Peter Rothhauser, keyboards, leader of the Starlight Pops Combo and Technical Director for Starlight Pops, splits his time between working as a professional musician and as a professional stage technician with IATSE Local 168. During the summer months, he works as the Assistant Sound Technician on stage at The Butchart Gardens.
George Koenig, bass, has played for every Starlight Pops performance since our inception in 2008. He’s a teacher at North Saanich Middle School in Sidney, and moved to Victoria in 1994 after completing double bass studies with Vancouver Symphony Orchestra bassist Ken Friedman at UBC. He’s played in symphony orchestras across BC including the Vancouver Philharmonic Orchestra, and currently plays in jazz and rock combos in Victoria as well as doing freelance work.
Sean McCool, guitar/vocals, is a Victoria-based singer-songwriter who’s played with pop, rock, blues, and country bands, played in the pit for numerous musicals and revues, and toured Canada and parts of the US with showbands Doc & the Doo-Wops and The Waybacks. He’s travelled much of the world on cruise ships playing with quartet Party of Four. His R & B band, The Soul Shakers, released their third CD “Ready For You” in 2018. In 2020 Sean released the solo album “McCool” and he’ll release his new album “Dirty Blues” in the late summer. Sean has Bachelor’s degrees in Music (1979) and Education (1997) from UVic.
Rich Lang, drums, started his professional career as a drummer in the early 1980s and from 1984-1988 he recorded and toured with Victoria pop band The Wardells. He moved to Vancouver and freelanced with several bands before moving back to Victoria to get his Bachelors of Music degree from the University of Victoria 1990-94. During the 1990s he played in a variety of groups ranging from classical to rock and roll, and in 2001 he became a member of the military band branch (Royal Canadian Artillery Band, Edmonton, Alberta 2001-2008, and Naden Band Victoria, BC 2008 -2019).
“The top-drawer combo adds a great dimension to your sound …”