Winners

2025

Maximillian Jansen, tenor

Juliet Papadopoulos, soprano

Sarah Coit, mezzo-soprano

Veronica Roan, mezzo-soprano

Madeline Healey, soprano

Fredy Bonilla, baritone

Paulina Francisco, soprano

Helaine Liebman-London, soprano

2024

Sara Lauren LeMesh, soprano

Morgan Fox Mastrangelo, tenor

Andrew Bearden Brown, tenor

Leo Radosavljevic, bass-baritone

Elisa Sutherland, mezzo-soprano

Sandy Sharis, mezzo-soprano

Marie Noël Marquis, soprano

Juliet Ariadne Papadopoulos, soprano

 

2023

Elisse Albian, soprano

Elijah McCormack, male soprano

Nicholas Burns, counter-tenor

Kendra Berentsen, soprano

Edward Vogel, baritone

Andrew Bearden Brown, tenor

Michelle Mariel Mariposa, mezzo soprano

Finalist

Jessica Beebe, soprano (did not compete)

2022

Julie Roset, soprano

Eric Carey, tenor

William Socolof, bass-baritone

Morgan Balfour, soprano

Joseph Parrish, baritone

Sophie Michaux, mezzo-soprano

Bradyn Debysingh, tenor

Brian Murray, baritone

2020/2021

Emily Cedriana Donato, soprano

Emily Yocum Black, soprano

Ryne Cherry, baritone

Rebecca Farley, soprano

Colin James Doyle, tenor

Finalist:
Mikhail Biryukov, bass (did not compete due to COVID travel restrictions)

2019

Steven Eddy, baritone

Heather Petrie, contralto

Nathaniel Sullivan, baritone

Matthew Hill, tenor

Claire McCahan, mezzo-soprano

Veronica Pollicino, mezzo-soprano

Joel Balzun, baritone

Suzanne Karpov, soprano

2018

Charles Sy, tenor

Brian Giebler, tenor

Kristin Gornstein, mezzo-soprano

Amy Broadbent, soprano

Christopher Richardson, bass-baritone

Devony Smith, mezzo-soprano

Scott Brunscheen, tenor

Cairan Ryan, baritone

2017

Joshua Blue, tenor

Joseph Beutel, bass-baritone

Isaiah Bell, tenor

Helene Brunet, soprano

Sarah Mesko, mezzo-soprano

Marjorie Maltais, mezzo-soprano

Heather Petrie, contralto

Melissa Kornacki, mezzo-soprano

2016

Jakub Jozef Orlinski, countertenor

David McFerrin, baritone

Katrin Targo, soprano

Christopher Magiera, baritone

Antonina Chehovska, soprano

Jennifer Taverner, soprano

Linda McAlister, soprano

Samantha Louis-Jean, soprano

2015

Helen Karloski, mezzo-soprano

Erik W. Krohg, baritone

Jacquelyn Stucker, soprano

Sheila Dietrich, soprano

Steven Eddy, baritone

Daniel Moody, countertenor

Andrew Rader, countertenor

James Geoffrey Kennerley, tenor

2014

Megan Marino, mezzo-soprano

Silvie Jensen, mezzo-soprano

Bethany Horst, soprano

Davone Tines, bass-baritone

Lianne Coble, soprano

Gunyong Na, baritone

Jonathan Beyer, baritone

Sarah Brailey, soprano

2013

Abigail Levis, mezzo-soprano

John Taylor Ward, bass-baritone

Kathryn Mueller, soprano

Joseph Beutel, bass-baritone

Samantha Louis-Jean, soprano

Kate Maroney, mezzo-soprano

Jeremy Ludwig, baritone

2012

Dashon Burton, bass-baritone

Tobias Greenhalgh, baritone
Lyndon Woodside Encouragement Award

Jon-Michael Ball, tenor

Jennifer Feinstein, mezzo-soprano

Nacole Palmer, soprano

Finalists:

Sarah Mesko, mezzo-soprano

Kathryn Mueller, soprano

Emily Newton, soprano

2011

Jonathan Estabrooks, tenor

Blythe Gaissert, mezzo-soprano
Richard Westenberg Award for excellence in 19th century stylistic interpretation

Emily Duncan-Brown, soprano

Finalists:

Dan Kempson, baritone

Youngmi Kim, soprano
Richard Westenberg Award for excellence in 18th century stylistic interpretation

Edward Mout, tenor

Nils Neubert, tenor

Christopher Reames, tenor

2010

Joseph Mikolaj, tenor

Matthew Anderson, tenor
Richard Westenberg Award for excellence in 18th century stylistic interpretation

Mischa Bouvier, baritone
Richard Westenberg Award for excellence in 19th century stylistic interpretation

Finalists:

Eleni Calenos, soprano

Amy Conn, soprano

Jonathan Estabrooks, baritone

Eve Gigliotto, mezzo-soprano

Andrew Nolen, bass-baritone

2009

Johanni Van Oostrum, soprano

Vahagn Hovhannisyan, bass

Michael Kelly, tenor
Richard Westenberg Award for excellence in 19th century stylistic interpretation

