The Millar Brass Quintet


David Inmon is principal trumpet with the Lake Forest Symphony Orchestra. He performs as an extra and substitute musician with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Lyric Opera and Grant Park Symphony Orchestra.  He currently teaches at Northeastern Illinois University.

       

Jessica Valeri, horn, is an active orchestral and chamber musician in the Chicago area.  She has been a member of the Milwaukee Ballet Orchestra since 1998, and is also a member of the Artemis Chamber Brass, Ars Viva, the Lake Forest and Elgin Symphonies, the symphonies of Milwaukee, Fort Wayne and Columbus.  Jessica has also held the position of Assistant Principal Horn with the Colorado Symphony and performed with the Grand Teton Music Festival in Jackson, WY.  She earned her MM and Artist Certificate from Northwestern University.


John McAllister works as a freelance musician in Chicago, performing with various symphony, opera and ballet orchestras, chamber ensembles, big bands and early music ensembles, as well as in musical theater and the recording studio.  In addition to tenor trombone and euphonium, he also plays alto and bass trombone, sackbut and tuba.

 

 

Sean Whitaker earned his BM from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA and his MM from Northwestern University.  In addition to his current duties as Principal Tuba of the Millar Brass Ensemble and the Lake Forest Symphony, Sean frequently appears with such groups as Symphony II, Ravinia Festival Orchestra, Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra and the Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra.  During the 1999-00 season, Sean was acting Principal Tuba of the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra.


 

Matthew Lee is an active freelance musician in Chicago.  In addition to his duties with the Millar Brass Ensemble, Mr. Lee performs principal trumpet with the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra and is a member of the Chicago Sinfonietta and Chicago Brass Quintet.  He also performs as an extra and substitute with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Lyric Opera of Chicago.  He is on the music faculty at the DePaul University School of Music and Elmhurst College.

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