THE BAND

 Matt has been an instrumentalist for over 25 years. His primary instrument is the saxophone. He is a former middle and high school band/choir teacher and holds a bachelor’s in music education. During college he performed in the Rocky Mountain Saxophone Quartet. In addition to sax, he plays keyboard, guitar, clarinet, trumpet, and many other instruments. As a vocalist, he enjoys harmonies as well as singing lead. Matthew enjoys classic rock going back to the days he listened to rock growing up. SoundBox is an outlet where he performs the rock music that helped define him as a musician. 

  Sheryl was born in Shreveport, Louisiana.  She is a preacher's girl and grew up singing in her father's church as well as singing with the International gospel choir, "The Joyful Sounds." Sheryl has sang with the bands Phoenix, Tumbling Dice (when they won Band of the Year by Colorado Country Music Hall of Fame in 2015) and The Country Music Project. 

In 2013 Sheryl made it to the second round auditioning for The Voice in 2013 and won Colorado Country Music Hall of Fame Comeback Artist for 2023.

 Lori grew up in western Kansas, into a large extended family, and amidst the many music programs in her community and church.  She has always loved singing, and played piano, French horn, baritone and even played in a bell choir in church.  She found her home in beautiful Denver, CO, over 20 years ago and lives happily with her husband and kids.  She has played with rock and country bands such as The Sunsetters, The Coveralls and The Ken Earl Band.  While she has only been playing with bands a few years, she feels extremely honored to have won The Colorado Country Music Hall of Fame award in 2023 for Newcomer of the Year.  Music has been infused into so many parts of her life and she is excited to share her passion with you. 

Steven Ray Fitzgerald played drums throughout his school years and after college hit the road traveling all over the US and Europe. Playing in clubs six nights a week for many years, Steven honed his chops to the point where he felt like he could stretch out and create original music for a living. He spent the late 90's working with bands while writing, recording, and performing original music out of his studios in Denver and L.A. In the late 90's he returned home to Denver and settled back into the local music scene.

​Over the next few years, he recorded and played live with various artists. The "Saxon Woods" CD was voted the best local recording by Westword. Steven then toured with master guitarist Phil Brown and played on three of Phil's albums. He also played with the American band, The New Darlin's, and released a live CD. Since then, he has done session work and live performances culminating in the 2018 release of "The Gary Dean Smith Project featuring Xpansion of Sum". This album is still on the jazz charts today. Steven performed on the 2020 release of Fifty Dollar Friends CD, "In Black and White". In 2022 he began playing with SoundBox as a welcome addition to the band with his talent and experience. 

 Originally from Tucson, AZ, Mike started at the age of 8 learning classical music playing the string bass. At 9 he received a scholarship to the University of Arizona and studied under the principal bassist from the Tucson Symphony Orchestra. By 12 he had learned guitar and bass guitar. His band life began at an early age with “garage bands” in Junior High and High School from 1974. In 1978 he played with the CM Rey Band. Then from 1981-1986 he was the lead guitar/vocalist for Paragon, known throughout the state with originals being played on major radio stations. Paragon released an album with 12 songs that Mike authored/copyrighted on the album titled “Gonna Getcha”. In the 1990s he played in a country band called Richochet for 3 years and in 2005 he joined Renegade as the bass player, eventually switching to guitar. In 2019 he was in a car accident that paused his career. Mike began playing again in 2020 bonding with three friends from Renegade to form SoundBox.