Jury
Adam Birnbaum
2004 American Pianists Awards winner
Stanley Cowell
Professor Emeritus of Jazz Piano at Rutgers-Mason Gross School of the Arts and Steinway Artist.
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
Chris Mees
Founder and president of B Natural, Inc., a booking and management agency based in NYC.
Renee Rosnes
Jazz pianist and composer. Music Director for ARTEMIS.
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
Helen Sung
Pianist and composer.
Will Wakefield
Senior Director of A&R at Mack Avenue Records.
Brent Wallarab
Co-Founder and Conductor, Buselli Wallarab Jazz Orchestra & Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music