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Cynthia Van Maanen
Interlochen Arts Academy
Interlochen, Michigan
Drew X Coles
Teachers College, Columbia University
New York, New York
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John Kratus
Tarpon Springs, Florida
Julie Song
Julie Myung Ok Song
 University of North Florida
Jacksonville, Florida
Seth Pendergast
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, Colorado
Melissa Ryan
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Catherine Plichta
Theater Arts Production Company School
Bronx, New York
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Gwen-Marie Lerch
Santa Fe Public Schools, Capital High School & Ortiz Middle School
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Daniel “Theory” Simmons
Musiq Tech
Los Angeles, California
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Josef Hanson
Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music, University of Memphis
Memphis, Tennessee
Jared Cassedy
Jared Cassedy
Lexington Public Schools
Lexington, Massachusetts
Tom Davoren
Benedictine College
Atchison, Kansas
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