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 Owen O'Mahoney, Pete Tufel, Moppa Elliot, Brian Czach
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Brian Czach
Brian got his start playing drums at
age 11 for his family wedding band. He went on to attend the Ithaca College School of Music
where he studied with Steve Brown and Gordon Stout. After receiving
his Performance Degree , he worked for Holland America Cruise Line
performing in the Show Band Orchestra where he had the privilege of
performing with The Shirelles, The Marcells, Bowser and Sha Na Na,
Ian Finkel, and Pearl Kaufman, among many others.
Currently
Brian resides in the NYC area performing as Musical Director for
the Domenick Allen show (Foreigner). Other artists that Brian
has performed and/or recorded with are Joe Piscopo, Bucky Pizzarelli,
Tony DeSare, The Brooce Show, Professor John, Tim Collins, and Head
Over Heels..
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Owen O' Mahoney
(guitar) has performed with The Platters,
The Drifters, The Osmond Brothers, Mark Preston, Bowser, and Bobby
Arvon among many others. Originally from San Francisco, he began
his career in Portland, OR with musicians such as Dan Schulte, Alan
Jones, Rob Schepps, and the University of Portland Big Band. Owen
went on to play lead guitar in the Enchantment of the Seas Orchestra
for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. While attending Musicians
Institute in Hollywood, CA, Owen studied with legendary guitarists
Joe Diorio, Ron Eschte, and Scott Henderson.
Studio work includes "Music
for Flute & Guitar" with San Francisco Symphony flutist Beverly
Jacobs; Various rap and hip-hop recordings with producer Nathan Tannenbaum
for Hoggin and Doggin Records; and recent sessions with renowned Aerosmith
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Moppa Elliott
Moppa was born on September 13, 1978, the first son of
David and Carolyn Elliott in Scranton, Pa. Incidentally, and was
named Matthew Thomas Elliott, not Moppa. His parents are both college
instructors and intense music lovers, so he was exposed to a lot of music
growing up. After a brief introduction to the piano, he started
to play the trombone in the sixth grade, and after deciding a few years
later that he wanted to also play an instrument with strings, he was
given an electric bass. At around the age of 17, he fixed
up his father's old acoustic bass in order to audition for a summer
program. He then began to study the bass seriously with Pocono
resident Tony Marino.
In the fall of 1997, Moppa enrolled in both Oberlin College
and the Oberlin Conservatory of Music majoring in biology and Jazz bass performance
in Oberlin's double-degree program. While there he was able to record his first
CD, Pinpoint and to gain some experience playing in Cleveland OH for about 3
years. He was also fortunate enough to teach at the Pennsylvania Governor's
School for the Arts for four summers.
Moppa finished school in the winter of 2001, and moved to
New York City the following summer. In New York, he has been able to play
and record with some great musicians and to continue teaching at St. Mary's High
School.
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