American Bach Soloists Academy, Aspen Music Festival, Austrian-American Vocal Academy, Berlin Opera Academy, Carmel Bach Festival, Central City Opera, Charlottesville Opera, Chautauqua Opera, Chicago Summer Opera, CoOPERAtive, Franco-American Vocal Academy, Institute for Young Dramatic Voices, International Vocal Arts Institute – Tel Aviv, Ohio Light Opera, Merola – San Francisco Opera, Miami Summer Opera, Opera in the Ozarks, Opera NEO, Opera on the Avalon, Opera Saratoga, Opera Viva – Verona, Prague Summer Nights, Russian Opera Workshop, Santa Fe Opera, Seagle Colony, Si Parla – Si Canta – Italy, SongFest, SongStudio at Carnegie Hall, SoundScape – Italy, Tanglewood Summer Institute, Utah Festival Opera, Vienna Language of Lieder, Weimar Opera Studio, Wolf Trap Opera
Student Accomplishments
Friends of Eastman Opera Competition (FEO)
2020-2021
- 1st Prize (Lynne Clark Vocal Prize): Hannah Stokes, Soprano
- 2nd Prize (Annabel Muenter Vocal Prize): Edward Bland, Baritone
- 3rd Prize: : Kira Kaplan, Soprano and Sofia Scattarreggia, Soprano
2019-2020
- 1st Prize (Lynne Clark Vocal Prize): Ye Ji Lee, Soprano
- 2nd Prize (Annabel Muenter Vocal Prize): Sophie Thompson, Soprano
- 3rd Prize: Patrick Graham, Baritone
- Honorable Mention: Michael Aiello, Baritone
2018-2019
- 1st Prize (Lynne Clark Vocal Prize): Kelly Whitesell, Soprano
- 2nd Prize (Annabel Muenter Vocal Prize): Nathaniel Catasca, Tenor
- 3rd Prize: Veena Akama-Makia, Mezzo-soprano
- Honorable Mention: Kira Kaplan, Soprano
2017-2018
- 1st Prize (Lynne Clark Vocal Prize): Maria Vasilevskaya, Mezzo-soprano
- 2nd Prize: Marie Karmack, Mezzo-soprano
- 3rd Prize: Athene Mok, Soprano
- Honorable Mention: Brianna Robinson, Soprano
2016-2017
- 1st Prize (Lynne Clark Vocal Prize): Laura Sanders, Soprano
- 2nd Prize: Natalie Buickians, Soprano
- 3rd Prize: Robin Steitz, Soprano
- Honorable Mention: Emma Ritter, Mezzo-Soprano
2015-2016
- 1st Prize (Lynne Clark Vocal Prize): Keely Futterer, Soprano
- 2nd Prize: Emily Helenbrook, Soprano
- 3rd Prize: Alan Cline, Baritone
- Honorable Mention: Emily Siar, Soprano
Jessie Kneisel Lieder Competition
2020 - 2021
- 1st Place: Edward Bland, Baritone with Jenny Choo Kirby, Collaborative Pianist
- 2nd Place: Kyrsten Chambers Jones, Mezzo-soprano with Brock Tjosvold, Collaborative Pianist
- 3rd Place: David Wolfe, Baritone with Maeve Berry, Collaborative Pianist
2019-2020
Competition cancelled due to COVID-19
2018-2019
- 1st Place: Sophie Thompson, Soprano
- 2nd Place: Sarah Yaden, Soprano
- 3rd Place: Michael Aiello, Baritone
- Honorable Mention: Michael Galvin, Bass
2017-2018
- 1st Place: Athene Mok, Soprano
- 2nd Place: Adam Wells, Baritone
- 3rd Place: Natalie Buickians, Soprano
- Honorable Mention: Anders Namestnik,Tenor
2016-2017
- 1st Place: Robin Steitz, Soprano
- 2nd Place: Hannah Harrow, Soprano
- 3rd Place: Emma Ruth Ritter, Mezzo-Soprano
2015-2016
- 1st Place: Paulina Swierczek, Soprano
- 2nd Place: Nicholas Huff, Tenor
- 3rd Place: Emily Helenbrook, Soprano
- Honorable Mention: Emma Ritter, Mezzo-Soprano
Concerto Competition Winners
2020 - 2021
- Andrea McGaugh, Mezzo-soprano; Anna Thompson, Soprano
2019 - 2020
Competition cancelled due to COVID-19
2018-2019
- Gwen Paker, Soprano; Sophie Thompson, Soprano
2017-2018
- Kyrsten Chambers-Jones, Mezzo-Soprano; Mariya Vasilevskaya, Mezzo-Soprano
2016-2017
- Laura Sanders, Soprano; Brianna Robinson, Soprano
2015-2016
- Emily Siar, Soprano ; Robin Steitz, Soprano
2014-2015
- Emily Helenbrook, Soprano; Alan Cline, Baritone
Young Artist and Studio Programs
Recent Graduate Accomplishments
Alumnus Gene Scheer’s American Anthem performance was sung by Denyce Graves at RBG’s memorial, and a quotation of its text was used in President Biden’s Inaugural Address.
