Adjudicators
Adjudicators
2026 Festival Adjudicators..........COMING SOON!
Brent Pierce, Okotoks, AB (Sight Reading)
Brent Pierce graduated from the University of Alberta in 1982 with a Bachelor Degree in Education. He taught in Camrose and Lloydminster for seven years, directing successful band programs in both cities. Brent went on to attend the University of Lethbridge where he completed a Bachelor of Music in composition and voice and he became a published and commissioned composer. Upon graduation he was awarded the Gold Medal for the Faculty of Fine Arts. He then completed a Master’s Degree in Composition at the University of Alberta. Brent was twice awarded the Violet Archer Graduate Studies Composition Scholarship at the University of Alberta. From 2001-2003 Mr. Pierce served as director of the Mount Royal Youth Choir and was the Director of Music at Webber Academy, a private university preparatory school in Calgary, Alberta from 2001 to 2018. In 2017, he received the Elkhorn Award for the Most Outstanding Band Teacher in Alberta. Mr. Pierce retired from teaching in 2024 and now spends his time guest conducting, adjudicating and composing.
Brent Pierce graduated from the University of Alberta in 1982 with a Bachelor Degree in Education. He taught in Camrose and Lloydminster for seven years, directing successful band programs in both cities. Brent went on to attend the University of Lethbridge where he completed a Bachelor of Music in composition and voice and he became a published and commissioned composer. Upon graduation he was awarded the Gold Medal for the Faculty of Fine Arts. He then completed a Master’s Degree in Composition at the University of Alberta. Brent was twice awarded the Violet Archer Graduate Studies Composition Scholarship at the University of Alberta. From 2001-2003 Mr. Pierce served as director of the Mount Royal Youth Choir and was the Director of Music at Webber Academy, a private university preparatory school in Calgary, Alberta from 2001 to 2018. In 2017, he received the Elkhorn Award for the Most Outstanding Band Teacher in Alberta. Mr. Pierce retired from teaching in 2024 and now spends his time guest conducting, adjudicating and composing.
Ken Rogers, Lethbridge (Sight Reading)
Ken Rogers retired in 2018 from Lethbridge Collegiate Institute after a 32-year career in music teaching. He taught band, choir, guitar and general music courses at middle, junior and high school levels, as well as some elementary school music. He has taught at the post-secondary level including music studio performance, choir, and music curriculum and instruction courses at the U of L. He has had a keen interest in music curriculum through his teaching career. In 2016 he was appointed as a member of the Alberta Education Arts Curriculum Working Group focusing on grades 9-12 music and served until the group’s suspension in July 2019. Ken has been involved in many community music programs – McKillop United Church, the Lethbridge Symphony Orchestra, Lethbridge Community band, Lethbridge Big Band, Vox Musica Chorus, and various musical theatre groups. He holds a B. Music and a B. Ed. from the U of L and a graduate diploma in Fine Arts from the U of C.
Ken Rogers retired in 2018 from Lethbridge Collegiate Institute after a 32-year career in music teaching. He taught band, choir, guitar and general music courses at middle, junior and high school levels, as well as some elementary school music. He has taught at the post-secondary level including music studio performance, choir, and music curriculum and instruction courses at the U of L. He has had a keen interest in music curriculum through his teaching career. In 2016 he was appointed as a member of the Alberta Education Arts Curriculum Working Group focusing on grades 9-12 music and served until the group’s suspension in July 2019. Ken has been involved in many community music programs – McKillop United Church, the Lethbridge Symphony Orchestra, Lethbridge Community band, Lethbridge Big Band, Vox Musica Chorus, and various musical theatre groups. He holds a B. Music and a B. Ed. from the U of L and a graduate diploma in Fine Arts from the U of C.