Director

Conor Stoebner

Conor has been conducting the Two Sundays Big Band since its inception in 2019. He enjoys the challenge of working on some of his favorite music with the band’s dedicated musicians. Outside of music, Conor is looking forward to beginning his first year of teaching in the fall of 2025, after making a career pivot from accounting. In his free time, he enjoys traveling, trying new foods, and catching up with friends and family.

Vocalist

Faith Peterson

Faith holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from Minnesota State University, Mankato. She is a working musician in the Twin Cities area, and is always looking for more opportunities to perform. These days, her time is filled with songwriting, instrumental training, time with family, and roaming about the city. She is determined to make a living on inspiring others through music, and she would like to thank everyone who continues to help make her aspirations a reality.

Alto Sax

Parker Stoebner

Parker is a recent graduate of the University of Minnesota. He will start his accounting profession in August and until then is working hard to avoid studying for the CPA exam. Parker has been playing saxophone for 11 years and has performed with well known artists including Darius Rucker, Micheal May, and Austin Henderson. Outside of Two Sundays, Parker enjoys beating smaller kids in basketball (you know who you are), running if he feels like it, and cheating in board games. 

Alto Sax

Alex Petrey

Alex Petrey is a PharmD candidate in his last year of pharmacy school at the University of Minnesota. He is the founder and director of Twin Cities Video Game Music bands Booster Pack and Any%. Alex has been playing the saxophonist for 15 years and has recently taken up musical arranging and composition. Recent inspiration includes Spyro Gyra, Casiopea, Cory Wong, Nobuo Uematsu, Koji Kondo, and Toby Fox.

Tenor Sax

Race Hoglund

Born and raised in Fargo, North Dakota, Race Hoglund (b. 1996) is a saxophonist and educator based in the Upper Midwest. He has studied with renowned jazz musicians including Patrick Bartley, Bob Reynolds, and Steve Kortyka. Race has taught Band and Jazz Band at Fargo South High School and served as an adjunct saxophone instructor at Concordia College. His summers have taken him to study and perform in Italy, Finland, New York City, and around the world aboard Royal Caribbean cruise ships.

Tenor Sax

Austin Henderson

Austin is a rising Senior at Chaska High School and is entering his fifth year playing with Two Sundays. He also plays in the Chaska High School Jazz Band and Wind Symphony led by Tim Beckler. Austin enjoys listening to Sonny Rollins, David Sanborn, Cannonball Adderley, Steve Cole, and he is a student of the local saxophone great Kenni Holmen. When Austin is not playing jazz music, he enjoys mountain biking, downhill skiing, basketball and jet skiing. 

Bari Sax

Arjun Balyan

Arjun has been playing Bari for Two Sundays since 2019. He also played Bari at the University of Minnesota under the direction of Dean Sorenson. His favorite sports are tennis, basketball, and skiing. After a long day, he likes to unwind by going on peaceful drives around the metro or playing a chill video game. 

Trombone

Jered Byford

Jered Byford graduated from university of Miami in 2021 with a degree in Jazz studies for trombone. He now works for Best Buy corporate as a software engineer. Outside of work, he designs board games with his wife, and is involved in the jazz scene in both the twin cities and Rochester. 

Trombone

Caelan Hubred

Caelan is from the Twin Cities area, where he was active in the music scene for a number of years, participating in groups such as MYJB Jazz I, the MMEA All-State Jazz Band, and MYS Symphony Orchestra. He studied trombone performance at the Lawrence Conservatory of Music before taking a break from music. He now works in web design and business development. In his free time, he enjoys fishing, cooking for friends and family, and camping. 

Trombone

Gianna Leggett

Gianna is a recent graduate from the University of St Thomas and is returning to Two Sundays for her 7th year. In her free time she enjoys playing games with friends, drawing and spending time with her dog.

Trombone

Kevin Lamb

Kevin graduated from Saint John's University in 2019 with degrees in Mathematics and Music. He began his career teaching geometry in Newark, NJ, and now works in Residential Life at St. John's, supporting student growth and fostering community development. For leisure, Kevin enjoys running, climbing, playing board games, and traveling with friends.

