Barbara Riley-Cunningham earned Bachelor and Master of Arts degrees in German while concurrently studying piano at Michigan State University. She was also the first woman to be commissioned under MSU’s Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps program. During her 28-year U. S. Air Force career, she was stationed in Korea, Germany, and Lithuania and served with 7th Air Division during Desert Storm. She was the Executive Director of Teller Senior Coalition for eight years, as well as a strategic planning consultant. Barb is a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 11411 (Florissant-Lake George), which focuses on community service. Together with Clark Wilson, Sally Ann Wilson, and Guy Dutra-Silveira, Barb is a founding member of the Ute Pass Chamber Players.
Guy Dutra-Silveira retired after 32 years as the Principal Oboe of the Colorado Springs Symphony-Philharmonic. A Denver native, he has been heard throughout the State in many settings, including the Colorado Symphony, Central City Opera, Colorado College, Opera Theater of the Rockies, Opera Colorado, and the Boulder Philharmonic. He is a graduate of Boston University. With his retirement as the Director of Pikes Peak Area on Aging, Guy now has more time for playing tennis, skiing the bumps, fly fishing – and more oboe!
