Cristi Miller, a teacher and published composer, graduated from Oklahoma State University with a B.M.E. and began her teaching career in Henryetta, Oklahoma instructing grades 7-12. She moved to the Putnam City Schools in 1989 and was selected as the Putnam City Teacher of the Year in 1992. She recently received one of the four Excellence in Education Awards given through the Putnam City Foundation. She has also been awarded several grants through this foundation to assist in various music teaching endeavors.

Cristi is a frequent clinician and director across the United States and Canada. She presently has over 50 choral pieces in publication through the Hal Leonard Corporation. One of her pieces was selected for the 1999 MENC World's Largest Concert.

Along with her teaching responsibilities, Cristi is the co-director of the Joyful Sound Singers at the United Methodist Church of the Servant in Oklahoma City, as well as a member of the adult choir. She and her husband, Rick, are the proud parents of Luke, Ashley and Christopher.

Steve Zegree is internationally recognized as one of the most respected vocal jazz conductors and educators in the world, Steve Zegree is also active as a pianist, conductor, clinician, and adjudicator. His career as a pianist and conductor includes performances on five continents. A renowned educator, his students are among today’s leaders in jazz and pop performance, Broadway, recording studio production, writing, arranging, singing, and music education.

His internationally acclaimed vocal jazz ensemble, Gold Company, has won numerous "Outstanding Performance" awards from Down Beat magazine and has performed at MENC National Conventions, IAJE International Conferences, the World Symposium on Choral Music, and with recognized artists including Bobby McFerrin, Janis Siegel, Jon Hendricks, Darmon Meader, Mark Murphy, Don Shelton, and Bonnie Herman.

Dr. Zegree auditioned, arranged for and rehearsed Nick Lachey's "Team Lachey", the winning choir on NBC's "Clash Of The Choirs". He is the founder of The Steve Zegree Vocal Jazz Camp, held every summer at Western Michigan University.

Dr. Zegree's choral arrangements have been published by Hal Leonard, Warner Bros., Alfred Publications and Shawnee Press, and he has produced several recordings including Mark Murphy Sings the Nat King Cole Songbook, Vol. I and II, on Muse Records which received a Grammy Award nomination. His piano CD, "Steve Zegree and Friends" is released on the Sea Breeze Jazz label.

His widely praised recent book, The Wow Factor: How to Create It, Inspire It and Achieve It is published by Hal Leonard Music Publications