The Southern Stars Symphonic Brass Band was founded in 2008 by Dwight Wages. The ensemble is under the baton of conductor Dr. Steven Sudduth (University of the Cumberlands, Williamsburg, Ky). The band roster for the 2025-26 Season \u2014 the band\u2019s 18th \u2014 is as follows:<\/p>\n
Eb Soprano Cornet Solo Bb Cornet<\/strong> Dr. Cassandra McDonald<\/strong> – Asst. Principal Tim Michaels<\/strong> Dan Hanson<\/strong> Dwight Wages<\/strong> Bb Repiano Cornet 2nd Bb Cornet Mark Sczublewski<\/strong> 3rd Bb Cornet Jeff White<\/strong> Fluegelhorn<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n Solo Eb Alto Horn 1st\/2nd Eb Alto Horn<\/strong> Bill Boyd<\/strong> Dudley Robinson<\/strong> Euphonium<\/strong> Austin Vogt<\/strong> (Music Educator \u2013 Nashville)<\/p>\n 1st & 2nd Trombones<\/strong> Joe Christian<\/strong> Bass Trombone Eb Tuba Douglas Black<\/strong> BBb Tuba<\/strong> Thomas Chesnut<\/strong> Percussion<\/strong> Don Lordo<\/strong> Erica Birmingham<\/strong> Kurt Snider<\/strong> The Southern Stars Symphonic Brass is The Official Brass Band of Tennessee, as declared by the Tennessee State Legislature. This British-Style Brass Band just completed its 18th Season, and is a Federally Registered 501c3 organization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Southern Stars Symphonic Brass Band was founded in 2008 by Dwight Wages. The ensemble is under the baton of conductor Dr. Steven Sudduth (University of the Cumberlands, Williamsburg, Ky). The band roster for the 2025-26 Season \u2014 the band\u2019s 18th \u2014 is as follows: Eb Soprano Cornet Stephen Collins (Insurance Sales \u2013 Knoxville) Solo […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southernstarssymphonicbrass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southernstarssymphonicbrass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southernstarssymphonicbrass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southernstarssymphonicbrass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southernstarssymphonicbrass.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":52,"href":"https:\/\/southernstarssymphonicbrass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":837,"href":"https:\/\/southernstarssymphonicbrass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southernstarssymphonicbrass.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>Stephen Collins
\n<\/strong>(Insurance Sales \u2013 Knoxville)<\/p>\n
\nDr. Kathryn Adduci<\/strong> \u2013 Principal
\n(Ret. University Trumpet Prof. \u2013 Cookeville)<\/p>\n
\n(Interim Assoc. Trumpet Professor – Tennessee Technological University)<\/p>\n
\n(HS Band Director \u2013 Knoxville)<\/p>\n
\n(Freelance Musician – Chattanooga)<\/p>\n
\n(Retired Mgr. at Procter & Gamble \u2013 Crossville)<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Mike Kane<\/strong>
\n(Ret. Engineer, Freelance Musician – Cookeville)<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Terry Ashburn<\/strong>
\n(Ret. Music Educator – Crossville)<\/p>\n
\n(Freelance Musician \u2013 Crossville)<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Nathan Collins<\/strong>
\n(Freelance Musician)<\/p>\n
\n(Digital Marketer \u2013 Crossville)<\/p>\n
\nChris McCormick
\n<\/strong>(TTU Jazz Professor \u2013 Cookeville)<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Lisa Burden –\u00a0 Principal
\n<\/strong>(Music Educator \u2013 Tullahoma)<\/span><\/p>\n
\nLaura Steinke
\n<\/strong>(Former Orchestra Musician – Allardt)<\/span><\/p>\n
\n(Retired Music Educator)<\/p>\n
\n1st\/2nd Baritone<\/strong>
\nCarroll Gotcher<\/strong>
\n(HS Band Director \u2013 Cookeville)<\/p>\n
\n(Freelance Musician – Jamestown)<\/p>\n
\nBriana Engelbert\u2013Vogt<\/strong> \u2013 Principal
\n(HS Band Director \u2013 Nashville)<\/p>\n
\nJon Walton<\/strong> \u2013 Principal
\n(Univ. of TN \u2013 Ag. Education \u2013 Knoxville)<\/p>\n
\n(Univ. of TN \u2013 Law Career Dev. \u2013 Knoxville)<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Chuck Lyons<\/strong> (Freelance Musician \u2013 Clarksville)<\/p>\n
\nStuart Henry<\/strong>
\n(Civil Engineer \u2013 Knoxville)<\/p>\n
\n(Asst. Prof of Low Brass at Ala. A&M – Huntsville, Ala.)<\/p>\n
\nJacob See<\/strong>
\n(Instrumental Music Sales – Knoxville) T<\/p>\n
\n(Music Educator \u2013 Murfreesboro)<\/p>\n
\nKelly Jo Birmingham<\/strong>
\n(Math teacher \u2013 Smithville)<\/p>\n
\n(Freelance Musician \u2013 Oak Ridge)<\/p>\n
\n(HS Choir Director \u2013 Crossville)<\/p>\n
\n(Ret. Tn. Fish & Wildlife\u2013 Cookeville)<\/p>\n