Washington native Mark Davey is a saxophonist whose playing has been heard on a variety of recordings as well as live shows, including the Temptations, Manhattan Transfer, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Bill Withers, Nu Shooz, Body & Soul, Linda Hornbuckle, the Kicks Band, Jackson/Mills Big Band, Portland Saxophone Quartet and the Woody Hite Big Band. He has worked on recordings featuring the California Raisins, Linda Hornbuckle with No Delay, Portland Saxophone Quartet, the Kicks Band and others. He is also a member of the Northwest Saxophone Collective and the Southwest Washington Wind Symphony.

Mark attended Mt. Hood Community College and has a bachelor’s degree in music performance from the prestigious University of North Texas and a master’s degree from the University of Portland. He teaches band at Shahala Middle School and Illahee Elementary School in the Evergreen School District. Mark plays both tenor and baritone saxophone with 5 Guys Named Moe and can be heard wailing away on tunes such as Love Train and Pick Up the Pieces!

Trombonist Mark Neshyba has been an active player in the music scene in Portland/Vancouver area for 30 years. He has played with the Temptations, the Four Tops, the Kicks Band, the Southwest Washington Wind Symphony, Border Patrol, the Swingphonics, Art Abrams Swing Machine, Woody Hite Big Band, Kris Conrad Big Band, Cascadia Brass Ensemble, Obo Addy and Kukrudu, the Bobby Torres Ensemble and more. With music teaching degrees from both Oregon State and Portland State, Mark is an acclaimed band director at Wy' East Middle School in Vancouver, Washington. His bands have appeared as concert-hour performers at State and Northwest Music Educator conventions, and he is also in high demand as a much-respected adjudicator and clinician for school band festivals throughout the Pacific Northwest.