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Larry Williams is a Maine native. He received both his Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Music Education and Jazz Studies from the University of Southern Maine. He teaches music at Poland Regional High School and Bates College. He performs regularly with The Portland Jazz Orchestra, and he was a member of The Tony Boffa Band for 12 years. Although saxophone has been his main instrument, he is also equally proficient on bass where he has performed and recorded with many local and nationally recognized musicians and bands. Beyond his music teaching and leadership roles, Larry is an avid CrossFit athlete and coach.
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Kelly Caufield (Snow White) was born and raised in the great state of Maine. Kelly began her musical journey in her childhood living room with a hairbrush, a smile, and her family and friends as her audiences. She eventually made her way to the Schoolhouse Arts Center in Sewhere she caught the musical "bug" and spent the majority of her adolescence doing as many musicals as she possibly could. As a music student at the University of Southern Maine School of Music, Kelly studied musical theater voice and repertoire using classical/operatic techniques with Ellen Chickering and Edward Reichert. The decade that followed is a beautiful blur of performances with Portland Players, College Light Opera Company, the Boothbay Opera House, Portland Symphony Orchestra, Bangor Symphony Orchestra, The North Shore Philharmonic, Maine ProMusica Orchestra, Music Doing Good (out of Houston, TX) and Portland's Good Theater. Kelly conceived, wrote and starred in her one-woman show, LEGENDS: The Music of Judy Garland, which premiered at City Theater! Kelly is a private voice teacher and specializes in fusing classical vocal techniques with musical theater and popular repertoire.
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Camille Curtis-Saucier is the Founder and Conductor of the Voices In Harmony Choirs. In addition, she created The Saco Bay Children’s Choir Program in 2005 to provide a high caliber choral music experience for middle school through high school aged singers during the school year. The Saco Bay Jazz Vocal Ensemble is founded in 2005 for high school students and adults and performs locally for charity and community events during the summer and fall. Ms. Saucier has produced choral events and musical productions in southern Maine to benefit local charities including churches, youth programs, breast cancer foundations and food pantries. An active accompanist for , guest choral director for festivals and private piano instructor, she is also the composer of an original musical ‘A Little Princess’ which debuted in 2000 to sold out audiences and has had nine productions so far across the USA. Her conducting credits include: the ‘06 & ‘07 York County 6th Grade Honors Choir & other Maine choral festivals, ’94 All State HS Jazz Chorus, Assistant Conductor for the UMO University Singers with Dr. Dennis Cox and volunteer Choir Director for the Saco Unitarian Universalist Church from 2000-2006. Although, she attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, she earned a BM in Music Education from UMO. She resides in Lyman, Maine with her husband, two creative children & their cat Jellybean. Although Camille’s primary profession is choral conducting, she feels that the underlying premise is to build community through singing and in singers build confidence through performance. |
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Matthew Johnston is a Portland-based performer and percussion instructor who hails from Downeast Maine. He became a drummer at two years old and quickly grew to play in many bands and school ensembles throughout his youth. He graduated from the University of Southern Maine’s School of Music and has since become the Percussion Instructor for the South Portland School District as well a Drum Kit Instructor for the Gorham School of Music. Aside from teaching, Matt performs with various ensembles performing rock, jazz, country, r&b, musical theater, calypso, and many other popular styles. If he’s not behind the drum set, you can find Matt on a hiking trail photographing many beautiful New England landscapes.
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Sarah Foster is a Maine musician, born and raised. After graduating from the University of New Hampshire in 2016 with a Bachelor’s degree in Music Education, she spent the next four years teaching band and music in Maine. She currently spends her time working at a local record store and performing on trombone.
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Ian Douglas is a local trumpet player born in Westbrook, Maine. He found his love for music and desire to play trumpet while involved in the music department at Westbrook High School. He is currently studying at the Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz at the University of Hartford, where his concentration is in Jazz Studies and Performing Arts Management. Outside of the Larry Williams Band, Ian is part of a brand new music collective called the Cellar Door Connection, which aspires to bring musicians from around the world to play together using recording technology.
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Bailey Giles Bailey Giles is a recent graduate of the University of Southern Maine with a bachelors degree in music performance with a concentration in jazz. He studied saxophone with Barry Saunders and jazz piano and composition with Chris Klaxton. At USM, Bailey has been an active member of the Jazz Program. He has been in the USM Jazz Ensemble, as well as faculty-led combos every semester. Outside of the program, he plays with YEAHMAN, a jazz funk band. Recently this year, he was accepted into the Portland Jazz Orchestra as the youngest member. Although performing is his area of study, Bailey also has a reputable name in the world of teaching as well. He has worked with kids as young as second graders, and as old as high schoolers. He gives private one on one lessons, as well as group work with school ensembles. Bailey has students from all over Maine, but spends most of his time working at 317 Main giving individual saxophone lessons to younger students from the surrounding area.
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