Gunther Shuller*, composer and conductor, Newton Center, MA (chair)

Muhal Richard Abrams, pianist composer, president of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, New York

Christopher Rouse*, faculty, The Juilliard School, New York

Mark Swed, music critic, Los Angeles Times

David Zinman, music director, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich and the Aspen Musical Festival and School