Current Members of Hesterian Musicism are: Karlton Hester, Larry Douglas, Lewis Jordan, Jessica Van Niel, Kamau Seitu, Renata Bratt, and Erich Hunt (West Coast ensemble), as well as Edward Biko Smith, Bill Johnson, Cecilia Smith, Maurice Haltom, Phil Bowler, Sera Smolen, and Steve Marra (East Coast ensemble).s