Mistress Jadwiga Krzyzanowska has been playing music from an early age. She is a skilled player of the shawm, recorders, viola da gamba and keyboard. She plays European music from the 12th century to the beginning of the 17th century. She is especially interested in music from Poland during that time. She started the event, St. Cecilia at the Tower. She is a regular player of dance music, and part of The Pentamere Waits, The Cynnbar Collegium, and the band Psallite.

Monique Rio is a software developer at University of Michigan Library and mom of two kids. She has a few Early Music projects. Her blog: Blow Thy Horn and her music transcription project: St. Cecilia Press