Composer, violist, stealth pianist, mad computer scientist, bridge Life Master, occasional technophobe and general rabble-rouser. Somehow he earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Nebraska—Lincoln under Clark Potter. One time he helped start a chamber orchestra. Then the U.K. granted him a visa for “Exceptional Talent” and he lived in Oxford for a while with his wife, Kathleen.  Until recently, Dr. Crosmer wrote software for factories at QAD Redzone, but now he is enrolled at Washington University School of Law in St. Louis.

Originally from Eldorado, Illinois, Dr. Madeline Rogers earned a Master of Music from Indiana University Jacobs School of Music as a student of André Watts, and a Doctorate in Musical Arts from the University of Nebraska with Dr. Paul Barnes. Rogers is a recurring scholar at Brahmshaus Baden-Baden, Germany, where she researched the late music of Brahms and performed recitals in 2022 and 2024. Rogers previously taught applied and collaborative piano as an Artist-Faculty member at the Omaha Conservatory of Music and is currently Assistant Professor of Keyboard Studies at Berea College.