Emmett G. Price III is one of the nation’s leading experts on Music of the African Diaspora, Christian Worship and the Black Christian Experience. He has spent much of the past few decades writing, lecturing and conducting cutting edge research on bridging the generational divide. He is a noted print and broadcast media expert, as well as a widely sought after keynote speaker and preacher. Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Dr. Price received a B.A. in music from the University of California, Berkeley and earned both his M.A. and Ph.D. in music (ethnomusicology) from the University of Pittsburgh. He also obtained an M.A. in urban ministry leadership from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Currently he serves as Professor of Worship, Church & Culture, Dean of the Chapel, and Founding Executive Director of the Institute for the Study of the Black Christian Experience (ISBCE) at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Prior to his current post, Dr. Price served on the faculty of Northeastern University (2001-2016) as associate professor of Music and chair of the Department of African American Studies (2008-2012). An ordained minister, Dr. Price serves as Founding Pastor of Community of Love Christian Fellowship (Allston, MA), and is also the president and founder of the Black Church Music Ministry Project (BCMMP), an organization launched in 2006 to “serve, nurture and develop spiritual leaders in music ministry.” Since 2011, he has served as the Director of the James Abbington Church Music Academy as part of the Hampton University Ministers’ Conference & Choir Directors’ and Organists’ Guild. He has served as visiting professor at Berklee College of Music, Andover Newton Theological School and Brandeis University. He is a former research fellow of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard University and Northeastern University’s Center for the Study of Sport in Society, where he served as the lead scholar on the Rhythm & Flow Initiative – a research project studying the various intersections of music and sport.

Dr. C. Michael Hawn is Southern Methodist University Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Church Music, and Director of the Doctor of Pastoral Music Program. With earned degrees from Wheaton College and The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Michael’s career has been in theological education at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and the Perkins School of Theology at SMU, where his teaching specialties and research interests have included global music and worship, cross-cultural worship, hymnology, and enlivening congregational song. His books and published compilations include: Gather into One: Praying and Singing Globally, One Bread, One Body: Exploring Cultural Diversity in Worship, New Songs of Celebration Render: Congregational Singing in the Twenty-First Century, and Halle, Halle: We Sing the World Round. He was elected a Fellow of The Hymn Society. Michael also founded and chaired the board of the Children’s Chorus of Greater Dallas, receiving the Advocate of the Arts Award in 2017. He is a life member of Choristers Guild, serving twice as president of the board of directors and in 2002-2003 as interim executive director. No stranger to Green Lake, where he has been the children’s music clinician before, in 2020 he will also provide an emphasis in congregational song.

Stephanie Trump is Director of Choirs at Armstrong High School, Plymouth, MN. Her teaching career has involved work at all levels of vocal development including five years as the Director of the Women’s Chorale at the University of Northwestern, St. Paul. Stephanie has served on Boards for MMEA, ACDA, MSHSL, and the Minnesota Arts Consortium. She was featured in an MPR Broadcast on high school choral music in Minnesota, served as National MENC Choral Mentor, Chaired the 2010 NCACDA High School Women’s Honor Choir, and coordinated the four Honor Choirs for the 2018 Central/North Central ACDA Conference. As the former Choral Vice President of MMEA, she coordinated Minnesota’s three All-State Choirs. She is currently serving as the President-Elect of Minnesota ACDA. Her choirs have been featured at national, regional, and state-level conferences. They have performed with Cantus, the Minnesota Orchestra, and Doc Severinson. In 2016 she was the guest conductor for the ACDA-MN Women’s 9-10 Honor Choir and leads annual choral projects with the Minnesota Twins. She is in demand as a clinician and adjudicator. Stephanie earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music Education and Vocal Performance from Augsburg University, MN and a Masters of Music Education from the University of Hawai’i, Manoa. She is an active member of MMEA, NAfME, ACDA, and serves as a mentor to many student teachers.

