Liang Chai - String Department Chair, China Central Conservatory of Music

Stephen Clapp - Emeritus Dean, Juilliard School of Music

Laura Klugherz - Professor of Music, Colgate University

Nicholas Mann - Chair of String Department, Manhattan School of Music

Anne Akiko Meyers - Professor of Violin, University of Texas at Austin

Valentin Zhuk - Concertmaster, Dutch Radio Symphony Orchestra, Professor of Violin, Sweelinck  Conservatory

Pre-Selection Judges

Hasse Borup - Assistant Professor of Violin/Chamber Music, Utah University School of Music

Dr. Judd Sheranian - Utah Symphony Member