Young Artist and Studio Programs Attendees
Joel Balzun
Tanglewood Summer Festival: Vocal Arts Program
Adelaide Boedecker
Crested Butte Opera
Pittsburgh Opera
Merola Program: San Francisco Opera
1st prize:National Opera Association Competition
2nd prize:The America Prize-Women in Opera
Santa Fe Opera
Joshua Bouillon
Green Mountain Opera
Opera Colorado
Julia Bullock
Teatro Real(Spain) The Indian Queen; Peter Sellars, Dir.
1st Prize: Walter W. Naumburg Vocal Competition
Young Concert Artists Award-Merkin Hall Debut
Marlboro Music Festival
John Buffett
Utah Opera
Opera Memphis
Tanglewood Opera
Sophia Burgos
Lucerne Festival Academy-Simon Rattle,cond.
Tanglewood Summer Festival: Vocal Arts Program
Carnegie Hall debut-American Symphony Orchestra-L.Botstein,cond.
Hsin-Mei (Tracy) Chang
Caramoor Festival
Jonathan Heller; Sara Nealley
College light Opera Company
Melissa Fajardo
Opera Theatre of St. Louis
Opera North
Portland Opera (WA)
Nadia Fayad
Santa Fe
Wolf Trap
Blake Friedman
Ashlawn Festival
Keely Futterer
Opera Saratoga
John Taylor Ward; Zachary Wilder
John Elliot Gardiner Monteverdi European Tour
Matthew Grills
1st prize:Lotte Lenya Competition
Finals Winner: Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions
Opera fellowships: Portland Opera (WA); Wolf Trap; San Francisco Opera
Bavarian State Opera-Munich
Katie Hannigan
Merola Program-San Francisco Opera
Karen Chia-ling Ho
Merola Program-San Francisco Opera
2nd Prize:Marcello Giordani Foundation International Competition
Glimmerglass Opera
Helen-Zhibing Huang
Steans Music Institute-Ravinia
Central City Opera
Mitchell Hutchings
Utah Festival Opera
Des Moines Metro Opera
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
Pensacola Opera
Charlottesville Opera (formerly Ash Lawn Opera)
Opera Maine
Dicapo Opera Theatre
Opera Saratoga
Joshua Bouillon
Green Mountain Opera
Opera Colorado
Michael Kelly
3rd Prize:Walter W. Naumburg Vocal Competition
1st Place: Positively Poulenc Prize
Nathan Kessel
Ashlawn Opera
Nicholas Kilkenny
Nickel City (Buffalo) Opera; Geneva(NY) Light Opera
Thomas Lehman
Florida Grand Opera
Opera Foundation Scholarship Deutscher Opera Berlin
Abi Levis
1st Prize:Joy in Singing
Classical Singer Young Artist
Utah Opera
Grand Junction Symphony Competition 2nd prize
Aldeburgh Festival
Caramoor Festival
William C. Byrd Young Artist Competition; Flint, MI 1st prize
Kathryn Lewek
Music Academy of the West
Deutscher Oper Berlin
English National Opera
Bregenz Festival (Austria)
Double Winner-Operalia World Opera Competition
Cendrillon: New Orleans Opera
Metropolitan Opera Debut; Magic Flute
Barcelona (Spain) Opera
Hobart Baroque Opera, Australia; Orlando
Johnathon Michie
Santa Fe Opera
Florida Grand Opera
Opera Leipzig
Erin Morley
Metropolitan Opera:Der Rosenkavalier
Bavarian State Opera:Rigoletto
Wiener Staatsoper:J. Levine
Santa Fe:The Impresario;Stravinsky’s Le Rossignol
Richard Tucker Career Grant
Kara Mulder
Ashlawn Festival
Clara Nieman
Opera New Jersey
Chautauqua Opera
Caramoor Festival
Opera Saratoga
Ft.Worth Opera Young Artist
Tami Petty
1st Prize:Joy in Singing
3rd Prize:The American Prize for Art Song/Oratorio
Jarrett Porter
Opera Saratoga
Arizona Opera
Garrett Rubin
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American Embassy in Amman, Jordan: design a music-based ESL program for displaced children to launch classes for 400 Syrian and Jordanian children throughout the country
Matthew Swensen
Wolf Trap
Theater Basel
Rebecca Farley Witty
Santa Fe Opera
Sarasota Opera
Des Moines Metro Opera