Jury 2026 March / Marching Parade / Show
Supervisor Dieter Buschau, Germany
Hans-Dieter Buschau’s musical career started in a flute band that was converted into a marching band, where he played the flute and the trumpet. After having become conductor of the band it became very successful and became German Champions. Since then he successfully took part in various competitions with a number of bands as their conductor.
In 1987 he became an adjudicator for various organisations, e.g. the Lower Saxony Band Assocation NMV and Drumcorps Germany. He became a member of the WAMSB Judges Bureau in 2007. He has judged in numerous competitions and has been a clinician all over Germany, France, Denmark, Poland Spain, Canada, USA, Malaysia, Taiwan, Colombia and Brazil including jury assignments in 9 WAMSB world championships.
H.-D. Buschau is a retired public school teacher and he is Director of Music in the Lower Saxony Music Association, vice Director of Music in BDMV (German Band Federation) and member of the WAMSB Board of Directors.
Hans-Dieter Buschau begann seine musikalische Laufbahn als Mitglied eines Spielmannszuges, der in eine Marching Band umgestellt wurde, in der er Flöte und Trompete spielte. Nachdem er den Verein als musikalischer Leiter übernommen hatte, war dieser sehr erfolgreich und wurde Deutscher Meister. Seither hat er als musikalischer Leiter mit einer Anzahl von Gruppen erfolgreich an Wettbewerben teilgenommen.
1987 wurde er Juror für verschiedene Verbände, u.a. im Niedersächsischen Musikverband und für Drumcorps Germany. 2007 wurde er Juror der WAMSB. Er hatte Wertungs- und Dozenteneinsätze in ganz Deutschland, Frankreich, Dänemark, Polen, Spanien, Kanada, den USA, Taiwan, Malaysia, Kolumbien und Brasilien, darunter als Juror bei 9 WAMSB Weltmeisterschaften.
H.-D. Buschau pensionierter Lehrer an einem Gymnasium. Er ist einer der Landesmusikdirektoren im Niedersächsischen Musikverband, stellv. Bundesmusikdirektor Spielleutemusik in der BDMV und Mitglied des WAMSB Board of Directors.
Tang Chia Hoe, Malaysia
Tang Chia Hoe, a renowned and distinguished marching band instructor cum band director in Malaysia, has involved himself in teaching and training the marching bands since 1991. His bands were very successful in the International competitions in many countries such as Italy, Thailand, China and Malaysia. His outstanding work was training one of his Malaysian top marching bands, Sultanah Asma School Marching Band and Keat Hwa Marching Band to win the World Championship Marching Show Band (WAMSB) in Kuala Lumpur during 2011and 2016 respectively. His band won the championship in Gold with Honour, the Best Music Award and the Best Visual & Performance Award.
On August 2012,Sultanah Asma High School band was the first marching band in Malaysia to be awarded THE SUDLER SHIELD Award.
On 2016 Keat Hwa Marching Band awarded THE SUDLER SHIELD AWARD , the prize in progressing from the John Philip Sousa Foundation, USA. With all these achievements, Tang is greatly grateful to Mr. Mitsuo Nonami, a renowned and prominent Japanese music teacher from Fukuoka, whom he has been pursuing his music arrangement since 2000.
In February, 2012 , Tang was invited to be an adjudicator evaluating on music caption at the 31st Royals’ Cups Marching Bands in Thailand. His dedication and hard-work in music were paid off as he was opted by World Association Marching Show band (WAMSB) to be an adjudicator in WAMSB World Championship Japan in August, 2013. He became an Indonesia marching bands judge for Jember Open Marching Band Competition(JOMC) since 2013. His career reached its summit when he once again became an adjudicator for the WAMSB World Championship Brazil in 2014. in May 2015, he is invited to be a marching band judge in Europe Open Champion Germany, WAMSB World Championship Denmark, Shanghai China, JOMC 2015 Indonesia ,Thailand World Music Contest 2015.
WAMSB World Championship Thailand in July 2022
In addition to having solid knowledge in teaching music, Tang composes music and marching band drills for Malaysia, Singapore, China high school marching bands. He also frequently conducts high school concert bands throughout Malaysia and Singapore. In 2004, he was conferred the prestigious Royals’ award, ‘Kedah State Excellent medal’ by the Royal Highness of Sultan Kedah for his excellent and dedication works.
Tang currently instructs and trains many high school as well as junior school marching and concert bands throughout Malaysia, Singapore , and China. Furthermore, he is also the Managing Director of Wind Band Star, a company that specializes in providing instructors and musical instruments as well as accessories to school marching bands throughout Malaysia. He was also appointed to be the Education Director of the Daya Music Education Alliance which is based in China since 2016
Kasia Czyzak, Polen
She has been involved with the brass band and majorette community for over twenty years. She began her musical journey by learning to play the piano. She is a clarinettist with the OSP Brass Band in Osieczna. She has been a long-standing drum major and musician with the Leszno Town Brass Band. Coach of the Leszno Town Brass Band Majorettes, winners of national and international championships.
