Ysaye Barnwell
Composer, arranger, author, co-founder Sweet Honey in the Rock
Washington, D.C.
George Crumb
Pulitzer Prize winning composer
Media, PA
Don Grusin
Performer, composer, arranger and producer of international stature
Calabasas, CA
Thomas Hampson
American baritone, recitalist, opera singer, recording artist
New York, NY
Arthur Jones
Founder Spirituals Project, professor at University of Denver
Denver, CO
Vivian Perlis
Founder Oral History American Music (Yale University)
New Haven, CT
R.E.M.
Premiere American rock band
Athens, GA
Stephen Wade
Grammy nominee, author of The Beauful Music All Around Us
Washington, D.C.