MUSICIANS

We are a small team of talented professional musicians with a wide range of skills and experience. We love what we do, and we do it with passion. We look forward to supporting your event with a top-quality musical product that your customers will enjoy and remember.

Amy Hoppe

Lead singer

Amy Mahoney has been entertaining crowds for the past two decades in both the United States and abroad. As a member of United States Army bands around the world, she has performed on three continents, being featured operatic soloist at the Seoul Arts Center, recording artist at Fame and Wishbone studios in Muscle Shoals, and Embassy tours in Germany, South Korea, Jordan, and Kuwait.

Currently, Amy is performing Wednesday evenings at Luciano’s Italian restaurant in Huntsville from the hours of 6 to 8pm.

Joe Bader

Trumpet

Joe Bader: trumpeter, conductor, and educator. Numerous engagements populate Bader’s trumpet performance career including the Charleston Symphony, ASO Brass Quintet, Braves Turner Field Jazz Band, and the Modernaires Big Band. The Atlanta-area native’s 30+ year conducting/teaching roles are highlighted as lead conductor of the Primerica Ken Durham Memorial Band and Chorus in Atlanta and St. Louis, and teaching band and music in the area’s public and private schools.

Since moving to Huntsville, he continued teaching in private schools, leads brass clinics for area public schools and has performed with brass quintets, Oakwood University’s Aeolians, The Huntsville Master Chorale, the Brass Band of Huntsville and conductor of the Huntsville Youth Brass Academy which won their division at the North American Brass Band Association competition in 2024.

Bader has degrees from Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory, Berea, Ohio, and Indiana University.

Rick Brouillette

Accordion

Rick Brouillette has 42 years of experience playing the accordion from classical, polka, waltz and marches. Rick was formally trained on the accordion in Springfield, Massachusetts and in his late teens/early 20’s was a member of the Springfield Accordion Orchestra. As a young accordion player he competed in several New England states and was professionally rated among his peers. Rick also plays guitar and has a great appreciation for local musicians.

After moving to Alabama, there was very little thought that the accordion could have a viable presence, however he found an awesome opportunity to perform in Oktoberfest bands and present this unique instrument to patrons across the Southeast! A Madison Alabama resident for 28 years, Rick is a graduate of Western New England University.

Jeremy Howe

Tuba (Band Leader)

Jeremy Howe is a tuba player and bass-baritone vocalist with more than 30 years of professional performance experience throughout the United States and overseas. A retired U.S. Army musician, he performed for national audiences during a 20-year military music career, including appearances featured on NPR and CNN.

Since retiring from the Army Materiel Command Band at Redstone Arsenal in 2013, Jeremy has remained active across the Tennessee Valley as both a vocalist and tubist. His performances have included appearances with the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra, Huntsville Community Chorus, brass ensembles, jazz groups, church ensembles, and community events.

Jeremy is the founder of the Oktoberfest band Oompahcalypse! and the traditional jazz/New Orleans-style group Easy Street Stomp. He also shares performances and music projects on his YouTube channel, Jeremy Howe Music. https://www.youtube.com/@jeremyhowemusic