Dr. Paul Hondorp is Director of Choral Activities and Professor of Music at Western Kentucky University. A California native, Paul has taught at the community college and high school levels, and has been Director of Music at First Christian Church of Bowling Green since 2004. He has served as an adjudicator, clinician and guest conductor for festivals of the American Choral Directors Association and the Music Educators National Conference in numerous states. He was a 2017 ACDA International Conductors Exchange Program Fellow in Costa Rica, with other international invitations include work in Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Honduras and Canada. A lyric tenor, Hondorp sings regularly with the Dallas-based professional chamber ensemble Vox Humana and performed with Oregon Bach Festival Chorus for seven summers. His professional recordings include ensemble performances with Vox Humana, the Oregon Bach Festival, Hot Springs Festival, and solo work for an educational series of compact discs by GIA Publications. His book Choral Error Detection: Exercises for Developing Musicianship is published by Carl Fischer Music. Paul lives in Bowling Green, KY, with wife, soprano Jennifer Brennan-Hondorp, their son Brennan, and their daughter Finley.

Heather Sorenson entered the church music industry in her twenties, and quickly became a welcomed fixture in the publishing world, with pieces that remain at the top of Bestsellers lists and Editor's Choice selections. Initially recognized for her skill as a pianist, Heather is now also known for her compositions in choral anthems, solo piano collections, and orchestrations. Her works are performed regularly at competitions, concerts, recitals, and churches worldwide. In the past five years, Heather has appeared multiple times at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and Constitution Hall. Although her career is sometimes on a big stage, Heather’s heart is leading the Church in worship, and she feels that her greatest calling is using her music to connect people with God. Years of experience as a church music administrator and music educator have proven to be invaluable experience, and teaching has become a large part of Heather's ministry. She taught all elementary levels of music at Grace Academy of Dallas for 4 years, served as an adjunct music professor at Baylor University, and has served on many master class panels in piano and songwriting.
Heather regularly is a guest speaker and conductor at churches across America, and leads scores of sessions each year at various worship conferences, schools, and universities. Currently Heather spends her time juggling a full writing load as well as traveling as a guest artist and lecturer. Heather makes her home in the Dallas, TX area with her beloved (and very vocal) beagle, Lucy.

Stephen Bulla began his musical instruction at age 6, growing up in a musical household where his father played tuba and his mother played piano. He eventually graduated Magna Cum Laude from Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he studied trombone with Phil Wilson and Composition/ Arranging with Herb Pomeroy. In 1980 he won an audition for the position of Staff Arranger to "The President's Own" United States Marine Band and Chamber Orchestra in Washington DC. For the next thirty years he would provide musical scores for myriad White House events, beginning with the Reagan era until 2010. Working alongside film score legend John Williams on two occasions, he has transcribed music from "Star Wars", "Catch Me If You Can", and "Close Encounters" for performances by the Marine Band with the composer conducting. He has also scored music for the Discovery Channel (“Wings of the Luftwaffe” and “Century of Flight”) and the PBS television series “In Performance at the White House”. According to a recent ASCAP survey his music has been used on the following television programs: CSI Miami, Cold Case, Jag, Joan of Arcadia, Without A Trace, Guiding Light, Survivor, 48 Hours, 60 Minutes, Ren and Stimpy, and others. One of many career highlights to date was a commission from the Library of Congress to complete and orchestrate the last known manuscript march of John Philip Sousa. For fifteen years he conducted the National Capital Band (Washington DC), producing several CDs and touring Australia, New Zealand, Russia, and Scandinavia while directing this ensemble. He presently serves as music director for New England Brass Band and Brass of the Potomac. Stephen Bulla is a member of ASCAP and has received that organization's Performance Award annually since 1984. His published works can be found in the catalogs of Hal Leonard Music (USA), as well as in The Salvation Army’s choral and band music series (UK). He has recently accepted the position of Music Editor for the American Instrumental Ensemble Series.

Brian Childers is an accomplished composer, conductor, and clinician. His choral, instrumental, and handbell works have been performed across the nation and abroad. He has been a featured performer and clinician at music conferences and festivals across the nation, and his compositions and arrangements are published by a variety of publishers. Brian received his bachelor of music degree in piano performance from Appalachian State University in 1993, and the master of divinity degree in church music from the M. Christopher White School of Divinity at Gardner-Webb University in 2003. An ordained minister, he serves as Minister of Music for Roswell's First Baptist Church in Roswell, GA. There, he oversees a comprehensive Music Ministry for children and youth and adults, including choral, instrumental and handbells choirs. Brian is married to Keely. They have two adult children—Hannah and Spencer. He is a rabid fan of the San Antonio Spurs and enjoys reading and running and composing in his free time.