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Lenora Helm Hammonds
North Carolina Central University
Durham, North Carolina
Michele Paynter Paise
Morehead State University
Morehead, Kentucky
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Paul Carr
The Jazz Academy Of Music
Silver Spring, Maryland
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Christopher M. Baumgartner
University of Oklahoma
Norman, Oklahoma
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Ashante Griffin
Mundy's Mill High School
Jonesboro, Georgia
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Robert Deemer
University of New York at Fredonia
Fredonia, New York
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Tonya N. Suggs
 Wake Forest Community Youth Orchestra   
Raleigh, North Carolina
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Sarah J. Bartolome
Henry & Leigh Bienen School of Music, Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois
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Douglas C. Orzolek
University of St. Thomas
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Michaela Babic
Bridgeport Public Schools
Bridgeport, Nebraska
Bill Leather
 Mount Si High School
Snoqualmie, Washington
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