Joe Tornello
Boise State University
Hermann Kock
Two Man Group, Sagmeister Trio, Ed Sperber Big Band
Ivan Trevino
University of Texas at Austin, malletSTATION Artist
Cody Dickinson
North Mississippi All Stars
Thomas Spann Jr.
Fisk University
Alejandro Céspedes
Oregano Percussion
Jacob Powers
Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
Holger Müller
Ernst Hutter & Die Egerlander Musikanten
Olivier Monteils
Bounce4, independent
Brian Stackhouse
Oklahoma Baptist University
Masayuki "Anpan" Suzuki
LOUDNESS
Eiji Kikuchi
The Yellow Monkey
Mark Carson
Washington D.C.