Kevin L. Sedatole
Kevin Sedatole is the Director of Bands, Professor of Music, and Chair of the conducting area at Michigan State University (MSU) College of Music. He oversees the band program of over 700 students, including the Wind Symphony, Symphony Band, Concert Band, Chamber Winds, Spartan Marching Band, and Spartan Brass. He also directs the graduate wind-conducting program and conducts the MSU Wind Symphony.

Before MSU, Sedatole held positions at Baylor University, the University of Texas, the University of Michigan, and Stephen F. Austin State University. He has conducted performances for prestigious organizations such as the College Band Directors National Association, American Bandmasters Association, and at Carnegie Hall. Sedatole has led performances across the U.S., Europe, and Japan, receiving recognition from notable composers like John Corigliano and Michael Colgrass.

Sedatole has taught in Germany and Japan and served on the faculties of Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp and Interlochen Music Camp. He is also a consultant for Perform America-Texas and a master educator for Yamaha.

Dana Sedatole
Dana Sedatole is a Music Specialist at Michigan State University’s College of Music where she teaches instrumental pedagogy classes and is the Director of the Spartan Youth Wind Symphony.

Ms. Sedatole comes to MSU after completing her tenure as the Associate Director of Bands at the University of Houston and serving on the Executive Board of the Texas Music Educators Association as the President. Prior to her collegiate appointments, Ms. Sedatole taught 32 years in public schools of Texas. During her time as a middle school and high school band director, her programs received distinguished recognition and numerous awards including multiple top ten placements in the TMEA Honor Band competition, UIL State Marching Contest qualifier and a 3 time National Wind Band Honoree. 

Ms. Sedatole’s ensembles have performed across the United States including the National Youth Concert in Carnegie Hall, Bands of America National Concert Band Festival, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and festival appearances in Colorado, Louisiana and Florida.

Dana Sedatole is a graduate of Texas Tech University receiving her Bachelor of Music Education and Master of Music Performance. Ms. Sedatole is an active clinician and adjudicator throughout the United States and Europe. She maintains professional affiliations with the American Bandmasters Association, Texas Music Educators Association, Texas Bandmasters Fraternity, Phi Beta Mu International Bandmasters Fraternity, Texas Music Adjudicators Association and serves on the Board of Trustees for The Foundation for Music Education. Ms. Sedatole has recently been invited to join the Yamaha Master Educator Collective.

Sami Ruusuvuori
Doctor of Music Sami Ruusuvuori serves as Chief Conductor of the Helsinki Police Symphonic Band. Ruusuvuori has previously worked as the conductor of the Representative Orchestra of the President of the Republic, the Guards Band and the Chief Conductor of the Conscript Band of the Finnish Defence Forces. He has a deep understanding of classical, jazz and commercial music which has allowed him to work with many of Finland’s best musicians. Ruusuvuori has conducted ensembles on tours of United States, Japan, Russia, Europe, the Baltic States and all the Nordic countries. He has also been a guest conductor in Europe, the Nordic, the Baltic, Russia, and the USA. He has been a jury member for several international competitions. As a teacher, he has worked at the Sibelius Academy and has lectured and taught at numerous other universities and master classes. 

Sami Ruusuvuori is a strong proponent of new music and has commissioned and premiered many new pieces. He has conducted 13 recordings and numerous You- Tube videos. Ruusuvuori completed his doctorate in music in the spring of 2022 with a thesis on the Symphonic wind band and the European repertoire composed for it. His research has attracted widespread international interest. Since 2023, Ruusuvuori has been President of the Finnish Wind Band Association and from 2024 on the Board of the World Association of Symphony Orchestras and Ensembles.

Phillip Riggs
Phillip Riggs can certainly be named as a “fixed component” of Mid EUROPE. Phillip is responsible for the World Adult Wind Orchestra Project as director and conductor. Phillip Riggs is Grammy Music Educator of the Year 2016 and teaches at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics in Durham (USA). He is a co-founder and conductor of the Wachovia Winds and the North Carolina Youth Wind Ensemble. Phillip was the first faculty member to be inducted into the Reagan High School Hall of Fame in 2016. He is an active juror, clinician and workshop leader in the United States, Europe and China.

Johann Mösenbichler
Prof. Johann Mösenbichler joined the Executive Board of the MID EUROPE in 1997, and was appointed as the President of the “Mid Europe Festival” in Schladming in 2000.He is the artistic director of the festival and principal conductor of the Bavarian Police Orchestra as well as a professor at the Anton Bruckner Private University for Music in Linz. Johann Mösenbichler performs and conducts widely, teaches, and has served as a clinician and adjudicator at seminars, workshops and competitions in Asia, the USA, and throughout Europe. He has also been honored to conduct prestigious orchestras such as the Sinfonietta Da Camera in Salzburg.

Verena Mösenbichler-Bryant
Verena Mösenbichler-Bryant serves as Executive Director of the World Youth Wind Orchestra Project and the World Adult Wind Orchestra Project of the annual Mid-Europe festival in Schladming. Verena Mösenbichler-Bryant serves as Associate Professor of the Practice of Music at Duke University, Director of the Duke University Wind Symphony, Director of Undergraduate Studies for the music department and Artistic Director & conductor of the Durham Medical Orchestra. Verena serves frequently as cover conductor for the North Carolina Symphony, and as guest conductor and clinician across the United States, Japan, as well as in her native Austria.