Judges and Staff
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Judges
Announcing the 2019 Season Judges!
First, Second and Final Round Judges:
Dr.Dan Kurland, Korrepetitor Staatstheater Hagen
Dr. Phillip Hill, University of Texas at El Paso
Dr. Minkyung Lee, Northwest Vista Community College, San Antonio
Nathan DePoint Austin Opera
Dr.Tamara Sanikidze, Butler Opera Center
Dr.Robert Desimone, Butler Opera Center
Prof. Darlene Wiley, Butler Opera Center
Stefan Sanders, Conductor, Central Texas Philharmonic, Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra, Spartenburg Philharmonic
Staff
Director, Butler School of Music
Conductor, Central Texas Philharmonic
Darlene Wiley
Executive Director, BOI
Robert DeSimone
Former Director, Butler Opera Center
Tamara Sanikidze
Music Director, BOI
Director of Butler Opera Center & Principle Opera Coach, Butler Opera Center
Associate Professor of Practice, Butler Opera Center
Assistant Director of Operations, Butler School of Music
Andy Stoltz
Recording Services Manager, Butler School of Music
Jenny Catchings
Communications Coordinator, Butler School of Music
Minkyung Lee
Assistant Professor, Northwest Vista College
Performance Librarian, Performance Library
Nathan Russell
Marketing Designer, Butler School of Music