While a faculty member at the Santa Fe University of Art and Design, Tom taught the acoustic Americana ensemble, songwriting seminar, folk guitar and banjo. He is also a landscape gardener. His background includes many years as performing/recording musician and stage, film and TV actor and musician in a wide range of styles. Tom played with the Fast Peso String Band and is currently a member of the folk/Americana band Bootleg Prophets. His big secret is that he worked as a chimney sweep in the early ‘80’s! Tom shares folk music from around the world (especially old recordings) with listeners every Sunday morning on his show on KSFR FM, “Folk Remedy.”

Steve Smith is well known for his mastery of the mandolin and has toured and performed most of his life, most recently with The Hard Road Trio. He has been on faculty at a variety of music camps including Camp Bluegrass, California Coast Music Camp, Colorado Roots Camp, and Kaufman Kamp. Co-founder of DNA Music Camps, Steve's gearing up for Southwest Mando Camp in late October. Having toured with the likes of Jim Hurst and Alan Munde and appeared at major festivals such as Hardly Strictly Bluegrass and the Walnut Valley Festival, these days Steve is on the road with the Tim May & Steve Smith Duo. Steve maintains an active teaching and recording studio (The Cave). www.desertnight.com

Chris is one of the founders of DNA Music Camps along with her fellow Hard Road Trio members and Catherine Wanek. While she has delved into musical careers as diverse as singing telegram messenger and church choir director, Chris lives to share her love of music. With an MA in vocal performance from Cal State East Bay and a BA in music education from Concordia College, Moorhead, she has taught voice and commercial music at New Mexico State University and University of Texas at El Paso. She has performed and taught choral, solo classical, musical theater, jazz and acoustic roots music, touring with Steve Smith and Hard Road and The Hard Road Trio for almost two decades. In 2025 she released Sandersong with the Chris Sanders Project. 

Anne is a graduate of the Commercial Music Program at South Plains College where she was recognized for her outstanding work. Involved in the acoustic music scene since childhood, she also studied classical bass at Texas Tech. One of the founders of DNA Camps, Anne has taught on the faculty at Camp Bluegrass, Hill Country Acoustic Camp, and coming up, Walker Creek Music Camp. She has toured the country with The Hard Road Trio, contributing to their recordings along with others including Joe Baxter, Alan Munde and Kenny Maines. She maintains a studio teaching a variety of instruments as well as offering Skype lessons.     www.annelunamusic.com

Tim has been working in and out of the Nashville area for over 25 years as a sideman, session player, band member and performer on guitar, mandolin, banjo and dobro. He is also a sought-after luthier. His ability to flat-pick with great agility and impeccable style is equal to his ability to communicate the fundamentals and subtleties of music to his students. He teaches regularly at Camp Bluegrass, Kaufman Kamp, Colorado Roots Music Camp, Nashcamp, and the Swannanoa Gathering. He and his wife Gretchen are owners of the Musical Heritage Center of Middle Tennessee.                               www.timmaymusic.net

Nick started playing violin at an early age and after hearing a Stephane Grappelli tape at the age of 12 he began in earnest to learn the swinging style of Gypsy jazz violin.  At 18 he studied classically at the University of California Santa Barbara, at 20 he started his first gypsy swing band, “Les Gendarmes du Swing” and began writing and performing around his hometown of Goleta, California.  In 2005 he travelled to the famous Djangofest at Samois-sur-Seine, France to meet and play with the best European musicians of Gypsy jazz.  Nick has performed at the Djangofest in San Francisco and with the likes of the John Jorgenson Quintet.

But wait, there's more. Nick is well versed in bluegrass music and is sought out as a teacher of "all things fiddle." He currently tours with the Black Market Trust and plays regularly with the Hot Club of Tucson and the Sonoran Dogs in his home of Tucson, Arizona.