Conrad Art Song Competition
Local physician and patron of the arts Dr. Marjorie Conrad gave nearly $150,000 to Bowling Green State University for music programs and scholarships in 1999. Approximately $125,000 was used to endow the Dr. Marjorie Conrad Art Song Competition.
A native of Philadelphia, Conrad practiced medicine in Wilmington, Del., for nearly 20 years before moving to Bowling Green in 1966 to marry local physician Dr. Roger Peatee. She began her medical practice here the same year, becoming the community's first woman on the boards of MidAm Bank and MidAm Inc., and, from 1987–89, served as the first woman chief of staff at Wood County Hospital. She retired from the active practice of medicine in 1991. Though she studied voice as a young woman, she began studying voice again in 1993.
A member of Pro Musica, the support group of the College of Musical Arts, she recently donated an additional $50,000 for scholarships in the College.
Congratulations to the Winners of the 2023 Art Song Competition!

Undergraduate Division:
1. Isabelle Olzak, mezzo-soprano,
and Abigail Peterson, piano
2. Tajj Crowder, baritone,
and Nano Beraia, piano
3. Andrew Puschel, tenor,
and Hannah Zaborski, piano
Graduate Division:
1. Emma Clark, soprano,
and Stephen Eckert, piano
2. Kirsten Kidd, soprano,
and Chirapa Wungkaom, piano
3. Sofia Vasileiadou, soprano,
and Eva Panagou, piano
General Information
The Dr. Marjorie Conrad Art Song Fund provides financial prizes, for singers and collaborative pianists, for the annual art song competition in two divisions: undergraduate and graduate. Any year the competition is not held, prize monies will be available for scholarships. The goal of the contest is to encourage students enrolled at BGSU to approach the art song in a serious and intense manner and enhance their learning experience.
Date and Times
The 24th annual competition will be on March 18, 2023. There will be two rounds. The first round will begin at 1 p.m. and the Finals will begin at 8 p.m. Winners will be announced after the Finals.
Award
The total prize money for the competition is $6,500. All prizes will be awarded in voice and piano, with the funds equally distributed between both musicians. A total of six prizes may be awarded: two first prizes of $1,500 each, two second prizes of $1,000 each and two third prizes at $750 each. The first prize-winning duos will also be awarded the opportunity to perform one-half of a song recital.
Application
The 2023 Dr. Marjorie Conrad Art Song Competition application is now available. Please complete the application and send it to Professor Chris Scholl. The application is due by 5:00 p.m. on February 17, 2023.
- The competition will be open to all students currently enrolled at Bowling Green State University. Before entering, contestants must have fulfilled respectively their piano and voice department jury requirements at the College of Musical Arts. There will be two divisions in which to compete—undergraduate and graduate. The singer’s academic rank will determine which division the team falls.
- Each singer/pianist duo team will seek each other out to form their collaboration; they will not be matched by any other process. Both artists must have prior approval from their respective studio teachers. All applications must be emailed to Professor Chris Scholl by 5:00 p.m. on February 17, 2023.
- Each duo will be required to prepare six (6) songs for the competition, with at least one song in each of the following languages: French, German, Italian and English. Each duo must also prepare at least one song from each of the following periods: Classical, Romantic and 20th century, as well as one song by a living composer. The remaining selections may be in any language and from any period the competitors may choose, with no more than two (2) songs in English. (Works must be from six (6) different composers.)
- Singers must perform all of their selections from memory; pianists are permitted to use music.
- The first-prize winners are free to compete the following year in a different division, if they are eligible. Second- and third-prize winners may compete again the following year in the same or different divisions. Pianists may enter three times, i.e. with three different singers.
- Performers will be judged on the following criteria: technical, interpretive, musical and language skills as well as collaborative ability.
2022 Undergraduate Division
First Place
Brooke Harvey, soprano
Jordan Karrigan, piano
Second Place
Andrew Puschel, tenor
Hannah Zaborski, piano
Third Place
Maureen Berney, soprano
Ashley Lewis, piano
Graduate Division
First Place
Carolyn Anderson, soprano
Steven Naylor, piano
Second Place
Keri Lee Pierson, soprano
Francisca de Castanheiro de Freitas, piano
Third Place
Nicholas Kottman, tenor
Chan, piano
2021 Undergraduate Division
First Place
Jhané Perdue, soprano
Ivan Yumagolov, piano
Second Place
Leah Tracy, soprano
Steven Naylor, piano
Third Place
Lindsay Osterholt, soprano
Yongtong Tan, piano
Graduate Division
First Place
Katherine Pracht Phares, mezzo-soprano
Sandra Coursey, piano
Second Place
Carolyn Anderson soprano
Yuefeng Liu, piano
Third Place
Brianna England, soprano
Ariel Magno da Costa, piano
Undergraduate Division
First Place
Nick Kottman, Baritone & Emily Morin, piano
