Barry E. Kopetz is the Conductor of the Starkville Symphony Orchestra, appointed to the position in 2016. He serves as the Head of the Department of Music at Mississippi State University. Previously, he was Professor of Music at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio, where he conducted the Symphonic Winds, Wind Symphony, Chamber Winds, and taught courses in conducting and wind literature.

Prior to his appointment at Capital University, Kopetz was Professor of Music at the University of Utah for ten years, previously holding positions at the University of Minnesota, and at Bowling Green State University (Ohio). He has taught in the public schools of South Carolina and Ohio. He founded the Salt Lake Symphonic Winds in 1993 and served as their conductor for eight years, and founded the Columbus Youth Symphonic Band at Capital University and served as conductor for ten years.

Kopetz received both his bachelor's and master's degrees from Ohio State University and he holds a doctorate with distinction from the School of Music at Indiana University. He studied conducting with Frederick Fennell in Tokyo in 1988, and his previous conducting teachers include the late Frederick Ebbs, Ray Cramer, and the late Donald McGinnis.

Kopetz is active as a composer and arranger, with one hundred-fifteen published works to his credit.

Peter Infanger is the full-time Director of Music Ministries at Starkville's First United Methodist Church and is an adjunct teacher in the department of music at Mississippi State University. He holds a bachelor's degree in vocal music performance from West Virginia Wesleyan College and a master's degree in choral conducting from the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati. While in Starkville, Infanger has been the director of the Men of State and has worked intermittently with the Symphony Chorus. Active in the community music scene, he has been an organizer of a series entitled Bluegrass and Baroque and the community Christmas celebration, "A STAR(k)filled Christmas" which is sponsored by several of the downtown churches. It is in this spirit that he comes to the Starkville/MSU Symphony Association's chorus to continue it's traditions of musical excellence and community service.

Ryan Ross teaches music appreciation and history courses at Mississippi State University. Prior to his appointment at MSU, he served for three academic years as an adjunct instructor of music at Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree in piano performance from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, as well as M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in musicology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign respectively.

Professor Ross's scholarly interests center around northern European and American music of the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as scores for films and other media. His writings have appeared or are forthcoming in several periodicals, including the Journal of the American Music Research Center, Twentieth-Century Music, Notes, Carl Nielsen Studies, and The Musical Times. He is currently completing Ralph Vaughan Williams: A Research and Information Guide, to be published by Routledge.

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