Geoffrey Applegate, Principal Second Violinist of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, has performed in piano trio and string quartet concerts in Europe, as well as in North and South America. A frequent soloist with the DSO, he was heard most recently in the Violin Concerto No. 4 by Vieuxtemp under guest conductor Paavo Berglund. His performance with the DSO of the rarely heard Kurt Weill Violin Concerto drew international critical acclaim and was radio broadcast nationally. Mr. Applegate has recorded 35 compact discs including the concertos of Bruch, Bach, Mendelssohn, and Mozart with the Stuttgart Orchestra and Vienna Festival Orchestras, and has finished recording virtually the entire violin concerto repertoire for Music Minus One records.
CutTime Players features Mr. Applegate in performances of the Suite for Violin and Jazz Septet by Claude Bolling as well as The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi.

Kevin Good, has served in the trumpet section of the DSO since 1979. He has taught trumpet, music theory, and jazz at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas as well as serving on the faculty of the University of Windsor, Wayne State University, and the University of Michigan. As one of the founding members of the Detroit Chamber Winds, he presently performs with that ensemble; they have recorded three discs for the Koch International Classics label. Mr. Good is an active composer and arranger and has written numerous jazz compositions.
CutTime Players features Mr. Good in performances of the Carnival of Venice Variations, Pictures at an Exhibition, and various jazz shorts.

Randall Hawes has been the Bass Trombonist for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra since 1985. After graduating from Central Michigan University, he went on to perform with the Kalamazoo, Pittsburgh, Chicago, and Tanglewood MusicCenter Orchestras. He also toured Europe playing Porgy and Bess for a year, then toured with the Woody Herman Orchestra for two years. Mr. Hawes also performs with the Detroit Chamber Winds and Premier Brass. CutTime Players features him in the Sleigh Ride from Lt. Kije by Sergei Prokofiev and I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You by George Bassman. 

Theodore Oien, Principal Clarinetist of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, is a much sought-after chamber music and concerto soloist, who has performed the concertos of Mozart, Weber, Strauss, and Copland - the latter with the composer conducting. He is a frequent soloist with the DSO and also appears with the Birmingham-Bloomfield, Grosse Pointe and Dearborn symphonies. Mr. Oien holds Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from the College-Conservatory of Music of the University of Cincinnati. He is a faculty member of Wayne State University, Aspen Music Festival, and a Visiting Lecturer of Music at the University of Michigan. CutTime Players features Mr. Oien in Mozart's Clarinet Concerto.

Rick Robinson, double bassist, director & arranger grew up in Detroit then attended the prestigious Interlochen Arts Academy. He received a B.M. degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music, where he studied double bass with Larry Angell, and won principal chairs for both the Akron and Canton (Ohio) Symphony Orchestras. Mr. Robinson then went on to Boston for graduate studies with Larry Wolfe at the New England Conservatory. In 1986 he won the Haddonfield (N.J.) Symphony Solo Competition, performing the Bottesini B-minor Concerto. He served as Principal Bass of the Portland (Maine) Symphony Orchestra, Assistant Principal Bass of the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra and as a regular substitute with both the Boston and Detroit Symphony Orchestras. Mr. Robinson was famously offered a permanent position with DSO in 1989. He formed CutTime Players in 1995. After arranging over one hundred classical works for various ensembles, Mr. Robinson recently began COMPOSING with the successful premieres of his Symphony Of Brotherhood: I HAVE A DREAM in 2003 and his symphonic work Essay No. 1 (After Sibelius) by DSO in 2006. New works include the string sextet MIGHTY LOVE and a PREMIERE of MUSIC FOR SALLY I & II in Fall 2008. Read a recent DSO article about him. He also enjoys sailing, learning, working, cycling and running!

Sharon Sparrow joined the Detroit Symphony Orchestra as second flutist in 1997. Prior to her engagement with the DSO she was Principal Flute with the Fort Wayne (Indiana) Philharmonic. She has also held positions with the Memphis Symphony as Principal Flute, and the Eastern Music Festival where she was a teaching faculty member and second flutist with the Eastern Philharmonic Orchestra for the last nine years. Ms. Sparrow received her Bachelor Degree from the Julliard School, and her Masters Degree from the Mannes School of Music. Her major teachers have included Thomas Nyfenger and Julius Baker. In April 2008 Ms. Sparrow successfully WON auditions for PRINCIPAL flutist of DSO!
CutTime Players features Ms. Sparrow in performances of Suite for Flute and Jazz Septet by Claude Bolling, Fantasie Brilliant on Themes from Carmen by Francois Bourne, and Peter and the Wolf by Sergei Prokofiev. She also hosts all CTP educational programs and has created interactive programs for DSO's Tiny Tots series.

Robert Williams joined the Detroit Symphony Orchestra as Principal Bassoonist in September 1974. He was formerly solo bassoonist with the Winnipeg Symphony, Winnipeg CBC Orchestra, Colorado Philharmonic, and the Tucson Symphony. Mr. Williams, an advocate of bassoon chamber music, plays in the Buddhist Bassoon Quartet and Trio of Boston and is a founding member of the DSO Bassoon Quartet. He is also a member of the DSO Woodwind Quintet and has appeared as soloist with the DSO on numerous occasions. Mr. Williams can be heard on all of the DSO/Dorati recordings on the London label, including the award-winning disk of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring. He has been on the music faculties of Michigan State University, University of Michigan, Wayne State University, and many other educational institutions. CutTime Players features Mr. Williams with the Andante and Hungarian Rondo by Carl Maria von Weber, The Swan by Camille Saint-Saens and Dead Elvis by Michael Daugherty.