Ken received his DMA from The Catholic University of America and a Master of Music degree from The New England Conservatory of Music.  His trumpet teachers included Roger Voisin, former principal trumpet of the Boston Symphony, Gilbert Johnson, former principal trumpet of the Philadelphia Orchestra, Robert Nagel, former principal trumpet of New York Brass Quintet, Gerard Schwarz, former co-principal trumpet of the New York Philharmonic, and Lloyd Geisler, former principal trumpet of The National Symphony Orchestra. 

Besides Westminster Brass, Ken currently performs and has recorded with the Philadelphia Orchestra as an extra and substitute.  He also performs with the Chester County Pops Orchestra.  He was longtime principal trumpet - twenty two years - of the Delaware Symphony Orchestra. 
 

Kenneth Laudermilch, Principal Trumpet

He is the author of numerous books and articles on theology and worship including “Let the Reader Understand: A Guide to Interpreting and Applying the Bible.” 

Dan McCartney, Horn

Tom is a native of Charleston, South Carolina.  He  received a Bachelor’s degree in Music Performance from the Curtis Institute of Music where he studied trombone with Glenn Dodson, former principal trombone of The Philadelphia Orchestra.  Tom received his Master’s degree in Music Education from West Chester University.  He is the founder and former director of Westminster Brass.  Tom has performed as trombonist with many of the finest orchestras including The Philadelphia Orchestra, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and the Marlboro Festival Orchestra.

Thomas Elliott, Trombone

Timothy Witmer, Tuba

As a freelance trombonist, he has performed jazz and commercial music with notables such as Mel Tormé, Buddy DeFranco and the Glenn Miller Band.  He was a resident orchestra member at the former Valley Forge Music Fair and performed with the Pennsylvania Ballet and the Philadelphia Opera Company. In the mid-1980s Tom founded and was Artistic Director of the Performance Organization which was responsible for assembling large professional orchestras in performances with ensembles such as the Choral Arts Society, the Mendelssohn Club and the Music Group of Philadelphia.  The Performance Organization collaborated with the Metropolitan Opera in a series of one-act operas developed for presenting opera to young people in northern New Jersey.


As a full-time music educator, Mr. Elliott has been Director of Instrumental Music at Lower Merion High School in Ardmore, PA since 1989.  He developed a program that introduces young children to classical music by means of a cartoon character called Maestro the Lion.  Through Maestro the Lion children's literature, pre-concert education material and the performance of standard orchestral repertoire for children by children, he has influenced thousands of young students to develop a lifetime enrichment of orchestral music.

Tim studied tuba at West Chester University with Irving Cohen and later went on to study with Abe Torchinsky, former principal tuba of The Philadelphia Orchestra. 

Tim was principal tuba of the Pottstown Symphony, Philly Pops Orchestra and what is now the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia.  He was also a member of the All American Cornet Band, New Holland Band, Rittenhouse Brass Quintet and has substituted in The Philadelphia Orchestra. 

Dr. Laudermilch retired from his full-time position as Professor of Trumpet and Director of the Wind Ensemble at West Chester University where he taught and directed for thirty eight years.  Dr. Laudermilch is currently Director of the New Holland Band, second oldest band in the United States.  He also keeps an active studio as Professor of Trumpet at Franklin and Marshall College. 

Ken has published numerous articles in the national music magazine “The Instrumentalist” and has published a book titled “An Understandable Approach to Musical Expression.” 
 

Dan attended Carnegie-Mellon University where he was a performance major, studying horn with the great Professor of Horn Forrest Standley.  In recent years, he studied with Randy Gardner, former second horn of The Philadelphia Orchestra.  Dan has performed with the Tenth Chamber Players and the American Christian Symphony. 

Dan went on to study New Testament and Biblical Hermeneutics at Westminster Theological Seminary.  He is Professor of New Testament at Westminster Theological Seminary and has recently accepted a position at Redeemer Theological Seminary where he will be Professor of New Testament Interpretation.  

Tim later went on to attend Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia and Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando.  Dr. Witmer is Minister of Preaching at Crossroads Community Church, PCA, in Upper Darby, PA.  He is also Professor and Department Coordinator of Practical Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary and Director of The Shepherd’s Institute.   

Tim will have his first book released this spring titled, “Like Sheep Without a Shepherd,” published by Puritan Reformed. 

Jim attended Temple University and studied trumpet with Seymour Rosenfeld, former second trumpet of The Philadelphia Orchestra.  Following college he studied with Gerard Schwarz, former co-principal trumpet of the New York Philharmonic, and Frank Kaderabek, former principal trumpet of The Philadelphia Orchestra.  

He has performed, toured internationally and recorded with The Philadelphia Orchestra (substitute and extra), Ocean City Pops Orchestra (principal trumpet) and Westminster Brass.  Jim’s list of credits also include the Delaware Symphony, Opera Company of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Ballet Orchestras.  He also performed with the Delaware Brass, in-residence at the University of Delaware.

James Hala, Director and Trumpet

Mr. Hala has taught trumpet and coached brass ensembles at a number of schools including Immaculata College and West Chester University.  He is currently an Adjunct Instructor of Trumpet at The College of New Jersey. 

Jim served his country as a member of the 113th Army Band, Fort Knox, Kentucky, and the 307th Army Reserve Band, Willow Grove, Pennsylvania.