Commissioning, staging, producing, and premiering these new works are a team of artist educators including Dr. Sharon Campbell, mezzo-soprano (University of Nebraska at Kearney), Dr. Anne Jennifer Nash, soprano (Concordia College), Dr. Suna Gunther, soprano (University of Nebraska at Lincoln), Dr. Sylvia Stoner-Hawkins, soprano, Dr. Young Kim, pianist (Skidmore College), and Dr. Jennifer Townsley (University of Nebraska at Omaha).