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Shawn Chastain
Wichita Public Schools
Wichita, Kansas
Estela Torres Guernsey
Estela Torres Guernsey
Paintbrush Elementary School
Gillette, Wyoming
Megan Franke
Megan Franke
Las Vegas Academy of the Arts
Las Vegas, Nevada
Bill Leather
 Mount Si High School
Snoqualmie, Washington
Emmett O’Leary
Emmett O’Leary
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Knoxville, Tennessee
Phillip Payne
Phillip D. Payne
 Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas
Ashleigh Lore
Ashleigh Lore
Okemos Public Schools & Lansing Symphony Orchestra
Lansing, Michigan
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Austin Thorpe
Maple Mountain High School 
Spanish Fork, Utah
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Candice D. Mattio
University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music
Los Angeles, California
Maud Hickey
Northwestern University (retired)
Wautoma, Wisconsin
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Christopher Perez
Freedom High School
Orlando, Florida
Elizabeth Parker
Elizabeth Cassidy Parker
Temple University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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