College of Musical Arts
Dr. Marjorie Conrad Art Song Competition

2011 Winners

First Place

Christine Amon and Heidi Clausius

Second Place

Theresa Zapata and Tatiana Gorbunova

Third Place

Amanda DeBoer and Karl Larson

 

Undergraduate Division

First Place

Melissa Penkava and Jacintha Ratnasamy

Second Place

Rachel Taylor and Melinda Sondag

Third Place

Cassandra Utt and Sara Tobe

Past Winners

2010

 

Graduate Division

First Place

Erin Brooks, baritone and Kate Stubbs, piano

Second Place

Todd Doering, countertenor and Karl Larson, piano

Third Place

Rebecca Eaddy, soprano and Artem Anunchin, piano

 

Undergraduate Division

First Place

Marcus Bedinger, tenor and Casie Dietrich, piano

Second Place

Nathaniel Hein, tenor and Peter Oehrtman, piano

Third Place

Eric Stephen Blair, baritone and Andreas Xenopoulos, piano

2009

 

Graduate Division

First Place

Jing Lin, soprano, (China) and Ivana Tjandra, piano (Indonesia)

Second Place

Tammie Bradley, soprano, (Versaille, Ky.) and Mariam Vardzelashvili, piano (Georgia)

Third Place

Todd Doering, countertenor, (Sarasota, Fla.) and Mariam Vardzelashvili, piano (Georgia)

 

Undergraduate Division

First Place

Abigail Renee Krawson, soprano, (Canton) and I-Chen Yeh, piano (Taiwan)

Second Place

Matthew Hayner, baritone, (Lock Port, N.Y.) and Sara Young, piano (Bowling Green)

Third Place

LaRiché Jones, mezzo-soprano, (Livonia, Mich.) and Cristina Vlad, piano (Romania)

 

2008

 

Graduate Division

First Place

Megan Bell, soprano, (Columbus) and Stijn De Cock, piano (Belgium)

Second Place

Sara Emerson, soprano, (Traverse City, Mich.) and Laure Vermulin, piano (France)

Third Place

Tammie Bradley, soprano, (Versailles, Ky.) and Mariam Vardzhelashvili, piano (Georgia)

 

Undergraduate Division

First Place

Tim Bruno, bass, (Toledo) and Kate Musser-Stubbs, piano (Fort Loramie)

Second Place

Marissa Zacharias, soprano, (Celina) and Olga Topuzova-Meade, piano (Ukraine)

Third Place

Marcus Bedinger, tenor, (Trotwood) and Casie Dietrich, piano (Genoa)

 

2007

 

Graduate Division

First Place

Courtney Cleveland, mezzo-soprano, (Louisville, Ky.) and I-Chen Yeh, piano (Taiwan)

Second Place

Elizabeth Hanson, mezzo-soprano, (Loveland) and Meggie Young, piano (Chaska, Minn.)

Third Place

Marlayna Maynard, soprano, (Dunlow, W.Va.) and Yee Von Ng, piano

 

Undergraduate Division

First Place

 Sarah Flammer, soprano, (Commerce, Mich.) and Stijn de Cock, piano (Belgium)

Second Place

 Marcus Bedinger, tenor, (Trotwood) and Casie Dietrich, piano (Genoa)

Third Place

Jenny Meggitt, soprano, (Temperance, Mich.) and Stijn de Cock, piano (Belgium)

 

2006

 

Graduate Division

First Place

Joan Cano, soprano, (Phillippines) and Pantelis Polichronidis, piano (Greece)

Second Place

Courtney Cleveland, mezzo-soprano, (Louisville, Ky.) and I-Chen Yeh, piano (Taiwan)

Third Place

 Justin Randolph, baritone, (Zanesville) and Kate Musser, piano (Loramie)

 

Undergraduate Division

First Place

Katie Liesner, soprano, (Massillon) and Olga Cleianchina, piano (Romania)

Second Place

 Ellen Gartner, mezzo-soprano, (Findlay) and Pantelis Polichronidis, piano (Greece)

Third Place

Allison Patterson, soprano, (Howard) and Melissa Fletcher, piano (North Royalton)

 

2005

 

Graduate Division

First Place

Kisma Jordan, soprano, and Olga Cleianchina, piano

Second Place

Marcialyn Lopez, soprano, and Melissa Martiros, piano
Justin Randolph, baritone, and Kate Musser, piano

 

Undergraduate Division

First Place

Rizo Arellano, counter-tenor, and Alena Gorina, piano

Second Place

Sarah Flammer, mezzo-soprano, and Stijn De Cock, piano

Third Place

T. Edward Federle, baritone, and Matthew Skitzki, piano

 

2004

 

Graduate Division

First Place

Lori Celeste Hicks, soprano, and Matthew Skitzki, piano

Second Place

Marcialyn Lopez, soprano, and Melissa Martiros, piano

 

Undergraduate Division

First Place

Elizabeth Baldwin, mezzo-soprano, and Samee Griffith, piano.

Second Place

Rizo Arellano, counter-tenor, and Alena Gorina, piano

 

2003

 

Graduate Division

First Place

Not awarded

Second Place

Christina Gregory, soprano, and Bianca Hotea, piano

 

Undergraduate Division

First Place

Minnita Daniel-Cox, soprano, and Bianca Hotea, piano
Elizabeth Hansen, sorpano, and Alena Crossmon, piano

Second Place

Andy Catton, baritone, and Laronne Bomeli, piano

 

2002

 

Graduate Division

First Place

 Sedalia Brown, soprano, and Marina Chamasyan, piano

Second Place

 Alison Show, soprano, and Ondra Williams, piano

 

Undergraduate Division

First Place

Chris Carducci, baritone, and Christopher Stephens, piano

Second Place

 Stephanie Winslow, soprano, and Ondra Williams, piano

 

2001

 

Graduate Division

First Place

Jeffrey Wisniewski, baritone, and Stacey Barelos, piano

Second Place

Sedalia Brown, soprano, and Marina Chamasyan, piano

 

Undergraduate Division

First Place

 Juliane Goretta, soprano, and Marcelina Turcanu, piano

Second Place

 Minnita Daniel-Cox, soprano, and Anna Stembler-Smith, piano

 

2000

 

Graduate Division

First Place

Not Awarded

Second Place

Jaunelle Celaire, soprano, and Catalina Teican, piano

 

Undergraduate Division

First Place

Traci Cotterman Weaver, soprano, and Erin Bonski, piano
Jeffrey Wisniewski, baritone, and Janelle Penn, piano

Second Place

Chris Carducci, baritone, and Maira Balacon, piano