Lori Gray Muligano

Lori is a wonderful pianist and creative artist who has always loved music.  Growing up in a home where her mother played piano professionally, Lori started taking piano lessons at the age of four and has been playing piano professionally for over 25 years. Although Lori is a classically-trained pianist and musician, she has always enjoyed playing her own style. As a child and young adult, she spent many hours playing her own songs in her own style on the piano after her "required" practicing was over. Lori's passion has always been to help and inspire people through music. She does this as a teacher, a music therapist, a composer and as a performer!

John Hegner

John Hegner is an accomplished musician, composer, songwriter, producer, and recording engineer. He owns and operates Starbell Hatchery Recording Studio in Harvard, IL. Hegner began his journey in music with piano lessons at age 6 and composed his first song at age 12. He attended High School at the renowned Interlochen Center for the Arts in Michigan. John continued his musical training at Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, and Berklee College of Music in Boston.

After college he was hired as staff composer at Editel Teleproductions in Boston, Massachussetts and later freelanced under the name Monster Music for three years. Moving to New York City, he operated John Hegner Music for the next ten years. He recently returned to McHenry County to make his home and studio in rural Woodstock. John’s extensive background in music has given him the chance to work with a numerous commercial clients including: Reebok, John Hancock Insurance, Cellular One, Digital Equipment Corporation, New England Telephone, RE/MAX International, Lotus Development, Jiffy Lube, NASA, K-Mart, Discovery Channel, Bloomberg, WGN, WNBC, KCBS, KHOU, and WGBH. John composed the score for the feature film, Macbeth in Manhattan, directed by Greg Lombardo, and for the short feature, Caught in Time, directed by Abigail Zealey-Bess.

Tricia Alexander

Tricia Alexander is an award-winning performing and healing artist with a 30-year history in community arts development and individual creativity and self expression. She stepped onto the Reiki path in 1991, using Reiki in her concerts and after school programs (in the USA and Britain). She is also a Reiki Master / Teacher (Usui lineage) and a BodyTalk Practitioner. Her private practice takes her into homes, hospitals and assisted living facilities. She has office hours in Cary.

"With a voice as big as her heart, Tricia fuses all parts of life into one harmonic whole. Fine musician, fine human being." Kathryn Morski, Delta Area Folk Traditions (MI)