She is the founder and director of both the Mount Union College Flute Choir and the Stark County Honors Flute Choir, as well as the director of the Malone College Flute Ensemble.  The flute choirs perform frequently at the Central Ohio, Northeast Ohio, and Dana Flute Festivals, as well as recitals at area schools, churches, clubs, and civic events throughout the year.

Tryon has had instruction and coaching with Maurice Sharp, William Hebert, Harold Skinner, George Pope, and Anne Whaley-Laney.  She has performed with the Canton Symphony and the Canton Symphony Woodwind Quintet, the Canton Concert Band, the Tuscarawas Philharmonic, the Bayless Symphonic Winds, the Dolce Musica Quintet and has been soloist with several musical ensembles including the Canton Concert Band, the Mount Union College Wind Symphony, and the Alliance Symphony.

Active as a free-lance musician, she performs in the pit orchestras of the Player’s Guild and Kent Stark Musicals.  Tryon serves as adjudicator for competitions including those of the National Flute Association and Northeast Ohio Flute Association, and participates as a clinician and flute choir conductor for workshops, festivals, and conferences throughout Ohio.

Dr. Anderson holds a D.M.A. in cello performance from the University of Alabama, a M.M. in performance and theory from the Manhattan School of Music, and a B.M. in string education from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota.

She is a member of the Brevard Music Center summer artist faculty in North Carolina.  Her chamber music studies have included coachings with the American String Quartet and the Cadék Trio; orchestral studies mentors include Nathan Stutch and Carlton McCreery.  Dr. Anderson has performed in masterclasses for Yo-Yo Ma and Carter Brey.  She has been a featured soloist with orchestras in Minnesota, Alabama, Ohio, North Carolina and South America.

Currently, she is the principal cellist of the Tuscarawas Philharmonic and subs with other area orchestras including Wooster and Warren.  Prior to joining the faculty at Mount Union College, Dr. Anderson performed with several orchestras in the Southeast and held teaching positions in Georgia and Alabama.

In the area of church music, Mr. Kendrick has served as Organist-Choir Director at Zion Lutheran, Trinity Lutheran, and St. Paul’s Episcopal, in Canton. He also held a similar position at Community Christian Church, North Canton. He began organ studies under the tutelage of the late Martin Alexander. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from Ohio University, and earned a Master of Music in Organ Performance at Kent State University, studying with the late Richard Warner and John Ferguson.

Mr. Kendrick has earned a respected reputation in the area of accompanying. He currently is on the part-time faculty at the University of Akron as a staff accompanist in the School of Music. In addition to accompanying hundreds of vocalists and instrumentalists during his teaching career, he has also played with the Meadowbrook Big Band, in pit orchestras for many musical theater productions, and has entertained on the  piano for various corporate and civic occasions. William is also accompanist and associate conductor of the Stark Festival Chorale.

Mr. Kendrick is active in the American Guild of Organists, Association of Lutheran Church Musicians, and the American Choral Directors Association. He also serves the Ohio Music Educators Association as an adjudicator.