The From Parana Duo was born from the reunion of two Brazilians who undergraduate together in music in Curitiba-Parana-Brazil and met again in Texas while Hudson Muller (Saxophone) was doing his master's degree in saxophone performance at Texas A&M University - Commerce in Commerce/Texas and Bruno Brandalise (Tuba) was doing his doctorate in tuba performance at Texas Tech University in Lubbock/Texas. The duo's aim is to explore the diverse timbres that the combination of these instruments can bring to the repertoire of both classical chamber music and arrangements of popular Brazilian music such as choro. The exploration of chamber music originally written for this formation is part of the repertoire, as is the search for new compositions especially written for the duo. Brazilian music is the main focus of the duo's research, but new works and music from all over the world are part of the repertoire.

Kevin Fenske is the Affiliate Professor of Euphonium at the University of Houston where he teaches undergraduate and graduate applied lessons, as well as brass chamber music at the Moores School of Music. He serves as the Director and Founder of the Texas Low Brass Academy, a summer music camp and educational series for young low brass musicians centered around the exposure to low brass chamber music, artistic and personal development, and accessible world-class musical instruction. 

As a performer, Kevin has won prizes at various solo and chamber competitions, including the Leonard Falcone International Euphonium and Tuba Festival, International Tuba-Euphonium Conference, The U.S. Army Band “Pershing’s Own” Tuba-Euphonium Workshop, International Women’s Brass Conference, and the Briggs Chamber Music Competition, among others. He has performed as a guest with groups such as the Houston Symphony, Austin Symphony Orchestra, Brno Philharmonic, and the Akron Symphony Orchestra. An advocate for new music, Kevin has both commissioned and premiered works by Kevin Day, Alex Shapiro, Drew Bonner, Fernando Deddos, Ben Horne, Jose Flores, Ian Lester, and Aaron Perrine. 

He earned a Bachelor of Music degree in music education from the University of Houston, a Master of Music degree in euphonium performance from the University of Texas at Austin, and is currently in the process of completing dissertation requirements of the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Michigan (2024). His primary teachers include Danny Vinson, Charles Villarrubia, and David Zerkel.