Engineer, artist, dad, husband.

Alan Mills is all of these things. As an artist, he works in two mediums: film photography and music. Alan has said he, "was raised in a band room," and he therefore grew up with fondness of jazz music. That love of jazz and of the black and white images on the album covers both continue to inspire Alan's art.

Luke grew up surrounded by music. His dad always had music playing, introducing Luke to pop, rock, country, and more. When he was 8, his mom encouraged him to take up the drums and he started learning the guitar at 12.

Now, he plays both piano and guitar, sings, loops with his guitar, and is working on learning both the violin and saxophone.

A multi-talented singer/songwriter, Pheenix started singing while listening to the radio with his mom. He later joined the church choir, and then became the lead singer in the church's youth band. He performed in youth and school bands and choirs and continued to write music and poetry.

Pheenix learned to play the guitar and has a broad range of musical influences, from the Beatles and Smokey Robinson, to Nas and Mos Def. He has written in a number of genres, taught himself to rap while improving his guitar style, and then explored beat making.

Acoustic Eidolon: "Acoustic," an instrument without amplification. "Eidolon," an unsubstantial image, a phantom.

Acoustic Eidolon is no phantom. Instead this duo is very real musicians who first played together in 1998 and instantly created magic. Joe Scott plays double-neck guitjo (more on that later), and Hannah Alkire plays cello. Both musicians sing and compose, and together they create a truly magical sound.

Jazz vocalist Kenneth Seabrook has performed all over the Sunshine State. Originally from Georgia, Kenneth started singing in gospel choirs and quartets. He studied classical voice and earned a music scholarship to Florida A&M University.

Kenneth has performed at many of the best jazz clubs from Miami to Jacksonville. His styling and phrasing has been described as "traditional, yet hip."

Syr (pronounced "sire" and meaning "sir") was founded by Kyle MacCallum who wanted to blend the heritage of the Celtic nations with a contemporary musical style.

The group. from Columbia South Carolina, combines the talents of five professional musicians to create songs that have the power to move audiences with their driving and melodic compositions, and themes of love, victory, loss, and battles.

Jamison combines the dynamism of foot-stomping Irish reels with fresh melodies and lyrics, mixed with reggae, pop, and rock. They play well-known covers in their own, high-energy style, and also perform original compositions.

The members of Jamison are Frank Daly on vocals, acoustic guitar, tin whistle, and mandolin; John O'Callaghan on vocals, electric guitar, tin whistle, and mandolin; Sean Hick on electric guitar and vocals; Alice Marie on fiddle, viola, and vocals; and Dave Lynd on bass moog pedals, and vocals.

The Steel City Rovers, from Hamilton, Ontario, seem to have as much fun on the stage performing as do the folks in their audiences.

The Rovers are Mark Fletcher, who performs on a number of instruments (Scottish smallpipes, mandola, accordion, and Irish whistle), lead vocalist Ryan McKenna, Joel McKenna on guitar and vocals, Dave Neigh on fiddle, Dave Gould on drums and percussion, and a number of fine musicians who sit in at various locations.

What happens when young Suzuki-trained string musicians are encouraged to explore music beyond the traditional classic repertoire? They stretch, grow, and learn to create arrangements specifically for their ensemble — and they share their talents with audiences in the U.S. and Europe.

Vivace, formed each year since 2009, consists of the best students from the senior classes of the Suzuki schools in Connecticut's Westport and Orange Counties. These students auditioned to join this select and unique touring ensemble.

Emmet Cahill, an award-winning tenor who was formerly with Celtic Thunder, has performed in more than 80 cities in North America — including at St. Augustine's annual Celtic Music and Heritage Festival.

Emmet has opened the New York St. Patrick's Day Parade, and his debut at New York's Carnegie Hall was a sold out performance. Emmet, originally from County Westmeath in Ireland, performs with orchestras and ensembles and also takes the stage alone with his guitar.