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National Panelists

Cinematic Arts

  • Kimberley Browning, Hollywood, CA, Producer and Filmmaker, Founder, Hollywood Shorts
  • Douglas Blush, Los Angeles, CA, Director, Editor and Cameraman, Owner, MadPix Inc.

 

Dance

  • DeLee Lively-Torti, Valley Glen, CA, Singer, Dancer, Actress, Grammy and Broadway Tony- Award Winner
  • Michael O'Hara, Miami Shores, FL, World-Class Irish Step Dancer; Instructor, Director, Breffini Academy of Irish Dance
  • Yanis  Pikieris, Miami, FL, Director; Choreographer; Gold Medal Winner, Moscow’s International Ballet Competition; Former Principal Dancer, Miami City Ballet and Artistic Director of Maximum Dance Company
  • Pat Graney, Seattle, WA, Contemporary Dancer, Choreographer, Director, The Pat Graney Company

 

Music

  • John Stevens, Madison, WI, Professor of Tuba and Euphonium, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Dennis Kam, Palmetto Bay, FL, Professor and Chair, Department of Music and Composition, University of Miami, Frost School of Music
  • Jeffrey Solow, Elkins Park, PA, International Soloist, Recitalist, Chamber Musician and Teacher
  • Marina Lomazov, Columbia, SC , Associate Professor of Piano at the University of South Carolina School of Music. Founder and Artistic Director of the Southeastern Piano Festival

 

Jazz

  • Jazz-Brass: Ronald McCurdy, Los Angeles, CA, Chairman, Jazz Studies Department and Professor of Music, Thorton School of Music, University of Southern California
  • Jazz-Woodwind: William Pierce, Roslindale, MA, Chair, Woodwinds, Berklee College of Music
  • Jazz-Piano: Ted Rosenthal, award-winning Pianist, faculty member of The Juilliard School and Manhattan School of Music

 

Photography

  • Jay Wolke, Chicago, IL, Associate Professor, Chair of the Art and Design Department, Columbia College Chicago
  • Joseph Tamargo, Miami, FL, Professor and Director, Photography Program, Miami Dade College

 

Theater

  • Vivienne Benesch, Brooklyn, NY, Actress, Director, Teacher and Artistic Director of Chautauqua Theater Company
  • Tina Marie Casamento, Brooklyn, NY, Broadway ActressKate W. Gelabert, Tallahassee, FL, Associate Professor, School of Theater, College of Visual Arts, Theater and Dance, Florida State University 
  • Kevin Carroll, New York, NY, Obie award-winning Actor

 

Visual Arts

  • Brigham Dimick, Edwardsville, IL, Associate Professor and head of Drawing, Department of Art and Design, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
  • Jean Shin, Visual Artist, YoungArts Alumna and 1990 Presidential Scholar in the ArtsEdouard Duval-Carrié, Miami, FL, Visual Artist, and Curator of The Global Caribbean Project 2009 
  • Donald Harvey, Cleveland Heights, OH, Visual Artist and Visiting Professor, Oberlin College

 

Voice

  • Eddye Pierce-Young, New York, NY, Lyric Soprano, Music Faculty, Sara Lawrence College
  • Wayne Sanders, New York, NY, Musical Director and co-founder, Opera Ebony, Voice Faculty Sara Lawrence College
  • Elisabeth Sheldon, Duxbury, MA, Voice Faculty, Boston Conservatory, Artistic Director, Vermont Vocal Arts Institute Julie Silvera, Miramar, FL, Singer, Actress and Teacher, American Heritage School

 

Writing

  • Robert Van Wagoner, Concrete, WA, NovelistBrett Paesel, Los Angeles, CA, Non-fiction and Television Writer
  • Sarah Stanley, Los Angeles, CA, Screenwriter, Playwright, Singer, SongwriterGailmarie Pahmeier, Reno, NV, Teacher of Creative Writing and Contemporary Literature, University of Nevada 

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