Judge at majorette competitions and championships, and judge for the Polish Wind Orchestra Association. Pioneer of classical majorette competition forms (baton, pom-pom and scepter). Specialist in parade drill. Collaborates with professional and amateur orchestras. Co-founder of a Polish-German fanfare orchestra project. Trainer. Since 2025, he has been leading baton exercises as part of the Master’s degree programme ‘Artistic Education in the Field of Musical Arts – specialisation: conducting brass bands, bandmaster-tambourmajor’, run by the Faculty of Pedagogy and Arts at Adam Mickiewicz University.
A lawyer specialising in heritage conservation. A passionate compère and community activist.
Mathias Wehr, Germany
Mathias Wehr (*1984) is a german conductor and composer, who currently lives in Germany and Italy. His compositions, including compulsory works for international wind and brass band competitions, such as the Championship Division of the German Brass Band Championship, are published by Musikverlag Frank in Switzerland and by his own music label MathiasWehrMusic and performed worldwide. Mathias Wehr began his music studies at the age of 16 at the Nuremberg University of Music in Germany and then went on to study conducting at the University of Augsburg. At the age of 23, he won the official title of “European Conductor of the Year 2008” at the 4th European Conductors Championship in Norway. Just a year later he won the silver baton at the World Music Conductors Contest in the Netherlands. As a composer and chief conductor of various orchestras, Mathias Wehr has already received numerous international prizes and awards, including the Cory Band Composers Prize. But he has also been awarded the cultural prizes of the cities of Schwabach, Fürth and Forchheim for his regional musical commitment. As a juror and guest conductor, he works with wind orchestras and brass bands throughout Europe.
Elmar Riegel, Canada
Upon completion of music education studies, Riegel embarked on
a 36-year teaching career with the Calgary Catholic School
District. During his tenure as Director of Bands and Fine Arts
Coordinator at Bishop Grandin High School, he worked with staff,
students and volunteers to develop a program that would offer
music students the opportunity to perform, compete and travel
around the globe.
In 1988, Bishop Grandin Symphonic Band won its first major prize at the Vienna
International Youth Music Festival. Throughout Riegel’s tenure, the Grandin
Music Department received many accolades and awards for performances in
local, national and international festivals including Austria, Germany, France,
Italy, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and the United States.
Riegel received civic, provincial and national recognition for teaching including a
Prime Minister of Canada Award for Teaching Excellence.
While teaching, Riegel was also involved arranging and composing music for
other award winning show band competitors. He was also invited to guest
conduct opening ceremonies for WAMSBE International Competition in Calgary,
as well as to adjudicate and judge concert and show bands.
Riegel also held posts coaching and leading community marching bands,
church choirs and orchestras, composing and arranging for a variety of
instrumental and vocal ensembles.
Now retired, Riegel remains active in the music community working with a
number of music ensembles. In his spare time he enjoys travel, hiking,
photography, woodworking and spending quality time with his children and
grandchildren
Jury 2026 Konzert
Alfons Aigmüller, Austria
Pedagog. Academy with teacher training
Studied music at the Bruckner Conservatory with a degree in singing and organ
40 years as bandmaster, including 22 years as district bandmaster of the Schärding district.
41 years – since 1966 in uninterrupted succession – as an adjudicator at concert and marching music competitions (mostly as chairman of the jury).
Since 1980 member of the OÖBV regional management.
Werner Hoffmann, Germany
Werner Hoffmann learned the clarinet as a child and later turned to the flute. He received his training with Kurt Cromm (Saarbrücken University of Music). As a flautist in the Rhineland-Palatinate Police Music Corps, he began training as a conductor with Rudolph Riedel (Peter Cornelius Conservatory) and attended lectures with Sergio Celebidage at the University of Mainz. From 1985 until the dissolution of the orchestra, Werner Hoffmann was corps leader of the Düsseldorf Police Music Corps.
Respected as a profound expert on the subject, he taught for many years at the Landesmusikakademie NRW and was also a frequent guest at the Bundemusikakademie. Since 1990, he has held the position of state conductor/deputy conductor at the Volksmusikbund NRW and is a popular adjudicator throughout Germany
Martin Meier, Switzerland
Martin Meier was born 1958 in Gränichen, a small village in Switzerland. After his apprenticeship as a train traffic controller at SBB, he studied Human Resources and Management at the Institute for Applied Psychology in Zürich. His basic training as a conductor started 1990-1993. From 1994 to 1997 he studied in part-time wind orchestra direction at the Zurich University of Music. Since 1991 he is an active conductor of wind orchestras of various strengths and formations, primarily in the Eastern part of Switzerland. In the army he conducted various military orchestras. Trained as a coach for conductors , he attended various master classes. In June 2018 he successfully completed his training as an international juror at the Federal Academy of Music in Trossingen (Germany). He is regularly invited as a juror in Switzerland and in other countries.
From 2005 to 2020 he was member of the board of the Appenzell Music Association (ABV), vice-president of the education and training department, presiding the music commission. The ABV appointed him as honorary member in 2020. Since 2010 he is involved as a juror and speaker on leadership issues and personality development for conductors.
Professionally, he worked over 35 years as a Human Resources Manager in various companies before he decided to retire in June 2023. Music always stays a very important part in his everyday-life. He still plays in various orchestras as guest on the French horn.
Privately, he lives in Lutzenberg, canton Appenzell, together with his wife. Besides music, his hobbies are working in the care team (crisis intervention), travelling, visiting concerts, cooking, good wines and trips as a temporary driver at Postauto AG.
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