Mike Magers
"Why should the devil have all the good music?" is one of Mike's favorite lines. It's a sentiment that he backs up through his own musical activities. In addition to playing trumpet in the DCJB, Mike has been a member of the orchestra at the First Baptist Church of Dallas for over 25 years. He is also active in the Heritage Brass, which recreates the music of the Civil War, the Spanish-American War and World War II. Other outlets for Mike's talents have included the Mesquite Symphony Orchestra, the Bravura Wind Ensemble, and numerous musicals and weddings in the Dallas area. He is a graduate of Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business and works as a Certified Public Accountant.

Rob Jonas
Rob joined the DCJB in late 2004 as lead trumpet player, a role he has played with many different groups since taking up the instrument at age 11. In addition to the DCJB, Rob currently plays lead for the Richland College Thursday Night Jazz Band as well as Swingtime 2000, a 16-piece big band he co-founded over 10 years ago and also manages. For six years he played second trumpet with the Garland Summer Musicals orchestra, and has also been part of a brass quintet called Classical Brass, Etc. Rob was active in band at North Garland High School, and later played in concert and jazz bands at Richland College. After transferring to the University of Texas at Arlington, Rob had a four year stint as lead trumpet with the UTA Jazz Orchestra, led by Bill Snodgrass. He works as a Patient Account Rep for Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas and is active at McKinney's Parkway Baptist Church, where he volunteers as the sound engineer, serves on a children's activities committee, and plays his horn from time to time.

Art Drescher
A native of San Antonio, Art earned a bachelor's degree in Horticulture from Texas A&M University in College Station and a master's degree in Park & Leisure Service Management from the University of North Texas in Denton. He played in the Fightin' Texas Aggie Band at A&M, and has also played in the Brass Ensemble and Hand Bell Choir at the First Christian Church of Richardson. Along with the DCJB, he is currently active in the Dallas Froshinn Kapella. He has been president of both the Texas Association of Shrine Drum & Bugle Corps and the Association of Shrine Drum & Bugle Corps of North America. Art owns and operates Volkmann Gardens, a retail garden center and African Violet mail order company.

Bob Penick
Bob began playing trumpet in junior high in Columbus, MS. At Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, he earned a music education degree, minored in trumpet performance, and earned a BA in math. He did graduate math work at the University of North Texas in Denton, and in 1966 was hired by Texas Instruments in Dallas. He retired from TI in 1997. Bob's playing lapsed after college, but resumed in 1987 when he joined the Texas Instruments Jazz Band, a big band made up of TI employees. He has also played with the Richland College Jazz Band, the Pecos River Brass, the Survivors' Dixieland Band, the Richardson Community Band, and The Rounders, a western swing band. As a free-lancer he has played with Paul Salos and with the Christian big band Joshua. He joined the DCJB in December, 2002. Bob's membership in multiple bands has afforded him the opportunity of performing with the likes of Randy Brecker, Peter Erskine, Kevin Mahagony, Marvin Stamm, Clark Terry and Mike Vax, as well as local favorites Galen Jeter and the late Tommy Loy. In July, 2002, he played with the TI Jazz Band at Switzerland's Montreux Jazz Festival.

Skip Parker
Skip co-founded the DCJB (along with trombonist Tom Fletcher) in 1994. As the band's first director (until 1998) and general manager (until 2003), he has been a guiding force behind the group's growth and development. Skip earned bachelor's and master's degrees in music from Stephen F. Austin State University (Nacogdoches, Texas), where he played with the Swingin' Axes Jazz Band. He then spent eight years as a public school band director in Nacogdoches, Miami and Sabine, Texas. During Skip's tenure at Sabine, his band was named State Honor Band runner-up by the Texas Music Educator's Association. Over the years, Skip has played trumpet for a number of Dallas-area ensembles, including the Bravura Wind Ensemble, Town North Community Band, Plano Community Band, the Early Brass brass ensemble, Richland Jazz Ensemble, and the Dallas Dance Band, as well as the orchestra at Orchard Hills Baptist Church. His current musical activities, in addition to the DCJB, include the Christian Brass Quintet and the Frohsinn Kapelle, a German music band. Skip attends Celebration Bible Church in Garland, Texas, and has been an agent with State Farm Insurance since 1981.