Mr. Turner is also an accomplished composer. He has been awarded top prizes by the International Horn Society and has been commissioned by several leading organizations. His works have been enthusiastically received in several of the great cultural centers of the world--New York, London, Brussels, Munich, Paris, Tokyo and Chicago.

• Kerry Turner's website.

Charles Putnam is currently a member of the Beethoven Orchestra in Bonn, Germany. He was engaged by the Florida Orchestra in Tampa as assistant first horn immediately following college and soon after, won the principal horn position in the Israel Sinfonietta chamber orchestra in Beer Sheva, Israel. Mr. Putnam left Israel for a position in Florence, Italy with the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and after his second season in Florence, left for Germany where he was first hired by the Gelsenkirchen Philharmonic then won his current position with the Beethoven Orchestra in Bonn. Mr. Putnam is also active with the natural horn. He has toured internationally and recorded frequently with many prominent European baroque orchestras including Concentus Musicus Wien, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Musica Antiqua Koln..

Geoffrey Winter is principal horn of the Beethoven Orchestra Bonn. He has won solo prizes at the International Horn Competition in Markneukirchen and at the ARD Music Competition in Munich. Mr. Winter began playing the horn at the age of 7, and studied with such leading hornists as Vince Derosa, James Decker and Christopher Leuba. After holding the position of principal horn in the Municipal Symphonic Orchestra of Caracas, Venezuela, he moved to Europe after being engaged as 3rd horn with the Philharmonia Hungarica in Marl, West Germany. Mr. Winter's previous experience also includes many years on brass chamber music ensembles such as the Philharmonic Brass Quintet (Dusseldorf) and the Zephyr Brass Quintet.