Jason Bittner
Overkill, Shadows Fall
Joe W. Moore III
Benedict College
Pete Korpela
Josh Groban, malletSTATION Artist
Iver Sandøy
Enslaved, Ivar Bjørnson & Einar Selvik
Caleb Gilbreath
Independent
The Kraken Quartet
Ensemble
Chris Retschulte
Rock Hill High School
Aleksandra Šuklar
Hans Zimmer, multi-percussionist, solo artist
Daniele Iacono
independent
Eric Hollenbeck
Colorado State University
Wardell King
Vision Percussion
Brent 'Ned' Niemi
SANDMAN
Isaac Teel
Tauk, Isaac Sinclair
Gautam Deb
Divine / Independent
Jason Koontz
Eastern Kentucky University