Ruth Hertz Weber is an accomplished composer/songwriter/ director, whose music and arrangements have graced numerous albums, film scores, print music publications, and performances by symphonies. Upon receiving her Master of Music degree from Cal. State University, Northridge, Weber worked as an accompanist for the L.A. Philharmonic Institute, Opera Aguascalientes, CSUN, and as a recording artist for the Marantz Co.’s, Music Minus One records. Weber was Artistic Director for Jean Will Presents, The Disciple Singers, and The S.D. Jewish Men’s Choir (SDJMC). Under Ruth’s direction SDJMC released 3 albums. The second, KOCHI, charted at #3 on the Billboard Charts, receiving an AMA award for Best World Beat Album. The Disciple Singers, appeared on the, Action Moves People United album with actor Dan Aykroyd and recording artist Julian Lennon, and were featured in the film, One Little Finger. Weber is part of the duo Ruth and Emilia. Their children’s albums have won a Parent’s Choice Award, and their album, I Had a Dream: Songs of an Immigrant, is part of the permanent exhibit at the ANU Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv, Israel. 185 Ruth has been a long-time music instructor at Palomar College and S.D. Miramar College. 

Dr. Michael D. Munson is an adjunct Professor of Music at Palomar College, where he teaches Music Theory and Skills, Applied Piano, and Class Piano. He accompanies the Chamber Singers and has played for ballet classes since 1994. Munson earned his Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano Accompanying and Chamber Music from the Eastman School of Music in 1992.

Dr. Munson is the organist of the First United Methodist Church of Escondido and current Dean of the Palomar Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. He has concertized in Southern California, the eastern United States, and Europe. He has also given four concerts at the Spreckels Organ Pavilion in Balboa Park in San Diego as part of the weekly Sunday Concert Series there.

Dr. Munson has played for the San Diego Jewish Men’s Choir for many years.

Dr. Munson also has a selection of his compositions and arrangements available on musicnotes.com.

With work spanning from video games to feature films to Children's CDs, Emilia Lopez-Yañez is an up-and-coming artist sharing her music on the international stage. After recently completing her master’s degree in Oboe Performance at USC, and her undergraduate degree in both Vocal and Oboe Performance through Chapman University, Lopez-Yañez has already amassed an impressive resume as a musical double threat. As a youngster, Emilia performed with the group, Me and the Kids. She now performs with the award-winning duo Ruth and Emilia. They were recently honored with the LA Music Critic's "2018 Best Children's Award" for The Spaceship That Fell in my Backyard.  Their next album, Kokowanda Bay released in 2020 and won a Parent’s Choice Award, a Mom’s Choice Gold Award, a Grand Prize in the Hollywood Music in Media Awards, and many more! Emilia is the featured oboist on both award-winning albums "Kochi" and "Heritage." Emilia is the featured artist on Art Tawanghar's new age single, Distorted Time, released in 2017 on Major Hit Records. As a first-time composer and producer, Emilia recently wrapped up her first video game score for City Block Builder - coming soon! As a featured vocalist, you can hear Emilia singing on the One Little Finger Soundtrack which won numerous international film festival laurels, and is now streaming around the world. As a soprano, Emilia Lopez-Yañez was also featured as a soloist on the BILLBOARD charting, multi-award winning UNESCO World Peace album, "Action Moves People United." There she was featured on two tracks, and recorded alongside Allan White, from YES and actor Dan Aykroyd. Lopez-Yañez made her on-stage debut in 2015, singing as a featured soloist with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Aguascalientes on their opera gala concert. As president of Chapman’s premiere co-ed a cappella ensemble, Lopez-Yañez led SoundCheck to a first place win at the ICCA West Quarter-finals, as well as winning Semifinals and performing at the ICCA finals at the Beacon Theatre in New York. As a member of SoundCheck, Emilia was featured on AwesomenessTV in a Covergirl promotional music video for Pitch Perfect 2 alongside pop star Mahogany LOX. Lopez-Yañez also sang on Sound-Check’s recordings of “Usher Medley” and “The Dreydl Sing Along” and performed on stage at the Hollywood Bowl during ABBA Fest. Before moving to San Diego, Emilia Lopez-Yañez performed and taught in Orange County and San Diego, CA. There, she performed with Opera NEO, The Chapman Orchestra, and Chapman University Wind Symphony. Since moving to Los Angeles, she has performed with the Los Angeles Doctors Symphony Orchestra, Parlor Orchestra, University of Southern California Orchestra, and University of Southern California Wind Symphony.  As a Grammy member, she has recorded with artists across the globe, incorporating the oboe in various genres of music. Emilia has been a part of albums that have been nominees for the Hollywood Music and Media Awards, and have won Global Music Awards. Through these recordings, she hopes to expand the musical genres in which oboe can be found, including Jewish-Indian fusion, Chill, and House. Lopez-Yañez has performed in various halls across the United States, including Bovard Hall, Royce Hall, Bridges Auditorium, Lyceum Theater, Musco Center for the Arts, and California Center for the Arts. She has also performed abroad including the Estates Theater, Smetana Hall, Dvorak’s Home, and Teatro Aguascalientes. Emilia Lopez-Yañez recently completed her Graduate Certificate and Masters in Oboe Performance Degree at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, CA under the instruction of Marion Kuszyk and Joel Timm. She received her Bachelor of Music Degree from Chapman University where she studied with Lelie Resnick, Jessica Pearlman, and Paul Sherman. Emilia is presently an adjunct music faculty member at Mira Costa College and Palomar College in the San Diego area while maintaining a private vocal and oboe studio and working as a freelance musician.

