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past adjudicators

2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2022 | 2024

2008

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Toshio Akiyama
Honorary President, Asia Pacific Band Directors Association
Honorary President, Japanese Band Directors Association

Japan

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Douglas Bostock 
Principal Conductor, Aargau Symphony Orchestra, Switzerland
Principal Guest Conductor, Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra

United Kingdom

 

Dennis Johnson
Past President, World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles
Director of Bands, Murray State University

United States of America

 

Simon Yau Yuen-Hing
Composer

Hong Kong

 

Surapol Thanyawibool
Music Director, Kasetsart University

Thailand

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Philip Tng
Senior Director of Music, Singapore Armed Forces Bands
Vice-President, Wind Bands Association of Singapore

Singapore

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Richard Adams
Head, Music Department
Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts

Singapore

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2010

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Virginia Allen
Associate Dean for Administration and past conducting Professor
The Juilliard School, USA

 

Bert Aalders
Past President, World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles
Board Member, Dutch Conductors Association

The Netherlands

 

Johan de Meij
Composer

The Netherlands

 

Kikuo Atarashi
Board Member, All Japan Band Association

Japan

 

Chen Qian
Composer, People’s Liberation Army

China

 

Surapol Thanyawibool
Music Director, Kasetsart University

Thailand

 

Richard Adams
Head, Music Department
Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts

Singapore

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2012

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Bert Aalders
President-Elect/ Past President, World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles
The Netherlands

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James Keene
University of Illinois School of Music Professor Emeritus
Past-President of the American Bandmasters Association, National Band Association, The Big Ten Band Directors Association
United States of America

 

Lin You Sheng
Resident Conductor, Shanghai Opera House
Council Member, China Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles
China

 

Philip Tng
Senior Director of Music, Singapore Armed Forces Bands
Singapore

 

Ralph Hultgren
Composer, Head of Open Conservatorium, Griffith University
Australia

 

Rosa Briceño
Board Member, World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles
Founding Member, Latin American Forum for Band and Orchestra Conductors
Venezuela

 

Yo Goto
Composer
Japan

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2014

 

Douglas Bostock
Principal Conductor, Aargau Symphony Orchestra, Switzerland
Principal Guest Conductor, Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra
United Kingdom
 
Bert Aalders
President-Elect / Past President, World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles
The Netherlands
 
Paula Crider
Professor Emeritus, The University of North Texas
United States of America
 
Ralph Hultgren
Composer, Head of Open Conservatorium, Griffith University
Australia
 
Richard Saucedo
Arranger and Composer
United States of America
 
Eiichi Toyama
Chairman, Japan High School Band Association
Japan
 
Masanori Fukuda
Music Director and Lecturer, Senzoku College of Music
Japan

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2016

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Douglas Bostock 

Music Director, Argovia Philharmonic, Switzerland
Guest Professor (Conducting) Tokyo University of the Arts

United Kingdom

 

Bert Aalders

President-Elect, World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles

The Netherlands

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Akira Toda

Composer

Japan

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Kana Aoshima

Euphonium Lecturer
Seitoku University

Japan

 

Philip Tng

Senior Director of Music, Singapore Armed Forces Bands

Singapore

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Paula Holcomb

Wind Ensemble Director / Professor for Conducting
State University of New York, Fredonia

United States of America

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2018

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Bert Aalders

President-Elect, World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles

The Netherlands

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Masanori Fukuda

Music Director and Lecturer, Senzoku College of Music

Japan

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Philip Tng

Senior Director of Music, Singapore Armed Forces Bands

Singapore

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Felix Hauswirth

Professor, Basel Conservatory

Switzerland

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Dennis Fisher

Professor, University of North Texas, College of Music

United States

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Ralph Hultgren

Composer, Head of Open Conservatorium, Griffith University

Australia

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2022

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Felix Hauswirth

Professor, Basel Conservatory

Switzerland

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Dennis Fisher

Professor, University of North Texas, College of Music

United States

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Surapol Thanyawibool

Lecturer, Kasetsart University 

Thailand

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Mark Suter

Head of Percussion, NAFA School of Music

Associate Principal, Singapore Symphony Orchestra

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Tan AIk Kee

Director of Music, Singapore Armed Forces Band

Singapore

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2024

Björn Bus

Artistic Manager, WMC

The Netherlands

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Colleen Richardson

Director, Coordinator of Bands and Wind Ensemble

Canada

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Mark Suter
Head of Percussion, NAFA School of Music

Associate Principal, Singapore Symphony Orchestra

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Masanori Fukuda

Music Director and Lecturer, Senzoku College of Music

Japan

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Philip Tng

Senior Director of Music, Singapore Armed Forces Bands

Singapore

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Surapol Thanyawibool
Lecturer, Kasetsart University 
Thailand

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