Brian Cook - Trumpet Brian

Cook has been performing with the Bay-Atlantic Symphony since 1997. Originally from Aliquippa, PA, Brian attended Youngstown State University, where he studied trumpet with Esotto Pellegrini, Susan Sexton and Chris Krummel. In his sophomore year he began performing regularly with the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra.




Upon graduation, Brian accepted a short term position as first trumpet with a Mexican Orchestra, La Sinfonica de Aguascalientes. Upon returning to the U.S., Brian completed a Master of Music degree from Temple University, where he studied with members of the Philadelphia Orchestra. He has also performed with the Pottstown Symphony, the Allentown Symphony, Bel Canto Opera of Philadelphia, Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia, the Wilma Theatre, and at the Sands Casino. An emphatic proponent of arts education, Brian has taught instrumental music at Northfield Community School in Northfield, NJ since 2001.

David Laird - Tuba

David Laird has studied music at the Ester Boyer
College of Music at Temple University. He can be heard  performing in the area with the Academy Brass Quintet  and as Principal Tuba with the Bay Atlantic Symphony. David has performed with the Mendelssohn Club of  Philadelphia, Singing City of Philadelphia, Thornton Brass Band, Ocean City Pops, and in the Showboat and  Resorts Casinos in Atlantic City. David is the solo eflat tuba with the award winning Atlantic Brass Band and has been awarded the Schilke Soloist of the Day  Award at the 1998 North American Brass Band  Association National Championships. David teaches elementary instrumental music in the
Millville School District and spends his free time
with his beautiful and talented wife, Deborah, and his three very energetic sons.

Todd Williams - French horn

Todd Williams is a graduate of the Indiana University School of Music, earning degrees in horn performance on both valved and natural horn. Major horn instructors  include Myron Bloom, Michael Hatfield, and Richard  Seraphinoff. Awards include the Willi Apel Early  Music Scholarship and the Philip Farkas Memorial  Scholarship (premier recipient).

He has performed with such varied ensembles as the 38th Division Army Band, the Chamber Orchestra and Opera Company of Philadelphia, the Pennsylvania Ballet  Company, the Sarasota Opera Company, and the opera  festival Lyrique-en-Mer, France.  Performances with  period-instrument ensembles include Tempesta di Mare, Opera Lafayette, Concert Royal, the Dallas Bach Society, and the Arcadia Players.

Mr. Williams has performed with Lorin Maazel,
Christoph Eschenbach, Gerard Schwartz, Julius Rudel, Gunther Schuller, Ignat Solzhenitsyn, and Frederick  Fennel. He has recorded for such labels as Chandos,  New World Records, and Lyrichord.

In addition to being an active freelance musician, he  is also a Professor of Horn at Kutztown University and Moravian College.

Richard Linn - Trombone

Richard (Rick) Linn has been performing as a
freelance trombonist and euphonium player in the tri-state area since 1977. He has performed in many different  venues, from the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia to the casinos in Atlantic City. He is the principal trombone in the Bay-Atlantic Symphony, second trombone in the Delaware Symphony, second trombone in the Kennett Symphony of Chester County, PA, and principal tenor  trombone in the Opera Delaware Orchestra. In the summer, he subs regularly with the Ocean City Pops  Orchestra. Rick has also recently played with the  Pennsylvania Ballet, the Opera Company of Philadelphia and the Lancaster and Reading Symphonies. He also records regularly for NFL Films in Mount Laurel, New  Jersey.

Mr. Linn received a Bachelor of Science degree in Music Education in 1975, and a Master of Music in Applied Trombone in 1977 from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA, while working as a graduate assistant. During this time, he played extra trombone with the Pittsburgh Symphony. He is also presently an adjunct professor of trombone at Rowan University in  Glassboro, NJ.