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Steve Meredith is an Associate Professor of Music at Snow College, where he is the director of the Horne School of Music, Director of Choral Activities and Theory Area Coordinator as well as specializing in Music Technology. Dr. Meredith received his B.M. and M.M. degrees from the University of Utah in choral music education, and his D.M.A. in choral music from Arizona State University. His choirs are in demand professionally, having performed on the film soundtrack for Warlock II and participating regularly as a part of the Video Games Live and Star Wars Live concert tours. A gifted vocal performer, Dr Meredith is also one of the most sought-after concert performers in the United States having performed with nationally recognized orchestras and conductors throughout the country.  

In addition to his career as a concert performer, Dr. Meredith has enjoyed considerable success as a studio singer, voice-over artist and producer. He is the managing partner of MeWe Productions LLC, a provider of integrated media solutions for commercial applications. He has performed in and produced recordings for numerous feature films, audio books, regional and national advertisements, IMAX films, videos, albums, television programs and theatrical events. These include recordings for ABC Sports, the soundtracks for the television series “Xena: Warrior Princess,” and the Disney film “George of the Jungle.” He recently completed work on a vocal sample library that will be shipped with upcoming versions of Finale© notation software.

Kathy Steadman is a freelance musician and video editor living in the San Diego area and is a partner in MeWe Productions, LLC, a media production firm.  She received training at Brigham Young University and the Maricopa Institute for Arts and Entertainment Technology.  She is Apple certified in the Final Cut Pro video editing program, and has been responsible for video post production for a number of commercial and educational clients.  A gifted music video editor, she has been a featured presenter at a number of educational conferences, including the Technology Institute for Music Educators (TIME), the Utah Music Educators Association and the Music Educators National Conference.

As a singer she has been a soloist with the Mesa (AZ) Symphony, La Jolla (CA) Symphony and Chorus and in a number of commercial projects.  Her vocal skills are wide ranging; she excels in everything from classical music to world music to contemporary music.  Her vocal flexibility has been featured in a number of venues, including a stint as a featured soloist for the "Video Games Live" tour.  She is the proud mother of 4 children and grandmother of 11.

Greg was born in Rupert Idaho, and started singing when he was three years old.  He took piano lessons for eight years and bass fiddle lessons for six years. His family performed together at all kinds of activities. He started playing the guitar at age 14, being heavily influenced by his favorite musicians: the Beatles, James Taylor, and the Eagles. He continued to play guitar and bass through high school and then in college at Weber State University. 

At the age of sixteen, Greg started to write songs - - mostly for friends and relatives or special family occasions. His first major success in writing came in 1982 when he won the "Salt Lake City Song Contest". That was a great experience, as he took first place among over 200 entrants. The song was also professionally recorded, which began his interest in professional recording and production. 

Throughout the years Greg has performed in many bands. His first CD "A New World To Come" was released in 1997. Much of the music on this recording is based on experiences that happened to him in childhood and later in his life. His second release "Noble Warriors", which contains inspirational themed music, came out December of 2004.

Greg lives in Ephraim, UT, where he is an instructor and choir director at the LDS Institute of Religion, and an adjunct guitar instructor at Snow College. He and his wife Fara are the parents of three children and also have three grandchildren.

Rich was born in Connecticut, and started guitar lessons at the age of 5. By the time he heard the Beatles at the age of 9, he was completely captivated by the sound of the electric guitar. He studied with several well-known, New York-area teachers, including Ken Blinko (who introduced him to jazz) and Link Chamberland. While still in high school, he started playing up and down the East Coast at weddings, Bar Mitzvas , school dances, concerts, night clubs, as well as civic and school theater productions of musicals like "Hello Dolly" and "Camelot”.

Rich attended BYU where he played in the jazz ensemble "Synthesis". He also served a two-year mission to Argentina where he was exposed to Tango and other indigenous styles that opened up new worlds to him.

Rich began working for the Osmond family, and spent much of the next decade recording, arranging and performing with them, including stints on the "Donny and Marie" variety show, and producing an album for Merrill Osmond.

For the past 15 years, he has been heavily involved in music production working on audio and video projects for such clients as Word Perfect, Novell, Franklin Covey, Sorensen Media, Rotary Club, The Foundation for a Better Life, the LDS Church and others. He received the Utah Pearl Award in 1998, 2001, and 2003 as “Studio Musician of the Year”. He has also served as a product specialist for DOD/Digitech, traveling internationally to put on clinics and demonstrations. His musical passion is modern jazz and improvisation, but he continues to love and be inspired by all types of music. He has worked as an adjunct professor at the University of Utah, BYU, and is currently the head of the guitar program at Snow College in Ephraim, UT. He enjoys teaching and hopes to instill the love and passion for music in his own students that his teachers did in him.

Sara Law Gunnell began taking violin lessons from her mom at the age of seven.  Excelling fast with her music abilities she went on tour to Europe with the Rocky Mountain Youth Camerata when she was 14.  One year later she began teaching for the Mountain West String Academy of Cache Valley.   The MWSA began in Sara her lifelong dedication to teaching.  She received her Bachelors of Music degree in Violin Performance from Utah State University then continued her education at Ohio University where she acquired her Masters in Violin Performance and Pedagogy.  Sara has taught private lessons to hundreds of students through the years.  Her vast experience in teaching has afforded her the opportunity to teach pedagogy classes for Ohio University and later for Utah State University.  Her experience also includes being an orchestra director which she has utilized at Thomas Edison Charter School (4-8th grade), for the Athens Community Music School, as well as for the Logan City School District.  She hopes to start an orchestra program where she now lives in Sanpete County.  As a performer she has been sought out wherever she goes.  She has performed with the Ohio Valley Symphony, the Utah Festival Opera Company, the Brevard Symphony Orchestra, the Wooden Box String Quartet, the American Festival Orchestra, Music Theatre West, the Lyric Company, as well as countless others.  Sara also lets loose and performs with the Celtic Band "Leaping Lulu."  As a member she has performed live on KRCL - FM radio of Salt Lake City, been featured on the national radio program "The Folk Sampler," and regularly performs at Scottish and Celtic Festivals across the West.   Currently, Sara teaches at Snow College as an Adjunct Professor and is enjoying the delights of being a new mom.