Dominick D’Imperio received his BA in Music at SUNY Oneonta and his Masters in Music Education from the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam. While completing these, Dominick learned to play most band instruments, but has always sung. Dominick has been an instrumentalist and singer in several pop/rock grouops during this time, and also is an avid composer, arranger and songwriter in many styles of music. Presently, Dominick teaches in New York public schools, where he inspires musical creativity in students in the vocal ensembles he directs, instilling in them a sense of style and structure, and how to use this in their own creative efforts.

Paul Carter is a theorist, a composer/arranger, and an educator who plays several instruments and sings. He has playing experience in many styles including pop, rock, jazz, folk and classical, but his major interest is the teaching of music theory and musicianship. Carter is an Associate Professor at SUNY Oneonta, has taught music for 30 years at six undergraduate institutions and has had hundreds of private piano students, many of whom play music professionally today. He holds the Ph.D. in Music Theory and writes about Pop-Rock Music and its pedagogy. Dr. Carter founded and directs the college’s a cappella group “Hooked on Tonics.”