past adjudicators
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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