- American Folk Instruments – Ben Valine
- guitar, banjo, mandolin, ukelele, fiddle
- Bassoon – Briana O’Connell
- Cello – Thomas Rosenberg, Greg Byers
- Chinese Musical Instruments – Gao Hong
- Plucked: pipa, luiqin, guzheng, sanxian, yangqin, zhongruan, guqin
- Bowed: erhu, zhonghu
- Wind: dizi, xiao, hulusi
- Clarinet – Nina Olsen
- Classical String Bass – Charles Block
- Electric & Acoustic Bass – Travis Schilling
- Flute – Charles Gibb
- French Horn – Gwen Anderson
- Guitar – Ben Valine
- Harp – Elinor Niemisto
- Harpsichord – Janean Hall
- Jazz and Blues Guitar – Zacc Harris
- Jazz Improvisation – Laura Caviani
- Jazz Piano – Laura Caviani
- Oboe & English Horn – Merilee Klemp
- Organ – Janean Hall
- Oud – Yaron Klein
- Percussion – Dave Schmalenberger
- Piano – Loren Fishman, Matthew McCright, Nicola Melville, Marcia Widman
- Raga – David Whetstone
- Saxophone – Christopher Thomson
- Sitar – David Whetstone
- Trombone/Euphonium – Joshua Becker
- Trumpet – Jonathan Brandt
- Tuba – Joshua Becker
- Violin and Viola – Hector Valdivia, Natalia Moiseeva, Susan Crawford
- Voice – Rick Penning, Matthew Olson, Melissa Holm-Johansen, Julia Forcella