Martha Hill Duncan began piano lessons at age eight, later receiving a vocal diploma from Houston's High School for Performing Arts and a composition degree from the University of Texas at Austin. Her past teachers include Donald Grantham, Sam Dolin, Gregory Allen, Danielle Martin, Errol Haun and Trudi Borden. An award-winning composer of vocal and choral music, she is on the faculty of the Kingston Summer Music Institute, and is a piano examiner with the Royal Conservatory of Music. She lives in Kingston, Ontario, with her husband, where she maintains a busy piano studio and directs the women's choir, She Sings!

Susan Griesdale is a composer who has been writing piano music for grade level students for over 25 years. Born in Montreal, she has lived in Winnipeg, Vancouver and Toronto. Susan's contemporary music, which is inspired by children's imaginations, gives students the opportunity to explore new sounds while tackling technical challenges. Susan's piano music has been published in collections of elementary, junior and intermediate pieces. Susan received a Teacher's Associate Diploma from the Royal Conservatory of Toronto. Currently she is President of the Toronto Branch of the Ontario Registered Music Teacher's Association and teaches full time in her Toronto studio.

Beverly Porter was born in Calgary, Alberta and grew up in Vancouver. By age 19, she had completed the requirements for both the ARCT and LTCL pedagogy diplomas. She studied at the Banff School, and with Soulima Stravinsky at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, California. This was followed by studies with Albert and Clifford Poole in Toronto. Beverly and her family moved to Kingston Ontario, where she obtained a Bachelor of Music at Queen's University. Her composition teachers were Clifford Crawley and David Keene. She continues to compose and teach piano in Kingston.

Janet Gieck Janet Gieck (b. 1976) grew up in Saskatchewan and began composing during her teen years. She completed a Bachelor of Arts in Sacred Music with a composition major and an ARCT in piano performance. Since then she has had her music performed at both the Saskatoon and Regina New Music Festivals and on CBC radio. Janet currently lives in Saskatoon with her husband and three children where she is in demand as a piano/theory teacher and adjudicator. She is inspired by prairie culture and landscape.

Christine Donkin is a Canadian composer of pedagogical, choral, and instrumental music. She grew up in Grande Prairie, Alberta, but now lives in Ottawa. Her compositions, several of which have won awards in national and international competitions, are available through Red Leaf Pianoworks, the Frederick Harris Music Company, Graphite Publishing, and the Treble Clef Music Press. Christine's music has been performed all over North America and in Europe. Christine is currently a private piano instructor in Ottawa. She is active as an adjudicator, clinician, judge, and guest speaker at educational events across Canada.

Rebekah Maxner lives and teaches piano in Hantsport, NS, Canada. The house is full of music and kids, so she can't help but compose piano music that appeals to young students. She attended Acadia University ('95) where she studied piano with John Hansen, and completed her music degree with a major in composition under Owen Stephens. Rebekah is a member of the NSRMTA, and has given workshops at Maritime conventions and lectured for university pedagogy classes. In summer 2007 she contributed to the Keyboard Companion magazine. Rebekah has created the Notekidds line of piano teaching aids, and her materials are being taught on three continents.