Matthew Shaw, countertenor
Richard Westenberg Award for excellence in 18th century stylistic interpretation

Finalists:

Andreas Ardotis, baritone

Christopher Clayton, baritone

Jonathan Estabrooks, baritone

Sandra Schwarzhaupt, mezzo-soprano

Holly Sorensen, mezzo-soprano

2008

Tyler Duncan, baritone

Stephen Hegedus, bass-baritone

Angela Meade, soprano

Caitlin Lynch, soprano

Finalists:

Fatima Ayazlar, mezzo-soprano

Ralf Grobe, bass-baritone

Teresa Herold, mezzo-soprano

Dan Kempson, baritone

Reginald Mobley, countertenor

2007

William Ferguson, tenor

Christopher DeVage, baritone

Takesha Kizart, soprano

Finalists:

Anne-Carolyn Bird, soprano

Joshua Copeland, baritone

Stephen Hegedus, bass

Hether Jewson, mezzo-soprano

Lawrence Jones, tenor

Tamra Mesic, soprano

2006

Alexander Hajek, baritone

Sidney Outlaw, baritone

Ian Howell, countertenor

Finalists:

Amanda Crider, mezz-soprano

Amanda Forsythe, soprano

Ricardo Lugo, bass

Lisette Oropesa-Crow, soprano

Ava Pine, soprano

Jason Switzer, baritone

2005

Brian Mulligan, baritone

Steven Ebel, tenor

Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano

Finalists:

Charles Blandy, tenor

Mara Bonde, soprano

Mischa Bouvier, baritone

Matthew Garrett, tenor

Lawrence Williford, tenor

2004

Svetlana Serdar, contralto

Howard Reddy, baritone

Frederic Antoun, tenor

Lisa Bryce, soprano

Jessie Hinkle, alto

Finalists:

Michael Anderson, baritone

Sean Fallen, tenor

Kenneth Floyd, baritone

Adrian Gans, baritone

Daniel Gross, bass-baritone

Jennifer Enns Modolo, mezzo-soprano

Encouragement Awards:

Lisa Bryce, soprano

Jessie Hinkle, mezzo-soprano

2003

Weston Hurt, baritone

Awet Andemicael, soprano

Leane Pantaleo, mezzo-soprano

Finalists:

Amanda Forsythe, soprano

Ethan Herschenfeld, bass

Sharla Nafziger, soprano

Howard Reddy, baritone

Michael Reder, bass-baritone

2002

Robert Bracey, tenor

Yana Besyadynska, soprano

Jason Hardy, bass

Finalists:

Woodrow Bynum, baritone

Sooyun Chung, mezzo-soprano

Ryan de Ryke, baritone

Sharla Nafziger, soprano

Leann Pantaleo, mezzo-soprano

2001

Jennifer Check, soprano

Todd Wilander, tenor

Stephen Gaertner, baritone

Finalists:

Brad Alexander, baritone

Valerie Komar, mezzo-soprano

Derrick Parker, bass-baritone

Junko Watanabe, soprano

2000

Robert Pomakov, bass

Lester Lynch, baritone

Ryu-Kyung Kim, mezzo-soprano

Finalists:

Adle Crawford, soprano

Ah Young Hong, soprano

Gulnara Mitzanova, mezzo-soprano

Mark Nicolson, tenor

Johnanna Wiseman, soprano

1999

Eleni Matos, mezzo-soprano

Rufus Müller, tenor

Kyu Han, baritone

Finalists:

Elizabeth Calleo, soprano

Mariana Karpatova, mezzo-soprano

Dawn Spaetti, soprano

Junko Watanabe, soprano

Thami Zungu, bass-baritone

1998

Kamel Boutros, baritone

Carola Gunther, mezzo-soprano

Margaret Evans, soprano

Finalists:

Valerie Bernhardt, soprano

Kristen Blase-Heilman, soprano

Benjamin Brecher, tenor

Twyla Whittaker, soprano

Arianna Zucherman, soprano

1997

Jennifer Aylmer, soprano

Arietha Lockhart, soprano

Randall Jakobsh, bass

Finalists:

Rebecca Barnes, mezzo-soprano

Ji-Yeun Cho Lee, soprano

Anita Johnson, soprano

Yves Saelens, tenor

Hirohisa Tsuji, tenor

Holly Weinheimer, mezzo-soprano

1996

Denis Sedov, bass

David Sabella, countertenor

Whaa Chin Chae, tenor

Rebecca Barnes, mezzo-soprano

Clayton Brainerd, baritone

Dean Elizinga, bass-baritone

Julie Keim, soprano

Christine Sperry, soprano

David Walker, countertenor

1995

Svetlana Furdui, mezzo-soprano

Robert Perry, baritone

Mary Ellen Callahan, soprano

Leslie Fagan, soprano

Bradley Garvin, bass-baritone

Stephen Salters, baritone

Angela Horn, mezzo-soprano

Reveka Mauovitis, mezzo-soprano

Gerlad Seminatore, tenor

1994

Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano

Eric Owens, bass

Benjamin Butterfield, tenor

Finalists:

