A native of Southern California, Ted Sugata is currently second oboist with the Pacific Symphony Orchestra. Previously, he was a member of the Sarasota Orchestra in Florida, and principal oboist with the Lyrique-en-Mer Opera Festival in Belle-Ile, France.

Melinda Sullivan is a Los Angeles-based artist with a diverse career in dance, television, and theater.

As an active freelance musician in Southern California, Ms. Suminski has performed with many local orchestras and musical theater companies in the region and with the Macao Orchestra in China.

Dr. Chelsea Tanner maintains an active career as an enthusiastic performer, teacher, and mindset coach. She is currently Head of Flute and a teaching artist at tonebase.co as well as a Flute Faculty member at the Colburn Community School in Los Angeles.

Janie Taylor is Artistic Director of Colburn's Trudl Zipper Dance Institute for the 2024-25 school year. A former New York City Ballet principal dancer, she is currently a dancer and rehearsal director for L.A. Dance Project.

Dr. Thabet has taught courses on the Civil Rights Movement, America in the 1960s, and 20^th Century American History, most recently at Caltech in Pasadena, and U.C. Santa Barbara.