Rebecca Cross, Garrison, New York, United States

Rebecca Cross gained fame as an actress appearing in such movies as The Bachelor, The Last Patrol, and in numerous television series before moving to New York to raise her children. After playing in several bands, she fused her upbringing as a classical pianist and her penchant for writing to embark on a parallel journey as a singer/songwriter. She hopes to record an album of her songs with her son and favorite artist, Max Del Monte, and shoot a music video in NYC to raise awareness and proceeds for victims of terror and displacement. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa with High Honors in English from the University of Virginia and later earned her Master's in English Literature during the summer hiatuses in Hollywood.

Yejune Kim, Seoul, South Korea

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Yejune Kim (she/her/hers) is a composer from Seoul, South Korea. She won the grand prize in the 2024 Write Out Loud Songwriting Contest, and her song was performed at 54 Below and is expected to be released in an album. She premiered her new musical, "Heavy Heaven" (2023, book/lyrics/music), as a participant in the New York Theatre Festival, earning nominations in the Best Short Production, Best Music Score, and Best Singer categories. Additionally, she presented a staged reading of her full-length musical, "Bari: The Abandoned Princess" (2023, music/lyrics), as part of the Spark Theatre Festival. Yejune has served as a pianist and music director for various shows, including as an associate music director for the award-winning musical, "Fly To Tomorrow," which underwent a 29-hour reading at Playwrights Horizons. She holds an MFA from NYU Tisch’s Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program (Composer) and a BA from Korea National University of Arts, majoring in Musicology with a minor in Composition. 

Abel Libisch and Anett Horvath, Budapest, Hungary

Abel is a Hungarian-born, USA-based engineer, composer and cello player, founder of the symphonic cello-metal band Leecher. Performs solo as Celloguy.

Anett is a Hungarian-born engineer, rock singer, and composer, lead singer of the bands After Rain, Leecher and Itinera.

Oliviana Marie, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Oliviana Marie is a composer, conductor, lyricist, librettist, trumpeter and pianist, as well as an accomplished singer, dancer, and actress, currently studying composition at USC’s Thornton School of Music. In 2024, Oliviana became the youngest winner of The ASCAP Foundation Sammy Cahn Award (past winners include John Mayer and Cinco Paul) and in 2023, she was the only composer to ever win two awards in the same year for ASMAC’s Composer Competition (The Ray Charles Vocal Arranging Award and The Bill Conti Big Band Arranging Award). She is now a four-time Marvin Hamlisch International Music Award nominee in jazz, contemporary pop, classical composition, and winning in 2023 for best R&B song, presented by Clive Davis. Oliviana is the first female composer to be commissioned by the award-winning Camarada Chamber Music Ensemble and composed “The Elements,” which premiered in October 2024 at The Mingei Museum, in celebration of Camarada’s 30th Anniversary. Oliviana has written four award-winning musicals! At age 15, Oliviana’s first musical, THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE was mentored by the legendary Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, Pippin, Godspell) and presented at The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. Her most recent musical, “CORONA’S CABARET: An Act of Destruction,” where Oliviana portrayed the Coronavirus as a nightclub singer, was the winner of PLAYBILL’S Virtual Theatre Festival.