Hermann Kock
Two Man Group, Sagmeister Trio, Ed Sperber Big Band
Brian Blume
United States Army Band
Garrett Mendelow
Independent Artist
Tomo Suzuki a.k.a. Soopy
Independent
Ji Su Jung
The Percussion Collective, International Soloist
Dave Simmons
KC & The Sunshine Band , Concha Buika, Wayne Wonder
Marco Toro
Drums United, Marco Toro y su Ensamble, independent
Lester Estelle
Kelly Clarkson
Jonathan Ovalle
Independent
Rick Kurasz
Western Illinois University
Ra Tache
Independent, Megara
Greg Beyer
Northern Illinois University, Due East
Marcus Finnie
Marcus Finnie Band, Kirk Whalum, Jonathan Butler