Charles Edward Argersinger was born on October 15, 1951, in Schenectady, New York.

He was an American musician, composer, and educator. He attended Arizona State University, earning his bachelor’s and then, in 1977, his master’s degree in music. During his college years, he played saxophone in a rock band called Christopher Blue. In the late 1970s, he moved to Minneapolis so that he could study at the University of Minnesota with composer Dominick Argento. After completing his doctorate, Argersinger went on to teach at California State Bakersfield, DePaul University, and finally, Washington State University (WSU), where he served as coordinator of composition and theory as well as professor of jazz keyboards until 2009. The WSU Festival of Contemporary Art Music, which he founded in 1989, reflects his commitment to the continued life of classical music. He held residencies at Yaddo and Wolf Trap, travelled to the Montreux Jazz Festival as the first director of jazz studies at DePaul, and spent summers teaching at the Interlochen Center for the Arts. In his classical compositions, Argersinger aimed for, in his own words, “an equilibrium of intellect, emotion, and intuition,” and he identified Bartók and Stravinsky as key influences. Among recognitions of his music were a first prize for a brass fanfare for the 50th anniversary of the United Nations, a commission from the king of Thailand, a recording of his Concerto for Piano and Chamber Orchestra by members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Contemporary Chamber Players of the University of Chicago, and two CDs of his jazz compositions and arrangements. As a jazz pianist, he was a regular at Rico’s in Pullman and other venues, both local and national.

In 1977, he married Jana Jennison. He died on April 16, 2013, in Pullman, Washington.

Darcy James Argue was born on May 23, 1975, in Vancouver, British Columbia.

He is a Canadian jazz composer and bandleader known for his work with his 18-piece ensemble, Secret Society. He studied at McGill University, Montreal, Quebec (1993–1998), and, in 2000, he moved to the U.S. to study composition at the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, Massachusetts, with jazz composer Bob Brookmeyer. In 2003, Argue moved to Brooklyn, New York. In 2005, he founded Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, an 18-piece big band. In 2009, they released the first studio album. “Infernal Machines,” and received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album and a Juno Award nomination in Canada for Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year. It was recognized multiple times in the Down Beat magazine Critics' Poll and included on annual lists at The New York Times, NPR, The Wall Street Journal, Paste, and the Ottawa Citizen. The Society's second album, “Brooklyn Babylon” (2013), received Grammy and Juno Award nominations. It won the top positions for Arranger and Big Band in the 2013 Down Beat Critics' Poll and was named Best Album of 2013 by The New Republic. Their third album, "Real Enemies" (2016), created as part of a multimedia performance, received another Grammy nomination for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album. In September 2023, the Society released their fourth album, “Dynamic Maximum Tension,” and received the group's fourth Grammy nomination for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album.

Argue is the recipient of grants and fellowships from New Music USA, the Aaron Copland Fund for Music, the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, the Canada Council for the Arts, and the MacDowell Colony.

George John Douglas Campbell, 8th and 1st Duke of Argyll, styled Marquess of Lorne until 1847, was born on April 30, 1823, in Ardencaple Castle, Dunbartonshire, Scotland.

He was a Scottish peer and polymath who succeeded his father to become the eighth Duke of Argyll in 1847 and went on to a career as a Liberal politician under both Prime Minister Palmerston (as Privy Seal 1852-55 & 1859-66 and Postmaster General 1855-58) and Prime Minister Gladstone (as Secretary of State for India). He broke with Gladstone in 1881 on the latter's idea of home rule for Ireland.

He is best known, however, for his extensive writings on science, theology, economy, and politics. Topics ranged from fossils (one of his tenants on the isle of Mull found fossilized leaves embedded with basalt lava) to the principles of bird flight (with hopes of advancing artificial flying machines). He also wrote about his opposition to Darwin's theories.

His work as an amateur scientist garnered him the role of president of various scientific societies, including the Geological Society of London and numerous honorary abbreviations after his name. He also served as Chancellor of St. Andrews University and then as Rector of the University of Glasgow.

He died on April 24, 1900, in Inveraray Castle, Argyll, Scotland.

John George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll, son of Duke of Argyll, George Douglas Campbell (1823-1900), was born on August 6, 1845, in London, England.

