Jennifer Stewart Norris directs the University of Georgia String Project. A former public school orchestra director, Mrs. Norris has taught at Clarke Central High School, Clarke Middle School, Collins Hill High School, and Duluth Middle School. Her teaching career began as a UGA School of Music student, employed by the UGA Pre-College Music Program (now known as the UGA Community Music School). Mrs. Norris holds both Bachelor and Master of music education degrees from the University of Georgia. Prior to college, she studied at Miss Porter's School in Farmington, CT. Mrs.

Heather Gozdan-Bynum received her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Clarinet Performance and Pedagogy from the University of Iowa. She worked in the Acquisitions Department of the UGA Main Library prior to becoming an Academic Advisor in 2023.

Her undergraduate degree is in Music Performance from Bowling Green State University and she earned a Master of Music with a related field in Musicology from the University of North Texas. Originally from Ohio, Heather now lives in Athens with her husband Josh and rescue pup Dunkin.