The judges for the Charles A. Lynam Competition are renowned conductors, stage directors, administrators, teachers, and/or singers.  Below is a partial list of this year's judges, as well as those who have judged in past years.
2008

-Darren Keith Woods, General Director, Fort Worth Opera, Artistic Director, Seagle Music Colony
-Kyle Marrero, Artistic Director, Pensacola Opera; Directing Staff, Des Moines Metro Opera Apprentice Program
-Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Conductor/Music Director, Greensboro Symphony
-Katherine Ciesinski, Acclaimed American Mezzo-soprano; Faculty, Eastman School of Music
-Evans Mirageas, Artistic Director, Cincinnati Opera

2007

- Louis Burkot, Artistic Director, Opera North; Faculty: Dartmouth College
- Gwendolyn Jones, Renowned Mezzo-Soprano
- Steven Daigle, Artistic Director, Ohio Light Opera; Faculty: Eastman School of Music
- Robert Galbraith, Founding Artistic Director, The Opera Company of North Carolina
- John Fowler, Metropolitan Opera Tenor, Faculty: Winthrop University
- Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Music Director/Conductor, Greensboro Symphony

2006

- Darren Keith Woods, General Director, Fort Worth Opera, Artistic Director, Seagle Music Colony
- Anthony Dean Griffey, International Tenor
- Libby Larsen, Acclaimed American Composer - commissioned by the UNCG Opera Theatre to write Picnic
- Arlene Shrut, Founder and Artistic Director, New Triad for Collaborative Arts; Faculty: Juilliard School of Music
- John Douglas, Director, Lake George Opera Apprentice Program; Faculty: Temple University
- Robert Gailbraith, Founding Artistic Director, The Opera Company of North Carolina

2005

- Darren Keith Woods, General Director, Fort Worth Opera, Artistic Director, Seagle Music Colony
- William McGraw, Operatic Baritone, Faculty: Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
- Mark Clark, Author: The Guide to Aria Repertoire and Singing Acting and Movement in Opera; Faculty: ULM
- Rhonda Overman, Artistic Administrator, Winston-Salem Symphony
- Robert Thieme, Co-Artistic Director, American Institute of Musical Studies; Facutly: West Virginia University
- Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Music Director/Conductor, Greensboro Symphony

 

 

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