Brydie-Leigh Bartleet is director of the Queensland Conservatorium Research Centre and deputy director (research) and associate professor at the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University, Australia.

Melissa Cain is a researcher and lecturer in Arts education at Griffith University, Australia.

Diana Tolmie is lecturer and researcher in music education at the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University, Australia.

Anne Power is associate professor in education at the University of Western Sydney, Australia.

Mari Shiobara is professor of music education and head of the Department of Music Education and Early Childhood Education at Kunitachi College of Music in Tokyo, Japan.