In the first week of July, 2008, the Melos Brass held their sixth annual Melos Brass International Ionian Summer Music Academy. Students from Albania, America, the Czech Republic, Finland, Greece, Poland, and other nations joined in performances and masterclasses. Clinicians and performers included the Canadian Brass and many other brass teachers. The 2008 trumpet faculty included Chris Martin, principal trumpet of the Chicago Symphony, German soloist Reinhold Friedrich, Gregory Jones of Truman State University, and Sokratis Anthis and Panayotis Kessaris of the Melos Brass.
 

Pictured left to right:  Chris Martin, Gregory Jones, Sokratis Anthis, Panayotis Kessaris