The choir directors from the six participating high schools pose for a picture before the concert: Mary Summerlin, Jordan High School; Kay Johnson, Carrboro High School; Sean Grier, Durham School of the Arts; Jill Boliek, Riverside High School; Dave Stuntz, N.C. School of Science & Math; and Lindsey Hayek, Northern High School
Penelope Jensen, adjunct associate professor of the practice of music, with former student Kristen Blackman, an administrator at Duke Hospital and a member of the concert's planning committee