David Clarke is Professor of Music at Newcastle University.

Victor Grauer, based in Pittsburgh, PA, is an independent scholar, formerly on the faculty of the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Filmmakers, the Pittsburgh High School of Creative and Performing Arts and Chatham University.

Brent Keogh completed his doctorate in 2014 examining the discourse of World Music in Australia. He is currently a sessional staff member at Macquarie University Sydney.

Amit Klein was awarded the Ph.D. from the Music Department of Bar-Ilan University. He is Researcher of Ashkenazi Cantorial music at the Jewish Music Research Centre at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

David Locke is Professor of Music at Tufts University.

Dr. Irna Priore (1963–2014), born in Brazil, was a tenured associate professor of music theory at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. She earned her DMA in Flute Performance from the City University of New York and her PhD in Music Theory from the University of Iowa. During a time when voices of women and under-represented groups were suppressed, Dr. Priore advocated for embracing diversity in the academy. She foresaw the need for research in world music analysis in its inceptive stage and contributed a valuable study on popular music in Brazil. Dr. Priore endured a long battle with cancer, yet the disease never defeated her passion for music theory and teaching. Until the last stage of her life, she continued to participate in academic activities. This commitment to doing what she loved was the aspect of her remarkable spirit that she shared with members of our society. In addition to her academic accomplishments, it is for her brave, consistent passion for the discipline and her warm character that we remember Irna Priore as a respected theorist, flutist, revered teacher and beloved colleague. She will always be missed.

Chris Stover is Assistant Professor of Music in Theory and Composition at the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music.

Jay Rahn is Professor of Music in the Humanities Department and Faculty of Graduate Studies, York University (Toronto). Best known for his first book, A Theory for All Music, Dr. Rahn has published extensively on topics in systematic musicology, including music theory, comparative musicology, and music cognition.