Meredith Willson (1902-1984) was a popular composer, songwriter, and musician best known for Meredith Willson's The Music Man and for composing the music for The Unsinkable Molly Brown. He is author of And There I Stood with My Piccolo and "But He Doesn't Know the Territory" The Story Behind "Meredith Willson's The Music Man," both published by the University of Minnesota Press.

Mark Cabaniss is a music publisher, broadcaster, producer, speaker, ASCAP award-winning composer, and the national bestselling author of Miracle of The Music Man: The Classic American Story of Meredith Willson.