Geoffrey Applegate, Principal Second Violin of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO), 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 prominently 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 regularly in performances of the Carnival of Venice Variations, Pictures at an Exhibition, and several classic jazz works.

Randall Hawes has been the Bass Trombone for the DSO 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 regularly in the Troika from Lt. Kije by Sergei Prokofiev, I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You by George Bassman and the Champagne Aria from Mozart's Don Giovanni. 

Theodore Oien, Principal Clarinet of the DSO, 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's and Master's 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 regularly in Mozart's sublime Clarinet Concerto.

Rick Robinson, bassist, arranger, composer and 2010 Kresge Artist Fellow began studying music in Highland Park, MI public schools before he attended the famous Interlochen Arts Academy. He received a Bachelors degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music, where he studied double bass with Larry Angell. While there he 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. While in Boston 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 in DSO without audition in 1989. He brought CutTime Players together in 1995 and began transcribing and arranging 100+ classical and jazz standards.
Robinson eventually began composing and conducting with the premiere of his Symphony Of Brotherhood: I HAVE A DREAM in 2003. His grand symphonic work Essay No. 1 (After Sibelius) was premiered by DSO in 2006. Read a 2007 DSO article about him. His other works, launching his NEW band Simfonica, may be sampled here. Also known as Mr. CutTime, he enjoys running, cycling, dancing and sailing.

Sharon Sparrow joined the DSO as 2nd Flute in 1997. Prior to this engagement she was Principal Flute with the Fort Wayne (Indiana) Philharmonic. She also held positions with the Memphis Symphony as Principal Flute, and the Eastern Music Festival where she was a teaching faculty member and 2nd Flute with the Eastern Philharmonic Orchestra for the last nine years. Ms. Sparrow received her Bachelor's Degree from the Julliard School, and her Master's Degree from the Mannes School of Music. Her major teachers have included Thomas Nyfenger and Julius Baker.
CutTime Players features Ms. Sparrow regularly in performances of the Suite for Flute and Jazz Septet by Claude Bolling, Fantasie Brilliante on Themes from Carmen by Francois Bourne. She also serves brilliantly as Education Director for CutTime Players, leading all educational programs and creating interactive programs for children and students such as past DSO's Tiny Tots programs.

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 regularly with the Andante and Hungarian Rondo by Carl Maria von Weber, The Swan by Camille Saint-Saens and Dead Elvis by Michael Daugherty.