Nick Marangoni was born in Verona. He began playing drums at an early age, and his interest in various styles of music eventually led him to the Verona Conservatory of Music, where he received his degree in classical percussion. He has performed as soloist with many Italian orchestras and ensembles, playing repertoire ranging from the Renaissance to Contemporary.

As a jazz musician, Nick has played with numerous groups, specializing in Brazilian and Latin music. He has recently recorded with the group 'Xango', an album that has since been praised by the pre-eminent Brazilian artist Chico Buarque.

Nick has recently been featured on a RAI Radio 1 broadcast. He is currently living in London, where he performs regularly with a range of pop groups and artists in London's famous venues. Nick is also the percussion and drum teacher at The American School in London.

Mete studied Guitar and Music Theory under Ed Speight ( Professor of Jazz, Royal Academy ) at the Guitar Institute of Technology in 1991.

After G.I.T he started to teach, perform and record for many artists including 'A Girl Called Johnny', 'Stars In Their Eyes Tour', 'Paul Weller', 'Sam Brown', 'Toby Bourke', '50/50' and 'George Michael' with whom he shared Top 10 Chart success for the song 'Waltz Away Dreaming' in 1997. He also worked on film projects as a composer and sound designer ( So You Want To Be! / 1996, Fate / 2001 ).

He has been teaching Guitar and Music Theory since 1991. As well as teaching privately, he does workshops and classes for schools in London like ASL ( American School in London, St. John's Wood ), ICS ( International Community School, Camden Town ). Also he teaches Midi and Audio applications like Cubase, Reason, SoundEdit for computer music, and records and produces various artists.

Mete has recently formed '25|Thirty' ( Music and sound design for broadcasting ) to get more involved in the soundtrack industry.

He still teaches and lives in London.

Ruth was born in Edinburgh in 1978 and from the age of nine attended the City of Edinburgh Music School. She completed a BMus degree and a Postgraduate Diploma at the Royal College of Music, London. She recently performed the Arutyunyan Trumpet Concerto with the Royal College of Music Sinfonietta, both in London and at the Thaxted Festival.

Ruth works with the London Symphony Orchestra-including film sessions, the Royal Opera House Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra-including CD recordings. She records regularly for Channel 5 and the Discovery Channel. Her natural trumpet playing has enabled Ruth to perform in both Italy and Germany.

She is the founding member and principal trumpet of the brass quintet 'Five in a Bar' which recently completed a successful tour in France and performs recitals and educational concerts all over the U.K.

Mihoko has played the piano from the age of five, attending both high school and college at the highly regarded Toho Gakuen School of Music, Tokyo. Toho Gakuen is the Alma Mater of Mr. Seiji Ozawa, the long serving music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

After graduating in 1989, Mihoko taught piano in Japan, Denmark and the U.K. She also worked as a piano teacher at the culture center of NHK (the Japanese equivalent of BBC) for over five years. Furthermore, Mihoko works as a piano accompanist for a number of solo artists both in London and in Japan.

Eric Usadi is a native New Yorker, where he studied at Juilliard, Manhattan School of Music, and Columbia University.

His violin teachers included Glenn Dicterow and Louise Behrend, and he studied chamber music with Joseph and Lillian Fuchs, Geoffrey Michaels, and members of the Emerson Quartet.

Tony was found in a basket at Lou's Garden Supplies with a loving note: "Keep away from open flame".

He was adopted by our drum coach, who tried to teach Tony Neapolitan folk songs. When that failed, Tony was sent to the Capital Children's Choir, where it was discovered that he suffered from plastic ear and mouth syndrome and would never be able to sing. That is why he is our mascot.

wise motto: "I look but don't see, hear but don't listen, talk but don't speak"