Principal trumpet Brenda Barber is a charter member of the LR Winds. She is founder and member of Quapaw Brass Quintet, who performs throughout the state, and she performs for recitals, weddings, and church services. She has played with the Arkansas and Pine Bluff Symphonies...
Susan Detrick has been a member of the LR Winds horn section since 2009. She has performed with the Fort Smith Symphony, Toledo Symphony, and Mansfield Symphony, and frequently performs with church orchestras in Fort Smith and central Arkansas. She is also a member of...
Alonso Corrall joined the LR Winds horn section in 2018, shortly after graduating from Henderson State University with a Bachelor of Music Education. During his time at HSU, he performed in the wind ensemble and brass band, and was a mellophone feature in the Nu...
North Little Rock native Durham Hill began subbing in the LR Winds horn section a few years ago and became a full-time member in 2021. He is an active freelancer and private horn teacher and performs with the Arkansas Harmonie Chamber Winds, the Conway...
Bryan Thomas joined the LR Winds horn section in 1996. He is recently retired after many years as the band director at North Little Rock Middle School. He is a church music director in Malvern, Arkansas. Thomas holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from the...
Ashley Veatch, principal horn, joined the LR Winds in 2008. She is a native of Nebraska who was transplanted as a youth to Texas. She relocated to Arkansas to attend Harding University where she graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Music. Veatch...
Brian Trubitt is the LR Winds tenor saxophonist, a position he has held since 2001. He plays several instruments as well as sings tenor. Brian studied music at Indiana University and studied flute with Loretta Contino at Butler University. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree...
Malvern native Gabriel Womack has been playing alto saxophone with the LR Winds since 2013 and was named principal alto sax in 2019. He attended the University of Central Arkansas where he studied music education and saxophone performance in the studio of Dr. Jackie Lamar....
Vilonia native Jason Brannon joined the bassoon section in 2013 and assumed the LR Winds Librarian position in 2017. He is also bassoonist with the North Little Rock Community Band, and plays saxophone in various ensembles. Brannon is a graduate of the University of Arkansas where...