Born and raised in San Diego, Ashley is a 2007 graduate from Mt. Carmel High School. For 9 years Ashley was in the school band , playing both the clarinet and bass clarinet.

After playing the clarinet for 9 years, Ashley decided to switch it up a bit and now plays the baritone ukulele, and has started a nice collection of various instruments.

Ashley studied Fine Arts in Paris for one year, and graduated in December of 2012 from Cal State San Marcos with a double degree in Visual Arts and French. Currently, Ashley has her own freelance line called Oh th Grandeur where she designs jewelry and does graphic design for musicians and businesses.

After being raised by a pack of wolves and overcoming the arduous task of being a feral boy, Dennis was a stunt double for the live Disney action movie ‘The Jungle Book’. Dennis played trombone for 7 years and was once considered the pride of PQ marching in the year 2000 Rose Parade and starring in PQ’s own hometown sensation and local band ‘Skatomic Bomb’.

Dennis is currently in pursuit of a Sports Communications degree with the aspirations of one day being the voice of the San Diego Padres/Chargers. Bertrand’s has given Dennis the opportunity to expand his musical background and re-vitalize his experience in customer service.

Recently, Dennis has received multiple awards for his success in the debate team at Miramar college. He had the opportunity to go to debate competition in Europe with his debate team and won the top award.

Dennis was born in Sonora California. At 10 years old he began playing keyboard and in grade school Dennis played the glockenspiel and xylophone in the percussion section of band, and continued until high school. In high school Dennis began playing the guitar.

After high school, he attended Columbia community college, studying computer science. One day Dennis decided that music was his true calling. After that he transferred to CSU Monterey Bay and majored in Music with an emphasis in recording technology, and graduated in 2009.

Dennis moved to San Diego in 2011 and hopes to continue pursuing a career in recording .

Michaela was born and raised in San Diego; she attended Mt. Carmel High school and graduated in 2012. She is now in college and pursuing a degree in Biology and wants to go into Medicine, and hopes to minor in music.

Michaela started out playing violin but was immediately fascinated when she saw an upright bass in her music class, and she began playing bass at 13. She has played in all kinds of groups ranging from jazz bands to musicals to string quintets. She has played her upright for 7 years, and continues to study the abilities of this wonderful instrument. She is currently a member of the Poway Community Symphony Orchestra, and hopes to continue her musical journey by joining other groups and learning new instruments.

Ron was born in San Diego, and he began playing trombone at the age of 12. He then graduated from San Diego State University with a degree in Music Education. For 12 years Ron taught music at the junior high school level in California. He was also a professional trombonist for 36 years being a member of Local #325 Musician’s Association.

Ron has been married for over 40 years and has three wonderful children. In 1978 Ron began his repair career in and is a member of NAPBIRT (National Association of Professional Band Instrument Repair Technicians). He repairs woodwind, brass, and stringed instruments and has worked with Bertrand’s Music since 2002.

John was born in San Jacinto, a very small town not far from here. His father played violin and taught all members of the family to play an instrument. A family orchestra was formed and preformed locally and the small income generated kept food on the table during the Great Depression. John attended local schools and after a stint in the Marine Corp he attended UC Santa Barbara where he received a BA in Music and his teaching credential. He studied under Maurice Faulkner and was bass trombonist with the Santa Barbara Symphony. He then earned a masters Degree at UCLA. John taught instrumental music for 38 years in California schools before retiring in 1999.

Retirement was boring, so he decided to call up John Bertrand, hoping that he would remember him from his teaching days and beg for a job. John has been a road rep for Bertrand’s for years. Having known John Bertrand for so many years and having trust in John’s service to him and his students, it has made it very easy for him to represent John Bertrand and his company.