George Wright is a dually-diagnosed syesthete who loves to write poetry late at night. He was born in Evanston, Illinois, grew up in Syracuse, N.Y. and came to the great state of Georgia in 1980.
George graduated from the University of Georgia with a BSED in Special Education in May, 2004. It’s great to be a Georgia Bulldog!
Joel Byron (Martin 6, Fender 12, Dobro, Taylor 6, Seagull 6)
Carter McMullen (piano)
Carter McMullen is an active classical and jazz pianist, performing regularly throughout the Southeastern United States. In addition, for the past two summers he has been invited to tour Argentina to perform and teach both classical and jazz music.
While attending the University of Georgia he played in numerous ensembles including jazz, rock, salsa and Latin-jazz groups. After having graduated from UGA with a Bachelors degree in music performance, he now resides in Atlanta where he continues his performance career while teaching piano at the European School of Music.
Jay Murphy (Drums)
Sam Mixon (Rickenbacker bass)
Chris Enghauser (Stand-up bass)
Chris Enghauser has been a professional double bassist for 17 years. After several national tours of Broadway musicals, Chris settled in Nashville, TN where he played with jazz innovators Bela Fleck, Victor Wooten, Roy Wooten, Jeff Coffin, Mark Feldman, Paul McCandless and country/bluegrass artists Sara Evans, Mike Dowling, David Grier and Barbara Lamb. Chris has recorded for National Public Radio, Sugar Hill Records and Compass records having played on Jeff Coffin’s recording Commonality which was nominated Jazz Times’ 2000 Independent Recording of the Year. Chris now lives and teaches in Athens, GA where he is a Guest Artist in the Jazz Studies Program at The University of Georgia and continues freelancing in jazz, popular music, and area symphonies having played with Dromedary, Kenosha Kid, Mark Maxwell, Prime Time Jazz, The Gainesville Symphony, Macon Symphony, and Augusta Symphony. Chris has a BM in music performance from George Mason University and a MM in music performance from The University of Georgia.
Erin Wright (viola)
Erin Wright began studying the viola at the age of eleven in Snellville, Georgia (where everybody's somebody). She started private lessons with Julie Rosseter when she was 15 years old. Erin has played in her school orchestras, the Gwinnett Kendall Orchestra, the Gwinnett County Youth Symphony, the Metropolitan Youth Symphony Orchestra of Atlanta, the All-State Orchestra, and finally, the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra. She is currently a member of the UGA Symphony Orchestra and studies with Mark Neumann. Erin was a Music Performance (damn stressful) and is now a German Major. She is an über-nerd and plans on getting a master's degree in Musicology. Erin is the daughter of George Wright, and they both find it quite amazing that she turned out to be a balanced human being.
Dan Kaplunas (violin)
Dan Kaplunas is a native of Vilnius, Lithuania. He started playing the violin at the age of six. By his high school graduation, Dan has won several national competitions and played numerous concerts in Germany, Denmark and Holland as a chamber musician and soloist with orchestra. In the U. S. he studied at Interlochen Arts Academy (Michigan) and at the University of North Texas, where he received his Bachelor’s and Master’s in violin performance. Dan is currently working on his DMA in violin performance at the University of Georgia.
R.J. Wisenbaker (cello)
R.J. Wisenbaker is a native of Athens, GA, where he
studies with David Starkweather at the University of Georgia.
He is principal cellist of the Athens Symphony.
