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Murilou Chilman (M.C.) is an orchestra teacher in the Paradise Valley School District. She is a violinist and violist with a masters of music education from Arizona State University. She is a member of an active string quartet and writes the full orchestra arrangements for Resurrection Lutheran Church.

Paul Christopher (P.C.) is associate professor of music theory and low strings at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana. In the summers, he performs as assistant principal cello with the Peter Britt Festival Orchestra in Jacksonville, Oregon. His articles have been published in the American String Teacher, Jacques Offenbach Society Newsletter, Strings, and Bass World. He is currently recording the cello duos of Jacques Offenbach with five CDs available at www.cdbaby.com.

Anna Cromwell (A.C.) is both assistant professor of violin and viola and Instrumental Division director at Eastern Illinois University. She performs regularly with her violin/cello duo, Duo XXI, and has presented pedagogy lectures at the ASTA national conference and the Illinois Music Educators Conference.

Deborah Greenblatt (D.G.) gives lessons, workshops, and fiddle camps in an old 1925 schoolhouse in rural Nebraska. She performs with Greenblatt & Seay, with the Greenblatt String Trio, and is co-concertmaster of the Hastings Symphony in Hastings, Nebraska. She is a proud member of ASTA, the American Nyckelharpa Association, and the American Recorder Society.

Denise Grupp-Verbon (D.G.V.) is an active professional performer who teaches privately and at Owens State Community College. She was formerly a member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and has a master of music degree in harp performance from Northwestern University.

Lin He (L.H.), associate professor of violin at Louisiana State University, made recent concerto appearances with the Rapides Symphony and the Lake Charles Symphony. He serves as associate concertmaster of the Baton Rouge Symphony and made his Carnegie debut last November.

Kristin Herkstroeter (K.H.) teaches one to 12 grade strings and is music department chair at Viewpoint School in the greater Los Angeles area. She is a violinist/violist with a Ph.D. in music education from Florida State University.

Laura Kerr Hill (L.K.H.) is a Ph.D. candidate in music education, string pedagogy, at the Ohio State University (OSU) under the direction of Bob Gillespie. She is a past Kentucky State ASTA president, and decade-long member of KYASTA board of directors. She taught in the public schools for more than 12 years.

Paula Jones (P.J.) is a Chandler Unified School District strings teacher in Arizona. Her teaching experience includes teaching the beginner elementary student through the advanced high school player. In her spare time she has worked as a clinician at music festivals and creates online learning experiences for strings students.

Andrew Kohn (A.K.) teaches string bass and music theory at West Virginia University and is a member of the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre and Opera orchestras.

Ingrid Kovacs (I.K.) is active in ASTA, NAfME, and ISME. She completed her doctorate in music education at Boston University in 2010. She currently works at Rutgers and Concordia Universities.

Mark Laycock (M.L.) is an associate professor of music at Wichita State University, where he holds the Ann Walenta Faculty of Distinction Endowed Professorship. He serves as director of orchestras and coordinator of strings. Laycock is a member of the board of directors of the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic.

Brenda Leonard (B.L.) teaches cello and music theory at North Greenville University and plays for the cello-duo Cello Times Two. She is principal cellist of the Spartanburg Philharmonic and maintains an active private teaching schedule in upstate South Carolina.

Linda Levy (L.L.) is an elementary orchestra teacher in Gilbert, Arizona. She earned her bachelor of music in education at UCLA and her master of music in education at Arizona State University.

Tammy Mason (T.M.) is a string specialist for Tempe School District #3. She earned her M.M. in instrumental music education and M.Ed. in bilingual education from Arizona State University. She has taught and played professionally during her 25 years as director of six orchestras at Gililland Middle School.

James Mick (J.M.) serves as assistant professor of string music education at Ithaca College (New York), conductor for the Ithaca Community Orchestra, and orchestra division coordinator of the Ithaca College Summer Music Academy. He holds degrees in music education from Florida State University, Ithaca College, and Texas Christian University.

Pamela Nichols (P.N.) teaches elementary and junior high orchestras in the Chandler, Arizona, Unified School District. She is also the district elementary strings coordinator. She earned a B.A. in music education from Augustana College, and a master's in secondary education and leadership certification from Northern Arizona University.

Gene Pohl (G.P.) is director of orchestras at Gunston Middle School and Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia. She holds degrees in music education from Ithaca College and music performance from Boston University. She is an active freelance violist and performs with two local symphonies in the Washington, D.C. area.

David Pope (D.P.) serves as director of orchestras at Manatee High School (FL), conductor for the Sarasota Youth Orchestras, and co-director of Florida State University's String Orchestra Camp. Previously, Pope taught orchestra in Tennessee and served as the executive director of the Tallahassee Youth Orchestras.

Craig Resta (C.R.) holds degrees from the University of Maryland at College Park, Indiana University, and Baylor University. Principally a string specialist, he has taught in K12 and college settings in various regions of the United States. Resta is currently associate professor of music education at Kent State University where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses.

Jeannine A. Sturm (J.A.S.) holds a Ph.D. in music education from the University of Arizona in Tucson where she served as the director of the UA String Project for three years. She is an itinerant orchestra director (grades 4–12) in Berkeley County, West Virginia. She holds degrees from Adelphi University, Long Island University, and Hofstra University, and an advanced certificate in higher education administration from Stony Brook University.

Ann Yeung (A.Y.) is professor of harp at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Active as a performer, teacher, and author throughout the world, she is president of the American Harp Society and formerly editor of the World Harp Congress Review.

MJ Sunny Zank (M.J.Z.), professor of music, joined the Ohio Northern University faculty in 1993. Her teaching specialties are music theory/composition, music history and ethnomusicology and violin/viola and string ensemble. She holds degrees from the University of Oregon and the University of Northern Colorado.