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Gwen-Marie Lerch   Headshot     
Gwen-Marie Lerch
Santa Fe Public Schools, Capital High School & Ortiz Middle School
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Martina Vasil
Martina Vasil
University of Kentucky School of Music
Lexington, Kentucky
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Joseph L. Jefferson
St. Olaf College
Northfield, Minnesota
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Austin Thorpe
Maple Mountain High School 
Spanish Fork, Utah
Richard Holmes Headshot
Richard J. Holmes, II
Educational Representative for Music & Arts
Dallas, North Carolina
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Christian Giddings
Noble High School
Portland, Maine
Kari Adams
Kari Adams
University of Missouri - Columbia
Columbia, Missouri
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Renee Shane-Boyd
Catalina Foothills High School
Tucson, Arizona
Laura Arthur
Oregon Music Education Association
Portland, Oregon
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James B. Kinchen, Jr.
University of Wisconsin-Parkside
Kenosha, Wisconsin
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Michael Klein
Green Valley High School
Henderson, Nevada
John Rine Zabanal
John Rine Zabanal
Department of Defense Education Activity
Alexandria, VA
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