Amanda Roeder is a multi-instrumentalist and music educator, adjudicator, and performer. Since 2014 she has directed the choral ensembles and an award-winning a cappella program at Chelmsford High School in Chelmsford, MA. Amanda is an experienced musical theater director and orchestra musician for local scholastic and community productions . She holds degrees in music education from the University of Massachusetts and Gordon College.

Michael Bester is an acoustic and electric guitarist, bassist, arranger, producer, and composer. In recent years, he has performed in the Bester Papineau guitar duo, as well as in pit orchestras in the greater Boston area. Michael holds a degree in music performance from the University of Miami.