He was the 4th Governor General of Canada. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy, Eton College, St. Andrews University and Trinity College, Cambridge University, as well as at the National Art Training School. For ten years before coming to Canada, Lorne travelled throughout North and Central America, writing travel literature and poetry. In the UK, he represented, from 1868, the constituency of Argyllshire as a Liberal Member of Parliament in the House of Commons. He was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant of the part-time 1st Argyll and Bute Artillery Volunteers in 1866. He gave up the position in the 1880s but was appointed the unit's Honorary Colonel in 1900. He served as the 4th Governor General of Canada from 25 November 1878 to 23 October 1883. At age 33, he was Canada's youngest governor-general. He and Princess Louise made many lasting contributions to Canadian society, especially in the field of arts and sciences. They encouraged the establishment of the Royal Society of Canada, the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, and the National Gallery of Canada, even selecting some of its first paintings. Campbell was involved in the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway and other projects, such as a hospital for British Columbia. He was intensely interested in Canada and Canadians. He travelled throughout the country, encouraging the establishment of numerous institutions, and met with First Nations and other Canadians from all walks of life. At Rideau Hall, he and Princess Louise hosted many social functions, including numerous ice skating and tobogganing parties as well as balls, dinners, and state occasions. His small collection of First Nations artifacts was purchased by the British Museum in 1887. He was Governor and Constable of Windsor Castle from 1892 to 1914 and he sat as MP for Manchester South from 1895 until the death of his father on 24 April 1900, when he succeeded as 9th and 2nd Duke of Argyll. He and Princess Louise lived at Kensington Palace until his death in 1914. In 1883, he published the book "Memories of Canada and Scotland."

In 1871, he married Queen Victoria's fourth daughter, Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll. He died from pneumonia on May 2, 1914, in Cowes, England.

Angel Blanco was born in 1978 in Monterrey, Mexico.

He is a Mexican guitarist and musical researcher. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree with honours in Music from Bishop's University and has three postgraduate degrees from the prestigious McGill University in Canada. He stands out for his career as a guitarist and promoter of avant-garde performance techniques within the acoustic and electric guitars, as well as his incursions into electronics and vocal-percussive experimentation. He has performed in forums and universities in North America, Germany, Peru and the Caribbean, including the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico, the Fórum Internacional de las Culturas in Monterrey, the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, the State University of New York, the Center for New Music in San Francisco, Queen's University in Canada and the Museo de Bellas Artes in Havana, Cuba. He has received several grants from Mexico and Canada's public institutions, e.g. ICOCULT, FONCA and McGill University, including the highly competitive Recording Production Grant from the state of Nuevo Leon's Ministry of Culture (CONARTE).

Born Hyman Arluck in Buffalo, New York, the child of a Jewish cantor, he learned to play the piano as a youth, and formed a band as a young man. He achieved local success as a pianist and singer before moving to New York City in his early twenties, where he worked as an accompanist in vaudeville and changed his name to Harold Arlen. Between 1926 and about 1934, Arlen appeared occasionally as a band vocalist on records by artists, among others Eddie Duchin.

In 1929, Arlen composed his first well-known song: "Get Happy" (with lyrics by Ted Koehler). Throughout the early and mid-1930s, Arlen and Koehler wrote shows for the Cotton Club, a popular Harlem night club, as well as for Broadway musicals and Hollywood films. Arlen and Koehler's partnership resulted in a number of hit songs, including the familiar standards like "Stormy Weather.”

In the mid-1930s, Arlen married, and spent increasing time in California, writing for movie musicals. He began working with lyricist E. Y. "Yip" Harburg and in 1938, the team was hired by MGM to compose songs for The Wizard of Oz, the most famous of which is "Over the Rainbow", for which they won the Academy Award for Best Music, Original Song. He also wrote "The Man That Got Away”, both defining songs of Judy Garland's career.

In the 1940s, Arlen teamed up with lyricist Johnny Mercer, and continued to write hit songs like "That Old Black Magic", "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive", and "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)."

Arlen died in 1986 of cancer at his Manhattan apartment at the age of eighty-one. Shortly before his death, Arlen adopted the 22 year old adult son of his brother Julius "Jerry" Arluck, so that his estate would have an heir in order to extend his copyright. Samuel Arlen runs the company that owns the rights to the Arlen catalog.