Susan E. Pickett is Catharine Chism Professor of Music, Emerita at Whitman College. She is a music historian, theorist, violinist, author of Marion and Emilie Frances Bauer: From the Wild West to American Musical Modernism, and coauthor of The Enigma of Grief and the Sublime. She has also authored two encyclopedia articles about women composers, published over forty modern editions of music composed by women between 1700 and 1925, written three music theory books, and released three recordings of music by women composers.

Douglas Scarborough is a former associate professor of music and director of jazz studies at Whitman College, as well as an acclaimed composer, theorist, and multi-instrumentalist, performing on trombone, electric bass, and piano. A native of the Mississippi Delta, he blends jazz with global influences, as showcased in his fourth album, The Color of Angels (Origin Records), a vibrant fusion of jazz and Middle Eastern sounds. A three-time DownBeat jazz award winner, Scarborough has performed across four continents. He continues his work in music education at West Nairobi School in Kenya. Among the musicians in his family, one in particular stands out: Samuel Jones, his uncle.