Frequently commissioned by notable ensembles and major music institutions, Paul Moravec‘s notable compositions include Songs of Love and War and Tempest Fantasy. Recent seasons have included the premiere of All Shall Rise, about the history of voting rights in America, to a libretto by Mark Campbell, with Oratorio Society of N.Y. at Carnegie Hall; and performances of The Shining, based on the Stephen King novel, receiving international acclaim. Other recent premieres include Sanctuary Road, an oratorio about the Underground Railroad, and Light Shall Lift Us, an online OPERA America anthem for 100+ opera soloists and virtual orchestra.

Composer and organist Dan Locklair winner of the 2025 American Prize Ernst Bacon Memorial Award, is Composer-in-Residence and Professor of Music Emeritus at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Locklair is a prolific creator whose music embraces a wide variety of musical traditions, resulting in works that have been performed – and broadcast – internationally. His catalog includes symphonic works, a ballet, an opera, and numerous solo, chamber, vocal, organ and choral compositions. Locklair’s music has been performed at: Carnegie Hall; Lincoln Center; LA’s Disney Concert Hall; Washington DC’s Kennedy Center, Warsaw Autumn in Poland, and Norway’s Bergen Festival.

Admired for his “bright, pure music” (The Washington Post), with compositions described as “atmospheric and endlessly inventive” (Cincinnati Business Courier), James Lee III is the composer of more than 80 works for orchestra, chamber ensemble, piano, vocals, choral ensemble and more. In March 2026, soprano Angela Brown will premiere Phenomenal Queen: Coretta Scott King with Anthony Parnther and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. Later that spring in March, saxophonist Tim McAllister and the Nashville Symphony Orchestra will premiere Lee’s saxophone concerto with Tito Muñoz conducting. Finally, in May, Eric Jacobson and the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra will premiere Lee’s new work The Enduring Crucible.