David Davidson - top call studio violinist, performer and recording artist whose solo albums have sold hundreds of thousands of copies worldwide
JD Dohnal - award-winning songwriter whose credits include Warner Bros. film Observe and Report and the hit CBS show CSI
Conni Ellisor - renowned composer: Blackberry Winter, Conversations In Silence, The Bell Witch, among many others
The Evans Sisters - Jesus Daily Group recording artists known for their Christmas single "What Do You Think About Christmas?"
Connye Florance - BET's Vocalist of the Year in 2000, offering her "Colors of Jazz" concert and unique stage show "Jazz Rhapsody"
Scott Hallgren - award-winning film composer and musician, creator of "Student Scoring Initiative"
Patrice Jegou - award-winning vocalist whose debut crossover album "The Summer Knows" is due for release in late 2011
M. Zachary Johnson - composer/author: "If this is the direction classical music is heading, well, I'd say the future will be full of wonderful music." About.com Classical Music Guide Aaron Green
THE LOUDHORNS - jazz/funk band comprised of Nashville's top studio brass players
The Love Sponge Strings - Nashville-based recording string quartet whose long list of multi-genre credits include Jennifer Lopez, Jason Mraz, Ben Folds, Lady Antebellum and countless others
John Mock - composer/multi-instrumentalist/fine art photographer specializing in maritime music
Nashville String Machine - Carl Gorodetzky's legendary group of string players (and winds, brass and rhythm) that have graced countless of the biggest albums of the past 25 years in a variety of genres
Nashville Underground - a label home for Nashville's hit songwriters, founded by Lari White and Chuck Cannon
Orchestra Engagement Lab - a groundbreaking model for the commissioning of hybrid musical works and community engagement projects, founded by Paul Gambill and Eric Booth
Lucio Rubino - singer-songwriter and StorySide:B front man; writer of one of BMI's "Top 5 Most Played Songs on Christian Radio" of 2008
Stephen Seifert - renowned dulcimer player and instructor, and orchestral soloist for the world's only mountain dulcimer concerto, "Blackberry Winter"
StorySide:B - their hits include "Be Still" (BMI Award “Top 5 Most Played Songs on Christian Radio), "Miracle" (#2 on Christian radio), "Everything and More" (#2 on Christian radio), and "More To This Life" (#14 on Christian radio)
Sylvia Hutton (Sylvia) - Grammy-nominated singer and 1982 ACM "Female Vocalist of the Year", known for her #1 hits "Nobody" and "Drifter" among others.
Erin Thomas - "Sweet Erin" is a talented newcomer to the contemporary folk singer/songstress world
Dan Trudell - Chicago-based pianist/B3 organ player voted a "Rising Star" by Downbeat
Chris West - in-demand studio and touring saxophonist and recording artist
Royel "Futureman" Wooten - 5x Grammy-winning musician and composer (Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, The Black Mozart Ensemble)<
Stephen Young - Renowned country/Christian singer-songwriter and Jesus Daily Group recording artist
