Roland John Wiley, lecturer, is professor emeritus of the University of Michigan. He is the author of a highly regarded biography of Tchaikovsky (Oxford, 2009) as well as Tchaikovsky's Ballets (1985), A Century of Russian Ballet (1990) and The Life and Ballets of Lev Ivanov, Choreographer of 'The Nutcracker' and 'Swan Lake' (1997). He has served as production consultant for revivals of Swan Lake and The Nutcracker by the Royal Ballet, Covent Garden. He holds an undergraduate degree from Stanford and a PhD from Harvard

Michael Boriskin, piano, is Artistic and Executive Director of Copland House and a founding member of Music from Copland House. He has performed in over 30 countries, in venues such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, BBC, Berlin and South West German Radios. This Festival marks the third appearance of Music from Copland House in Georgetown.

Harumi Rhodes, violin, has degrees in violin performance from the Juilliard School and the New England Conservatory. She is a founding member of the piano trio "Cavatina," which won the 2009 Naumberg Chamber Music Award.

Nicholas Canellakis, cello, is an artist of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. He graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music, holds a Master's degree from the New England Conservatory, and is on the faculty of the Manhattan School of Music Precollege Division.

Adam Neiman, piano, made his concerto début at the age of eleven in Los Angeles' Royce Hall. Two-time winner of Juilliard's Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, he has performed throughout the world in collaboration with leading orchestras and conductors, in chamber music and in recitals, with recordings and broadcasts. His discography features recordings of music of Arensky as solo pianist and with the Ying Quartet.

Elizabeth Pitcairn, violin, has earned a celebrated reputation as one of America's rising soloists. She has performed concertos with the New York String Orchestra and the Philadelphia Orchestra. She performs in partnership with the legendary "Red Mendelssohn" Stradivarius of 1720, said to have inspired the film The Red Violin. She has studied with Robert Lipsett at the University of Southern California. Her discography includes recordings of Tchaikovsky and Mozart concertos as well as fantasies by Bruch and Sarasate.

Toby Blumenthal, pianio, has appeared as soloist with many ensembles, including the Chicago and Houston Symphony Orchestras. She is currently director of CHAMPS (Chamber Music for Public Schools) for Salon Concerts in Austin. She also serves as Artistic Director and pianist for the Georgetown Festival of the Arts Chamber Music Series. She has studied with Leonard Shure at the University of Texas and with Rudolph Serkin at the Marlboro Chamber Music Institute in Vermont.

Hai Zheng, cello, is Artist in Residence at Southwestern University. She has appeared in recital at the Shanghai Conservatory and New York City's Steinway Hall, in master classes and recitals at Gungzhou and Macau Conservatories, and at a special invitation concert for the Hong Kong Asia Society.

Bruce Cain, baritone, is Associate Professor of Music and director of the Opera Theatre at Southwestern University. He earned his BM degree from McMurry University, his MM from Indiana University, and his doctorate from Northwestern University. He has performed in operas and concerts throughout the United States and Europe. He is conductor of the San Gabriel Chorale.

Richard Masters, piano, is a recitalist, opera coach, chamber musician and orchestral pianist based in Austin, Texas. He joined the faculty of the University of Texas at Austin in 2010 as an opera coach, and he has also performed continuo/orchestral keyboard in a number of productions. He holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music, the Juilliard School and the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Kathryn Findlen, mezzo soprano, was nominated in 2012 for best classical vocalist of the year in Austin by the Austin Critics Table Awards for her performance of Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle with Chorus Austin. She has appeared with the Austin Lyric Opera, the Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Austin, the Austin Civic Chorus, Texas Choral Consort, and the Austin Symphony Orchestra. She earned a BM degree in vocal performance from the North Carolina School of Performing Arts and a MM degree from the University of Texas at Austin.

Virginia Dupuy, mezzo soprano, is an alumna of Southwestern University. Her career in vocal performance and recording has included a Grammy nomination for a recent CD. A respected scholar regarding settings of Emily Dickinson texts, she has recorded a CD, Dwell in Possibility: Emily Dickinson in Song. She is professor of music at Southern Methodist University. She has been a performer in and supporter of the Georgetown Festival of the Arts from its inception in 2005.

Kiyoshi Tamagawa, piano, has appeared throughout North America and in England and India, in solo recitals and with performers such as violinist Eugene Fodor, cellist Evangeline Benedetti and clarinetist Stanley Drucker of the New York Philharmonic, and members of the Shanghai Quartet. He is a Professor in the Department of Music at Southwestern University.

Stefan Sanders is the newly appointed music director of the Round Rock Symphony Orchestra. Past positions have included assistant conductor for the Austin Symphony Orchestra, apprentice conductor for the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, and music director of the University Orchestra at the University of Texas at Austin. Mr. Sanders' guest conducting appearances include the San Antonio Symphony, Austin Lyric Opera, Corpus Christi Opera, and the Round Top Summer Music Festival. Upcoming guest conducting engagements include the 2013 Abilene Summer Music Festival and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra in January 2014.

Kenneth Sheppard is a Professor in the Department of Music of Southwestern University and conductor of the University Chorale. Since 1988 he has trained active choral conductors from all over the country through the Conductor's Institute, providing instruction and experience in conducting chorus and orchestra. He has led the Festival Orchestra and Chorus for each of the eight Georgetown Festivals of the Arts.