Andrew Chang, a freshman at Boylan Catholic High School in Rockford, has been studying piano since age seven, beginning in Sacramento, California. He currently studies with Soo Young Lee at the Music Institute of Chicago. Andrew won first place in the junior division of the 2009 Chandler Starr Miller Scholarship Competition and was chosen in January for a masterclass with Alan Goldstein at the Coronado Theater in Rockford. He has performed in the Young Musicians Series at the Mendelssohn Performing Arts Center in Rockford and in a Music Teachers Association of California Honor Recital in Sacramento. Andrew has also played percussion in his school band and enjoys travel, basketball, tennis, football, and reading.

A sophomore at Oak Park and River Forest High School, Kiyoshi Hayashi studies with Thomas Wermuth at the Western Springs School of Talent Education. He began playing violin at age seven. Kiyoshi won first place in the 2009 Musichorale Scholarship Contest and won honorable mention in both the junior (2008) and senior (2009) levels of the Walgreens National Concerto Competitions. He has performed in the orchestras at his high school, at Four Winds Waldorf School, and at the Western Springs School of Talent Education. He has also attended the Preludio advanced violin camp at Ithaca College Suzuki Institute. Kiyoshi also enjoys sports and spending time with his friends.