Second Place
Jhane Perdue, Soprano & Ivan Yumagulov, piano
Third Place
Aaron Meece, Baritone & Rhys Burgess, piano
Graduate Division
First Place
Mickey Miller, Soprano & Humay Gasimzade, piano
Second Place
Alicia Berryhill, Soprano & Sijia Lin, piano
Third Place
Eunice Ayodele, Mezzo-Soprano & Jiamo Zhang, piano
Undergraduate Division
First Place
Luke Serrano, baritone & Yuefeng Liu, piano
Second Place
Aaron Hill, tenor & Xi Li, piano
Third Place
Nicholas Kottman, baritone & Hannah Bossner, piano
Graduate Division
First Place
Caroline Kouma, soprano & Rhys Burges, piano
Second Place
Alicia Berryhill, soprano & Sijia Lin, piano
Third Place
Benjamin Ganger, baritone & Emily Morin, piano
Undergraduate Division:
First Place
Hannah Stroth, soprano & Xiaohui Ma, piano
Second Place
Luke Schmidt, tenor & Yuefeng Liu, piano
Third Place
Daniel Baumgartner, baritone & Adam O’Dell, piano
Graduate Division:
First Place
Savanah Stricklin, soprano & Paul Shen, piano
Second Place
Amanda Williams, soprano & Hannah Bossner, piano
Third Place
Hillary LaBonte, soprano & Zach Nyce, piano
Graduate Division
First Place
Kate Pomrenke, soprano & Benjamin Crook, piano
Second Place
Fidelia Esther Darmahkasih, soprano & Yi Chieh Chiu, piano
Third Place
Brett Pond, baritone & Benjamin Crook, piano
Undergraduate Division
First Place
Jenna Seeright, soprano & Benjamin Crook, piano
Second Place
ShayLyssa Alexander, mezzo-soprano & Xiaohui Ma, piano
Third Place
Luke Serrano, baritone & Yi Chieh Chiu, piano
Graduate Division
First Place
Desiree Johnson and Alphonsus Kiu
Second Place
Jennifer Creswell and Chia-Jung Lin
Third Place
Elizabeth Hood and Alphonsus Kiu
Undergraduate Division
First Place
Autum Cochran-Jordan and Qincheng Zeng
Second Place
Rebekah Wehrly and Pen Zhang
Third Place
Daniel Baumgartner and Amy Faber
Graduate Division
First Place
Patty Kramer, mezzo-soprano and Emily Alley, pianoSecond Place
Claire Chardon, soprano and Emily Alley, pianoThird Place
Xin Shao, tenor and Xueli Liu, piano
Undergraduate Division
First Place
Amy Grams, soprano and Xueli Liu, pianoSecond Place
Richard Channell Jr., baritone and Xiangli Kong, pianoThird Place
Mckenzie Frazer, soprano and Ioana Flonta. piano
Graduate Division
First Place
Stephanie Tokarz, soprano and Peng Zhang, pianoSecond Place
Patty Kramer, mezzo-soprano and Ana Yoder, pianoThird Place
LeTara Lee, soprano and Xueli Liu, piano
Undergraduate Division
First Place
Fidelia Esther Darmahkasih, soprano and Jeff Manchur, pianoSecond Place
Patrick Scholl, tenor and Wen Zhang, pianoThird Place
Amy Grams, soprano and Xueli Liu, piano
Graduate Division
First Place
Elizabeth Pearse and Karl LarsenSecond Place
Summer Aebker and Vitaly SerebriakovThird Place
Briana Sosenjeimer and Vitaly Serebriakov
Undergraduate Division
First Place
Drew Ochoa and Vitaly SerebriakovSecond Place
Courtney Wallace and Sarah PuckettThird Place
Grace Hirt and Akira Kaku
Graduate Division
First Place
Christine Amon and Heidi ClausiusSecond Place
Theresa Zapata and Tatiana GorbunovaThird Place
Amanda DeBoer and Karl Larson
Undergraduate Division
First Place
Melissa Penkava and Jacintha RatnasamySecond Place
Rachel Taylor and Melinda SondagThird Place
Cassandra Utt and Sara Tobe
Graduate Division
First Place
Erin Brooks, baritone and Kate Stubbs, pianoSecond Place
Todd Doering, countertenor and Karl Larson, pianoThird Place
Rebecca Eaddy, soprano and Artem Anunchin, piano
Undergraduate Division
First Place
Marcus Bedinger, tenor and Casie Dietrich, pianoSecond Place
Nathaniel Hein, tenor and Peter Oehrtman, pianoThird Place
Eric Stephen Blair, baritone and Andreas Xenopoulos, piano
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)
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)
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)
Graduate Division
First Place
Joan Cano, soprano, (Philippines) 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)
Graduate Division
First Place
Kisma Jordan, soprano, and Olga Cleianchina, pianoSecond 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, pianoSecond Place
Sarah Flammer, mezzo-soprano, and Stijn De Cock, pianoThird Place
T. Edward Federle, baritone, and Matthew Skitzki, piano
Graduate Division
First Place
Lori Celeste Hicks, soprano, and Matthew Skitzki, pianoSecond 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
Graduate Division
First Place
Not awardedSecond 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, pianoSecond Place
Andy Catton, baritone, and Laronne Bomeli, piano
Graduate Division
First Place
Sedalia Brown, soprano, and Marina Chamasyan, pianoSecond Place
Alison Show, soprano, and Ondra Williams, piano
Undergraduate Division
First Place
Chris Carducci, baritone, and Christopher Stephens, pianoSecond Place
Stephanie Winslow, soprano, and Ondra Williams, piano
Graduate Division
First Place
Jeffrey Wisniewski, baritone, and Stacey Barelos, pianoSecond Place
Sedalia Brown, soprano, and Marina Chamasyan, piano
Undergraduate Division
First Place
Juliane Goretta, soprano, and Marcelina Turcanu, pianoSecond Place
Minnita Daniel-Cox, soprano, and Anna Stembler-Smith, piano
Graduate Division
First Place
Not AwardedSecond 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, pianoSecond Place
Chris Carducci, baritone, and Maira Balacon, piano
Updated: 09/01/2023 08:30AM