Simon Carrington was a founding member of The King's Singers, founder of the Yale Schola Cantorum where is is also professor emeritus, and a freelance conductor whose work has impacted choir communities around the world.

Three-time Grammy-award winning conductor, Charles Bruffy, is one of the most admired conductors in the US and is in demand around the world as a clinician, pedagogue, and guest conductor. He is the Artistic Director of the Kansas City Chorale and Director of the Kansas City Symphony Chorus.

Dr. Andrea Ramsey enjoys an international presence as a composer, conductor, scholar and music educator. Before leaping into full time composing and guest conducting, Andrea held positions at The Ohio State University and the University of Colorado Boulder, respectively. An award-winning composer with approximately 100 works to date, she believes strongly in the creation of new music. A native of Arkansas, Andrea has experienced in her own life the power of music to provide a sense of community, better understanding of our humanity and rich opportunities for self-discovery.

Of Cree descent, Winnipeg composer Andrew Balfour is an innovative composer, conductor, singer, and sound designer with a large body of choral, instrumental, and electro-acoustic works. Andrew is the Artistic Director of Winnipeg’s Camerata Nova, known for their intergenre and interdisciplinary collaborations. He is passionate about music education and outreach, particularly in schools located in low-income areas of Winnipeg and in northern communities.

Dashon Burton is a bass-baritone with a world-wide career encompassing solo work with major American orchestras, opera roles in Europe, and ground-breaking new vocal music with the Grammy-award-winning ensemble Roomful of Teeth.

Dr. Melissa Morgan is a choral conductor, educator and performer. Currently, she is the Assistant Professor of Choral Music in the Faculty of Media, Art, and Performance at the University of Regina where she teaches courses in choral conducting and vocal diction. Her research interests include regionalism through choral compositions from the Canadian Prairie West.

Paul Mealor is among the world’s most performed, recorded and broadcast living composers. He was catapulted to international stardom in April 2011, when 2.5 billion people heard his Motet, Ubi caritas performed at the Royal Wedding Ceremony of His Royal Highness Prince William and Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey. It since topped the Classical singles charts in the USA, UK, Australia, France and New Zealand. He is Professor of Composition at the University of Aberdeen where he has taught since 2003.

Indian-American composer Reena Esmail works between the worlds of Indian and Western classical music, and brings communities together through the creation of equitable musical spaces. She is the LA Master Chorale's 2020-2023 Artist in Residence, and Seattle Symphony's 2020-21 Composer in Residence. She holds degrees in composition from The Juilliard School and the Yale School of Music. She currently resides in Los Angeles, California.

Sarah Quartel is a Canadian composer and educator known for her fresh and exciting approach to choral music. Sarah's choral works are performed by children, youth, and adults throughout the world and her work as an educator connects exciting musical experiences with meaningful classroom learning. Sarah is signed to Oxford University Press.