psychology major at Ithaca College.

ELLA NACE (Horn) is in first season with the MTC. She has played in orchestras for musicals including The Sound of Music, West Side Story, and Titanic. Her on-stage credits include Li’l Abner, Once Upon A Mattress, and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. In May 2005 she won the Saratoga Springs Youth Orchestra Concerto Competition and performed Richard Strauss’ Concerto No. 1 in E flat at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall. Ella is a Sophomore music education/performance major at Ithaca College.