Many thanks to the adjudicators of the

Rochester Music Guild 2010 Scholarship Competition

Piano division
Pianist Owen Lovell joined the UW-Eau Claire music faculty in Fall 2008, having previously served on the keyboard faculties of Texas State University and the University of Texas – San Antonio.  He has appeared as a soloist, accompanist, chamber musician, and new music advocate in 12 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Canada, Mexico, and the Netherlands.  Dr. Lovell maintains a two-piano collaboration with Immin Chung Poser and performs as “Duo Paradox” with violinist Lynn Ledbetter on a regular basis.  He holds performance degrees from the Peabody Conservatory and the University of Texas at Austin.  Visit www.owenlovell.com for more information about Dr. Lovell.

Strings division
Cellist David Carter is Professor of Music at St. Olaf College. He holds degrees from the University of Minnesota, Indiana University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Though legally blind as a result of the retinal disease choroideremia, Dr. Carter maintains an active performing and teaching schedule. He is cellist of the Melius Trio, Artistic Director of the Bridge Chamber Music Festival, and recently served as Cello Editor for the Minnesota String Teachers Association newsletter, StringNotes. Dr. Carter has served as Principal Cellist of the Wichita Symphony, performing as soloist with that ensemble in addition to the Minnesota Orchestra and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra.

Voice division

Mezzo-soprano, Susan Druck is an active soloist in oratorio, chamber music, concert and opera, and has been teaching voice for the past 35 years. Recent performances include: Bach’s B-Minor Mass, St. Matthew Passion and St. John Passion, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde, Verdi’s Requiem, Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius and Sea Pictures, Handel’s Messiah, and numerous Bach cantatas. Recently Susan performed the role of Mercedes with the Minnesota Orchestra in the Sommerfest production of Carmen. She has also been featured as a soloist with The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Chicago Chorale, VocalEssence, The Lyra Consort, Dale Warland Singers, the St. Mark’s Music Series, and the Minneapolis Pops Orchestra. A Metropolitan Opera audition winner, she has sung such varied roles as Suzuki in Madame Butterfly, Jocasta in Oedipus Rex, the Princess in Suor Angelica, and the title role in Carmen. Susan has performed at the Oregon Bach Festival for the past 12 years, both as a soloist and as a member of the professional chorus.  Ms. Druck holds a graduate degree in vocal performance from the University of Iowa and serves on the music faculty of Augsburg College in Minneapolis.

Deborah Carbaugh,is a native of western New York and is well known as a concert soloist in the Twin Cities area.  She holds a Master of Music degree in vocal performance from State University of New York at Fredonia and has performed extensively in the western New York area, including solo appearances with Buffalo Philharmonic, Rochester Philharmonic, and Erie Philharmonic.  A Metropolitan Opera district winner, she has performed roles with numerous opera companies, among them Pittsburgh Chamber Opera, Syracuse Opera, and Artpark Opera. She is currently a member of the voice faculty at Hamline University and teaches private voice at Wayzata High School. Deborah is a section leader with both Minnesota Chorale and the choir of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Minneapolis.  She has appeared frequently as a soloist with Minnetonka Choral Society, Rochester Symphony Orchestra, Oratorio Society, and Minneapolis Pops Orchestra.

Winds division

Dr. Matt Hafar is on the faculty of Rochester Community and Technical College, where he teaches music theory, world music, appreciation, and the brass studio. He is a graduate of St. Olaf College and holds the masters in trombone performance and the doctorate in theory from the University of Iowa. For the past 20 years, Dr. Hafar has been teaching theory and brass at colleges in Iowa, North Carolina, Colorado, and now, Rochester. He is an active performer and adjudicator, including positions with the Winston-Salem Symphony, the Carolina Waits, Halcyon Brass and many others. For several years he was an adjudicator for the Omega Psi Phi Talent Hunt in North Carolina, a large scholarship program in the southeast U.S., as well as for teachers’ organizations in Colorado and Iowa.