L'Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal

PRELIMINARIES

Woodwinds category:

• Theodore Baskin, Principal Oboe, OSM
• Robert Crowley, Principal Clarinet, OSM
• Pascale Labrie, Executive Producer for Espace musique, Radio-Canada
• Stéphane Lévesque, Principal Bassoon, OSM (Winner of the OSM Competition
  in 1994)

Brass category:

• James Box, Principal Trombone, OSM
• Denys Derome, Associate Horn, OSM (Winner of the OSM Competition in 1996)
• Russell Devuyst, Associate Trumpet, OSM
• Dennis Miller, Principal Tuba, OSM

• Michael McMahon, Pianist and Vocal coach, Professor at the Schulich School of Music of the McGill University
• Donna Brown, Soprano

SEMI-FINALS and FINALS

Please note that juges from the semifinals are also part of the jury for the finals.

President of the jury:

• Welz Kauffman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Ravinia Festival
  in Chicago

Jury for the semi-finales, woodwinds category

• James Campbell, Clarinet soloist and Professor at the Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University
• Louise Pellerin, Oboist and Professor at the Hochschule for the Arts in Zurich 

Jury for the semi-finals, brass category:

• Jens Lindemann, Trumpetist, Lead Trumpet of the Canadian Brass from 1996 to 2001 and Professor at the University of California in Los Angeles
• Alain Trudel, Trombonist, Music director of the Orchestre symphonique de Laval and Conductor of the CBC Radio Orchestra

Jury for the semi-finals, voice category:

• Richard Turp, Artistic Director of the André-Turp Musical Society and co-Founder of the Canadian Vocal Arts Institute
• Françoise Pollet, Soprano and Professor at Conservatoire national supérieur musique et danse in Lyon

Jury for the finals, woodwinds, brass and voice categories:

• Jean-Pierre Brossmann,  Former General Manager of the Théâtre du Châtelet from 1998 to 2006
• Kent Nagano, Musical Director of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal
• Renata Scotto*, soprano and teacher at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia

* Voice finales only

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