D. Zisl Slepovitch is a native of Minsk, Belarus, and a New Yorker since 2008. He is a musicologist (Ph.D., Belarusian State Academy of Music); a multi-instrumentalist klezmer, classical, and improvisational musician (woodwinds, keyboards); a composer, ethnographer, arranger-orchestrator, conductor, a music and Yiddish educator. Slepovitch is a founding member of the critically acclaimed klezmer group Litvakus as well as Zisl Slepovitch Ensemble. He has appeared in, wrote and arranged music for numerous productions by the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene (New York), State Jewish Theatre (Bucharest), and other theatre companies; worked with Ljova, Frank London, Sasha Lurje, Zalmen Mlotek, Hankus Netsky, and JD Parran, among others. Slepovitch serves as Musician-in-Residence at Yale University’s Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, where he has produced a series of critically acclaimed records. He regularly appears as a guest lecturer and artist at universities and festivals in the US, Europe, and Israel. Among Slepovitch’s theatre, film, and TV credits are the Defiance movie, Eternal Echoes album (Sony Classical), Rejoice with Itzhak Perlman and Cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot (PBS), and Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish (off-Broadway). @zislepovitch zislepovitch.com

Bob Weller graduated Cal. State Northridge in 1979 with a Bachelors in Percussion. While there he studied composition with Frank Campo, Aurelio De La Vega and Ladd McIntosh. Bob has played percussion with the Phoenix Symphony and the LA Philharmonic. While living in NY he played with many well-known jazz artists and studied piano with Phil Markowitz and drums with Peter Erskine. He has performed percussion/drums in numerous musicals, including the West Coast pre-Broadway revival of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum directed by Des McAnuff, starring Nathan Lane, which went on to win the 1996 Tony Award for best musical revival. Other productions include The Music Man, Mame, Annie Get Your Gun, Man of La Mancha at the Lawrence Welk Dinner Theater. Bob earned the RPT [Registered Piano Technician] designation from the Piano Technicians Guild in 2001. He recently published his first book, “Stravinsky and Cubism,” available on Amazon.com. He currently teaches drum set and jazz piano at Palomar College in San Marcos, California. 

Doron Peisic is an accomplished singer, accordionist, harpist, pianist, guitarist, educator, and composer whose work bridges classical and contemporary expression. Known for his warmth and connectedness, Doron brings a distinctive voice to the instruments he plays, shaped by years of study across instruments and cultures. His musical training began at age 12 and includes studies both in the Tel Aviv Conservatory and in the US. Doron’s performances span chamber ensembles, solo recitals, and collaborative projects that explore the intersection of sound, identity, and place. He has performed in a variety of venues, from the historical Del Coronado hotel in San Diego to city arts halls, weddings, holidays, and celebrations. He is also a licensed harp therapist who has researched and practiced music therapy using an adaptive and customized methodology for Israeli soldiers, the Veterans Administration, and private patients.  Doron’s approach is rooted in authenticity, energy, and a deep respect for the transformative potential of his music.This Carnegie Hall debut marks an exciting personal and artistic milestone. Doron is grateful to be celebrating not only music’s expressive power, but also the communities, mentors, and audiences who continue to shape his journey.