Bass Trombone

Alex Sell

Alex is from Rosemount, MN and is currently a rising Senior at Augustana College in Rock Island, IL majoring in biochemistry. In his free time, he enjoys playing and watching any variety of sport, especially baseball. Alex also loves spending time in nature and has spent many summer afternoons at Lebanon Hills Regional Park.

Trumpet

John Metzler

John was born and raised in the twin cities area. He has been playing trumpet for 18 years and is especially fond of jazz music. He is currently working as part owner in his families window cleaning business along with his brother. In his free time, John enjoys spending time in nature, riding his motorcycle, and traveling whenever possible. 

Trumpet

Nathan Metzler

Nathan graduated from the University of Northwestern St. Paul in 2022 with degrees in Business Administration and Music. He now lives in Minneapolis and manages the family window cleaning business. In his free time, Nathan enjoys spending time outdoors and traveling. 

Trumpet

Jack Wagner

hi. i’m jack and i like to play trumpet. yeaaaa!

Trumpet

Natalie Roth

Natalie is a music education/trumpet performance major at the University of Iowa. During the summer, she loves playing her trumpet in Two Sundays (six year member!) and pit orchestras, as well as teaching trumpet lessons. When not making music, she also loves running, scrapbooking, and spending time with her family and Old English Sheepdog puppy, Winnie. 

Trumpet

Aaron O'Connor

Aaron is a trumpet player, bassist, composer, and educator from the twin cities. He currently teaches private lessons of all sorts of instruments, as well as band programs through private schools. He leads and writes for other ensembles, and will be attending the University of Minnesota Duluth this fall. 

Guitar

Luke Beck

Luke is a nice guy but he forgot to write a bio, so I've written one for him:

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Luke is a jazz guitarist whose solos are 50% inspiration and 50% “let’s see what happens.” When he’s not comping behind the melody, he’s probably lost in a deep existential debate with his tone knob. He swears by vintage gear, mysterious chord voicings, and coffee strong enough to alter time. Luke believes jazz is a conversation—he just prefers to mumble in 7/8.

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Luke, please write a bio ❤️ 

- From Conor

Piano

Will Gannon

Will Gannon, nineteen, has studied with Kevin Kenner at the Frost School of Music since August 2023. Though by and large trained in classical piano, Will is an accomplished jazz pianist and enjoys discovering and playing new music. Recent endeavors include participation in a Creole music ensemble directed by Etienne Charles and a student-organized project dedicated to the music of Immanuel Wilkins and Joel Ross. After four great semesters of big band with the fabulous Dean Sorensen, Will is incredibly excited to play this timeless music again with such great musicians!

Bass

Peter Collova

Peter is recent graduate from the University of Minnesota. He uses his music degree to pursue producing, recording, mixing, and playing bass guitar in the twin cities. Aside from music, he enjoys working part-time for the family contracting business, watching movies, and going to the gym. 

Drums

Eric Wu

Eric grew up in Chaska and graduated from the university of Minnesota. A lot of band members have described him as the heart and soul of the band - not him though; to Eric, he is just another one of the guys. It is likely he enjoys one of the highest personal incomes in the group due to his Accounting job at CLA, but his manners are far too good to ask others and find out for sure. In his free time, Eric enjoys his rap trio G-Leggs and the Fricks which also features Gianna (trombone) and Parker (Alto Sax).

Aux. Percussion

Audrey Munshower

Audrey is a recent graduate from the College of Saint Benedict and is excited to join Two Sundays. Audrey has played the bass clarinet for 12 years but will be debuting as an auxiliary percussionist. Outside of music, Audrey enjoys hammocking, kayaking, and nature walks. 

Sound Engineer

Aiden "Zion" Gallucci

Aiden is an incoming Freshman at North Dakota State University, majoring in Music Education. He has played trumpet for over 7 years, and has run sound for Two Sundays for 3 years. Outside of music, Aiden enjoys playing video games with friends, playing baseball, and hanging out on the lake.