- Ralph Shapey, founder/music director laureate
- Shulamit Ran, artistic director
- Pacifica Quartet, resident ensemble
- eighth blackbird, resident ensemble
- Cliff Colnot, conductor
- Rebekah Boyer, exclusive artist
- University of Chicago Presents
- The University of Chicago Department of Music
Collaborators, Past & Present
- Leny Andrade, vocalist
- Anima Children’s Choir
- Tony Arnold, soprano
- Alison Attar, harp
- Grazyna Auguscik, singer and composer
- Patricia Barber, pianist, vocalist, and composer
- Julia Bentley, mezzo-soprano
- Jarek Bester, accordion
- Amy Briggs, pianist
- Stephen Burns, trumpet
- Anthony Cheung, piano
- Chicago Children’s Choir
- Choral Thunder, vocal ensemble
- Dave Douglas, trumpet
- Rinde Eckert, actor/singer/librettist/director
- David Fulmer, conductor
- Stephen Gosling, piano
- Sharon Harms, soprano
- Harris Theater for Music and Dance
- Nina Heebink, mezzo-soprano
- Hilliard Ensemble, vocal ensemble
- Hiromi, jazz pianist and composer
- Julieanne Klein, soprano
- Joe Locke, vibraphone and composer
- Steven Mackey, composer
- Jason Marsalis, vibraphone
- Brad Mehldau, piano
- Susanne Mentzer, mezzo-soprano
- Museum of Contemporary Art
- Nico Muhly, composer
- Mary Nessinger, voice
- Chris Potter, saxophone
- Marta Ptaszynska, composer
- Roosevelt University, Chicago College of Performing Arts
- Masumi Per Rostad, viola
- Jeremy Ruthrauff, saxophone
- John Sampen, saxophone
- David Schrader, harpsichord
- Lucy Shelton, soprano
- Marilyn Shrude, composer
- Abraham Stockman, piano
- Kotoka Suzuki, composer
- Yang Wei, pipa
- Kenny Werner, piano
- Agata Zubel, soprano