Melody Eötvös is an Australian composer earning her doctorate at Indiana University. Much of her music is electroacoustic, and her work has been performed by the London Sinfonietta and the BBC Singers. She earned her masters degree from the Royal Academy of Music.

David Kirkland Garner is the director of the Duke New Music Ensemble, where he is also a Ph.D. candidate. His research interests include the banjo and fiddle traditions of Nova Scotia and the southern U.S. The Kronos Quartet gave the world premiere of his most recent work earlier this year.

Zvonimir Nagy is a Croatian composer based in Chicago. He is a prolific keyboard performer and an active organ improviser. In the spring, Nagy was appointed to a professorship at Duquesne University.

Kate Neal is an Australian composer and a Ph.D. candidate at Princeton University. Her studies took place on three different continents. A veteran events producer, Neal has worked in a wide variety of mediums, touching on everything from early music and rock to Aboriginal traiditions.

Mari Takano is a Japanese composer living in Tokyo and lecturing at Toho Junior College of Music. Having studied with Morton Feldman and Brian Ferneyhough, one of her primary mentors was Gyorgy Ligeti. Her music has been released commercially by BIS.