The following expert bassoonists have generously agreed to be judges for the 2012 BCMCC.

Carolyn Beck
University of Redlands

Michael Burns
UNCG School of Music
Yamaha Artist

Jefferson Campbell
University of Minnesota Duluth

Cynthia Cioffari
University of Akron
Columbus Symphony Orchestra

Monica Ellis
Imani Winds

Judith Farmer
University of Southern California

Lynn Hileman
West Virginia University
Dark in the Song

Jeffrey McCray
University of Nebraska

Kathleen McLean
Indiana University
Yamaha Artist

Maya Stone
Bowling Green State University

Previous Judges include:

Benjamin Coelho
The University of Iowa, School of Music

Kristin Wolfe Jensen
The University of Texas at Austin
Meg Quigley Vivaldi Competition – co-founder and director

Benjamin Kamins
Rice University, Shepherd School of Music
Music Academy of the West
Houston Symphony Orchestra – former principal

Nicolasa Kuster
University of the Pacific, Conservatory of Music
Meg Quigley Vivaldi Competition – co-founder and director
Stockton Symphony Orchestra
Pacific Arts Woodwind Quintet

Dr. Jeffrey Lyman
The University of Michigan, School of Music, Theatre and Dance

Christopher Millard
National Arts Centre Orchestra
University of Ottawa
Northwestern University

Stephen Paulson
San Francisco Symphony
San Francisco Conservatory of Music