Celebration of the Amateur Pianist &
 Rocky Mountain Amateur Piano Competition
2006 Members, Sponsors & Friends Judges & Recitalists
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3rd Competition 2003 2nd Competition 2002 1st Competition 2000
4th 2004 Competition 2005 Celebration
The 2007 Celebration of the Amateur Pianist
August 7-12, 2007
Colorado Springs, CO

Jury Panel:
All Rounds


Seymour Bernstein (New York City):
Adjunct Associate Professor of Music and Music Education at New York University, composer, private teacher, author, clinician, guest artist and international juror.

Joy Kiszley (Ardmore, Pennsylvania):
Co-founder and Director of the Main Line Conservatory of Music, master teacher, coach and international lecturer.

Kelly Zuercher (Colorado Springs, Colorado):
Principal pianist of the Colorado Springs Philharmonic, soloist, chamber musician, composer and arranger.

Final Round Only

Yakov Kasman (Moscow, Russia; Birmingham, Alabama):
Professor of Piano and Artist-in-Residence at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, international recitalist, competition prizewinner, recording artist.

Maestro Thomas Wilson (Colorado Springs, Colorado):
Music Director of the Chamber Orchestra of the Springs; Associate Conductor of the Colorado Springs Philharmonic; Cover Conductor for the New York-based pops show, Symphonic Night at the Movies; music faculties of Colorado College and the Colorado Springs Conservatory.
 

Professional Jury

Press Jury
Susan Cable
Karine Garibova
Fred Karpoff
Crystal Lee
Yakov Kasman
Maestro Thomas Wilson
Mark Arnest

Awards Ceremony  & Celebratory Dinner at Garden of the Gods Club