Paul grew up in Kelso, Washington, where he attended Kelso High School. His first real choral experience was as a singer with a young, relatively new teacher by the name of Howard Meharg. That was the beginning of what has become a nearly 48 year choral collaboration. Paul taught choral music in the Longview School District for seven years before spending 25 years as the choral director at Walla Walla High School. He was a charter member of Male Ensemble Northwest and sang baritone in the group for 18 years. Since retiring from teaching in 2000, Paul and his wife, Karyl, have worked for Whitman College. One of the joys of working for Whitman College is that it has given Paul the time to sing with the Whitman College Chamber Singers under the direction of Robert Bode for the last seven years. Both Paul and Karyl are active singers with the Walla Walla Choral Society and Paul has done occasional conducting stints as a sabbatical replacement. WWCS also gives Paul the pleasure of singing with his daughter Lindsey, who lives and works in Walla Walla. As much as it’s a joy to be singing with Howard again, Paul is also excited to be singing along side his son, Rob.

Rob Dennis is Director of Choral Activities at Pasco High School, Pasco, Washington.  A Northwest native, Rob was raised in Walla Walla, Washington. He holds Bachelor of Music in Education and Master of Arts in Teaching degrees from the University of Puget Sound, and a Master of Arts in choral conducting from Washington State University.  He is a past treasurer of the Washington state chapter of the American Choral Directors Association. He performs frequently throughout the Northwest as a member of Choral Arts and Northwest Repertory Singers, and as a tenor soloist.  Rob, his wife Dominique, daughter Sydney, and Newfoundland dogs, Gracie and Sawyer, live in Walla Walla, Washington.

Brent LiaBraaten lives in Kalama. He is a recent graduate of Washington State University with a masters in choral conducting. While at WSU he was a part of several choirs including the Concert Choir and Madrigal Singers. He has played Vittorio Vidal in the musical Sweet Charity and Sergeant Belcore in The Elixir of Love. Brent is currently in his third year as the director of choral music at Woodland High School and Middle School. He also teaches the guitar class and assists with the band program. He feels very privileged to be a part of such a wonderful cast of mentors and colleagues.

Brian Mitchell starts his seventeenth year of teaching choir at Mark Morris High School in Longview, WA. this fall. Brian went to college at Central Washington University where he earned both his B.M. and a Masters degree in Music Education.  Mitchell performs regularly in the Longview/Kelso area with church and civic groups and is the vocalist in a jazz quartet “Off the Cuff”.  He directs four choirs at Mark Morris High School and is co-director of the Columbian Choral Ensemble.  He serves on the board of Washington's chapter of the American Choral Directors Association as Repertoire and Standards chair for high school choirs. Brian and his wife Jenny are both teachers and love their time off together in the summers.   In his spare time Brian loves wood working, photography, and fly fishing. 

Reginald Unterseher is a composer, voice teacher, and conductor. His compositions and arrangements are published by Oxford University Press and Walton Music. He is Music Director and Composer-in-Residence at Shalom United Church of Christ, Richland, Washington, and is a member of Male Ensemble Northwest. Solo appearances include Opera Theater of St. Louis, Kansas City Lyric Opera, Spokane Opera, and Texas Opera Theater. He co-founded Washington East Opera in 1997 and served as Chorus Master and Artistic Advisor until 2007. From 1996 until 2004, he was Artistic Director of Consort Columbia Vocal Ensemble where he conducted ensembles of adults and children. He maintains a private voice studio, and is in demand as a choral and vocal adjudicator and clinician. He is currently the Repertoire and Standards chair for Men's Choirs in the Northwest Division of the American Choral Director¹s Association. Please visit Reg's website for more information.

Recently retired Music Coordinator for Longview Schools, David has enjoyed a full career in music education spanning over 40 years in Bellingham, Kelso and Longview. He spent most of his career teaching high school choral music, but also worked at the middle school level in both choral and instrumental music. He has served as musical director and orchestra conductor of over 30 school and community musical productions at R. A. Long High School in Longview. Known as a choral director, singer and percussionist, he has appeared on stage in “My Fair Lady,” “1776,” and “Amahl and the Night Visitors.” He has played in the pit for a number of shows as well, and remains active as a percussionist with the Southwest Washington Symphony, choir director at Trinity Lutheran Church, and as a singer with Columbian Choral Ensemble and a men’s Compline Choir.