About Us

Steve 'doc' Winters - trumpet
Steve is the recipient of the 2025 Wisconsin Area Music Industry Best Trumpeter award. He studied Music at UW Superior where he played with many college groups and the Faculty Brass Quintet.   Steve's top performance experiences include the Duluth-Superior Symphony Orchestra and with Mary Wilson (from the Supremes).  These days, you can find him playing in Funk Band Incorporated (F.B.I.) & The Untouchable Horns, Cold Sweat, Essentially Brass and many other area groups.

Tom Swigert - trumpet
​Tom studied with Al Butcher and John Harmon at UW-Oshkosh. He's been playing in bands for 35+ years in the Fox Cities and Milwaukee area.  He's currently performing with the Milwaukee Letter Carriers Band, Essentially Brass,  FBI and the Untouchable Horns. Tom is a member of the VFW Auxiliary and is a bugler with the Hartford Honor Guard and the national Taps For Veterans.

​Judy Keene - horn
Judy is the principal horn with the Menomonee Falls Symphony Orchestra.  She plays with area ensembles including Essentially Brass.
 Andy Taylor - trombone & band manager
After an exciting few years at the Eastman School of Music, Andy detoured to earn his BSCS & Math and pursue a high tech career.  He studied with John Marcellus (ESM), Mark Lusk (Penn State), Joe Stanko and Perry Martin.  Andy has had the amazing good fortune to perform with Vanessa Williams, Joe Morello, Frank Foster and under the direction of Aaron Copland.  He was a performer at the 2017 Pokorny Seminar and former Salem Symphony principal bass trombone.  Andy was the founder of Portland's Rose City Trombones and Portlandia Brass.  Today, you can find him in Milwaukee-area ensembles including the  All Star Superband, High Class Brass and subbing in Festival City Orchestra, Swing Explosion, Jazz Express and other groups.  He teaches privately in Menomonee Falls and free-lances around town on bass and tenor trombone.  

Brian White - Tuba
Brian studied tuba at Augustana College under Marcellus Brown and soloed with the concert band.  Later, he performed with multiple Madison groups including the Madison Brass Quintet.  Currently he  plays with the Waukesha Area Symphonic Band, Essentially Brass & Spring City Brass.