Bradley Garvin, bass-baritone

Sherri Karam, soprano

Eleanor Kelley, mezzo-soprano

John McVeigh, tenor

Christopher Schaldenbrand, baritone

Julie Simson, mezzo-soprano

1993

Anna Soranno, soprano

Jeffrey Prillaman, tenor

Michael Eberhard, baritone

Finalists:

Marilyn Bulli, soprano

Shin Ja Choi, soprano

John Muriello, baritone

Sandra Schulze, mezzo-soprano

Brent Weber, tenor

Kurt Willett, baritone

1992

Bradley Diamond, tenor

Caroline Whisnant, soprano

Philip Cutlip, baritone

Finalists:

Patrice Michaels Bedi, soprano

Tammy Hensrud-Kerian, mezzo-soprano

Michael Lofton, baritone

Jan Prokop, soprano

Bruce Rameker, baritone

André Solomon-Glover, baritone

1991

Molly Donnelly, mezzo-soprano

Alan Bennett, tenor

Rockland Osgood, tenor

Finalists:

Wayne Behr, tenor

Elem Eley, baritone

Virginia Grasso, soprano

Cynthia Johnson, soprano

Myung Kim, soprano

Richard Troxell, tenor

1990

Michael Schade, tenor

Hans Choi, baritone

Jayne West, soprano

Finalists:

Robert Baker, tenor

Scott Berry, tenor

Suzanne DuPlantis, mezzo-soprano

Thomas Fallon, countertenor

Christopher Schumann, baritone

Susan Shafer, mezzo-soprano

1989

Richard Zeller, bass-baritone

Leneida Crawford, mezzo-soprano

Scott McCoy, tenor

Finalists:

Charles Austin, bass-baritone

Virginia Guiterrez, soprano

Erin Langston, soprano

Lisa Monheit, contralto

Christopher Schumann, baritone

Caroline Thomas, mezzo-soprano

1988

Carolyn James, soprano

Jeffrey Morrissey, baritone

Vanessa Ayers, mezzo-soprano

Finalists:

Julie Freeman, soprano

Elizabeth Gintz, soprano

Virgina Keeffe, mezzo-soprano

Stephen Merkel, baritone

Korby Myrick, mezzo-soprano

Robert Swenson, tenor

1987

Carl Halvorson, tenor

Derek Ragin, countertenor

Karen Holvik, soprano

Finalists:

Renée Fleming, soprano

Kimberly Justus, soprano

Stephen Merkel, baritone

Cecilia Tucker Myers, soprano

Margaret Wray, mezzo-soprano

1986

David Barrell, baritone

Steven Rickards, countertenor

Lauren Flanigan, soprano

Finalists:

Vanessa Ayers, mezzo-soprano

Richard Burke, tenor

John Daniecki, tenor

Peter Gillis, tenor

Rand Hix, baritone

Ellen Lang, soprano

1985

Jeffrey Kneebone, baritone

Keith Olsen, tenor

Michael Dash, countertenor

Finalists:

Virginia Keeffe, mezzo-contralto

Beverly Myers, soprano

Debra Parker, soprano

Rebecca Russell, mezzo-soprano

Leslie Tennent, baritone

Robin Wilson, soprano

1984

Brenda Harris, soprano

Kevin McMillan, baritone

Denise Woods, mezzo-soprano

Finalists:

Jenny Brown, soprano

Rebecca Copley, soprano

Betsy Gintz, soprano

Paul Kelly, tenor

Jeffrey Kneebone, baritone

James Tyesca, bass-baritone

1983

Andrea Matthews, soprano

Ruth Golden, soprano

Richard Schuler, tenor

James C. Beal, Jr., tenor

Finalists/Honorable Mention:

Barry Ellison, baritone

Maureen Flynn, soprano

Betsy Gintz, soprano

Juliana Gondek, soprano

Rosa Lamoreaux, soprano

Gloria Parker, mezzo-soprano

Carolyn Sebron, mezzo-soprano

1982

Ben Holt, baritone

Stanley Cornett, tenor

Finalists:

Carolyn Sebron, mezzo-soprano

Gergory Mercer, tenor

James C. Beal, Jr., tenor

Wayne Behr, tenor

Stephanie Dorner, soprano

Denise Gocek, soprano

Gerald M. Grahame, tenor

An Marie Mackey, soprano

Louis Raymond, bass

1981

Linda Dillon Mabbs, soprano

Eddye Pierce Berry, soprano

Finalists:

Stanley Cornett, tenor

Maxine Davis, mezzo-soprano

Hari Katz, soprano

Noel Espiritu Velasco, tenor

Catherine Morley, soprano

Jane Thorngern, soprano

1980

Shirley Close, soprano

Sharon Christman, soprano

Faina Nodova, soprano

Honorable Mention:

Eddye Pierce Berry, soprano

Charles Abruzza, soprano

1979

Karen Smith (Emerson), soprano

1978

David Kline, bass-baritone

Mary Elizabeth Poore, soprano

Karen Smith (Emerson), soprano

1977

Bonnie Bradley, mezzo-soprano

David Britton, tenor

Sherry Zannoth, soprano