Formed in May 2022, The Copper Kettle Band is a premier musical group based in Utah’s Wasatch Mountain Range. We play bluegrass and folk music featuring the fiddle, mandolin, banjo, guitar, upright bass, and percussion. As friends, we’ve all been in various ensembles together traveling internationally to play folk music—collectively we’ve played in China, Belgium, France, Macedonia, Austria, Italy, Denmark, Iceland, Russia, Serbia, Spain, & Portugal. Bluegrass is such an important music to preserve! Our hope is to inform people of the beauty of bluegrass by playing classics and originals with precision and artistry.
meet the band
Isaac Geslison
Multi-instrumentalist from the heart of Utah. Being raised around music, he started playing the guitar beginning at the age of 6. He won his first Utah state guitar flat-picking championship at age 10 and went on to win 6 more in ensuing years. He picked up the banjo at age 12 and after a small hiatus he’s back in the banjo saddle.
Brielle Petrie
Brielle has always been interested in learning new instruments. She started learning classical violin/fiddle, then picked up piano and guitar. When she started learning mandolin and was introduced to bluegrass, she fell in love with the raw instrumental sound and has been hooked ever since.
Alex Swindler
Alex started taking private guitar lessons in American folk and bluegrass music at age 10. Later, he auditioned for and somehow made it into his high school jazz band, where he played for 4 years. In college, he spent 6 years playing guitar and banjo for BYU's American folk bands, including 3 years in BYU's Mountain Strings.
Ellie Geslison
Ellie is from Provo, Utah. She started playing the violin and fiddle when she was 5 years old. She has since graduated from the Suzuki violin program, won 1st place at the Utah State Fiddle Contest in several divisions including Grand Champion, and has even placed in the top 10 at the National contest twice! Ellie also can’t live without good books, strawberries, baking, and all things Danish.
Peyton Ford
Peyton is from Murfreesboro, TN. She's played percussion for over 15 years and graduated with her degree in percussion at BYU. She is currently pursuing a Masters in Film and Media Studies at ASU. Growing up, she knew very little about folk music, but all that changed when she got to college and met some great people. She and Quinn, also in the band, are married.
Quinn Gleave
Quinn is from Springville, UT and first got involved in American folk music through his high school’s after school bluegrass band organized by his orchestra teacher. Quinn had taken 8 years of voice lessons and has achieved top mark in state vocal competitions. He enjoys playing and listening to bluegrass, Americana, and 50’s/60’s country music.