Dorothy Lamb Crawford has lived and worked in music throughout her career, teaching and lecturing, performing as a singer, directing opera, and hosting broadcast interviews with musicians. She is author of Evenings On and Off the Roof: Pioneering Concerts in Los Angeles, 1939–1971 and (with John C. Crawford) Expressionism inTwentieth-Century Music.

William Kraft has had a long and active career as composer, conductor, timpanist/percussionist and teacher.  He is Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he served for 11 years as Chairman of the Composition Department and Corwin Professor of Music Composition.  From 1981-85, Mr. Kraft was the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Composer-in-Residence. Mr. Kraft had previously been a member of the Los Angeles Philharmonic for 26 years; eight years as percussionist, and 18 as Principal Timpanist. Mr. Kraft has received numerous awards and commissions.  Recent activities include: "Red Azalea," an opera commissioned by the Modern Music Theater Troupe (London), premiered in February 2002 at UC Santa Barbara; the Concerto for English Horn and Orchestra, commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, premiered on January 16, 2003, with Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting. His Second Timpani Concerto, commissioned by the San Francisco Symphony, premiered in June 2005 with Michael Tilson Thomas conducting.