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Competition Judges

The OHMI Competition is judged by an independent panel of experts in the fields of performance and engineering, many of whom have 'lived experience' of physical disability.

Previous OHMI Competition judges include:

Adrian Anantawan

Adrian is a Canadian-born violinist. He uses an adapted bow holder due to a limb difference on his right hand.  He is currently Chair of the Milton Academy in Boston, USA.

​Alison Balsom OBE​

Alison is one of the world's greatest classical trumpeters and is a Patron of the OHMI Trust.

Dr Andrew McPherson​

Andrew is a Reader in Digital Media at Queen Mary University of London. He leads the Augmented Instruments Laboratory, which is part of the Centre for Digital Music (C4DM) at the university.

Dr Clarence Adoo MBE

Clarence was a professional trumpeter until 1995 however, when he was in a severe car accident which left him paralysed from the neck down and unable to continue his full time professional career in music. Following the accident  he has had many opportunities to get involved in music thanks to the development of the electronic Headspace instrument.

David Muncey​

David was born without his right hand and learned the trumpet using an adapted instrument.  He graduated from Guildhall School of Music.

David Nabb

David was a saxophone professor at Nebraska Kearney University when he had a catastrophic stroke.  He now plays using a one-handed saxophone created by Jeff Stelling.

Doug Bott

Doug specialises in accessible music-making for disabled people and has extensive experience as a music leader, arts manager, consultant and trainer for a range of organisations.

Elliott Folvig

Elliott is a professional musician and lecturer. He was previously the Access Coordinator at the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM).

Huw Wiggin

Huw is professor of saxophone at the Royal Academy of Music in London and has given master classes across the world.

James Risdon

James is a recorder player and was a founder member of the British Paraorchestra, an ensemble of musicians that played in the closing ceremony of the Paralympics in 2012.  James is currently the Access Coordinator at the ABRSM.

John Harle

John is an Ivor Novello award-winning saxophonist, composer, and record producer, whose work spans across musical genres from classical to contemporary pop.   John is also a Patron of the OHMI Trust.

Nicholas McCarthy

Nicholas was born without his right hand and only began to play the piano at the late age of 14 after being inspired by a friend playing Beethoven’s Waldstein Sonata.

Nicholas went on to study at the prestigious Royal College of Music in London and was the first one-handed pianist to graduate in its 130-year history. Nicholas is also an Ambassador of the OHMI Trust.

Nigel Scaife

Nigel is a music consultant specialising in education, quality and assessment.  He was previously the Syllabus Coordinator at the ABRSM.

Peter Purgathofer

Peter is Associate Professor at the Vienna University of Technology, Faculty of Informatics.

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