Dr. Mallgrave is an internationally recognized scholar of architectural theory. He has published three books on Gottfried Semper including Gottfried Semper: Architect of the Nineteenth Century. Six other books as well as many monographs on architectural theory have earned him several awards and lecture tours internationally. He received his Ph.D. in Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania and presently is Associate Professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology.

Dr. Jerry Wong studied under Menahem Pressler, Ann Schein and Byron Janis. He has taught at The Juilliard School and Manhattan School of Music. Frequently sought for his lectures and recitals, he has performed in the Opera City Hall in Tokyo, the Weill Recital Hall in New York City, and The National Gallery of Art in Washington. He graduated from Indiana University, the Peabody Conservatory and has his doctoral degree of musical arts from the Manhattan School of Music.