Jury
Adam Birnbaum
2004 American Pianists Awards winner
Phil DeGreg
Professor of Jazz Studies at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
Matthew Fries
winner of the Great American Jazz Piano Competition
Jeff Hellmer
Professor of Jazz Studies, University of Texas at Austin
Tamir Hendelman
pianist
Scott Routenberg
Award-winning composer, arranger, jazz pianist and orchestrator
John Salmon
Professor of piano at University of North Carolina at Greensboro & 1983 American Pianists Awards winner
Brent Wallarab
Co-Founder and Conductor, Buselli Wallarab Jazz Orchestra & Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music