2024 Classical Auditions Winners

Fall 2024 Texoma Classical Winners and Finalists

Announcing the Winners of CL 3A Category – Lower High School Treble

  • 1st Place
    Performer: Ella Maliszewski
    Teacher: Catherine McDaniel
  • 2nd Place
    Performer: Alexis Roy
    Teacher: Debra Greschner

Announcing the Winners of CL 3B Category – Upper High School Treble

  • 1st Place
    Performer: Emma Vogelsand
    Teacher: Christopher Michel
  • 2nd Place
    Performer: Grace Torgerson
    Teacher: Jenny Ohrstrum
  • 3rd Place
    Performer: Claudia Salazar
    Teacher: Deborah Dalton
  • 4th Place (Tie)
    Performer: Katelyn Koppie
    Teacher: Amanda Ronquillo
    Previous Teacher: Dana Guidroz
  • 4th Place (Tie)
    Performer: Ella Theurer
    Teacher: Christopher Michel

Announcing the Winners of CL 4A Category – Lower High School TBB

  • 1st Place
    Performer: Adan Franco
    Teacher: Debra Greschner
  • 2nd Place
    Performer: Jayden Brown
    Teacher: Debra Greschner

Announcing the Winners of CL 4B Category – Upper High School TBB

  • 1st Place
    Performer: Jonathan Simon
    Teacher: Abigail Pena
    Previous Teacher: Stephen Maus
  • 2nd Place
    Performer: James Mitchell
    Teacher: Amanda Ronquillo
    Previous Teacher: Dana Guidroz
  • 3rd Place
    Performer: Daniel Abellar-Neilson
    Teacher: Christopher Michel
  • 4th Place
    Performer: Creighton Garcia
    Teacher: Dana Guidroz
  • Finalist
    Performer: Michael Yu
    Teacher: Yixuan Han
    Supplemental Teacher: Shengjie Liu

Announcing the Winners of CL 5A Category – 1st Year Post HS Treble

  • 1st Place
    Performer: Casey Caldwell
    Teacher: Gwendolyn Alfred
    Previous Teacher: Natalie Cummings
  • 2nd Place
    Performer: Kira Hurley
    Teacher: Jamie Van Eyck
    Previous Teacher: Ashley Townsley
  • 3rd Place (Tie)
    Performer: Arianna Cantu
    Teacher: Dana Guidroz
    Previous Teacher: Cesar Galaviz
  • 3rd Place (Tie)
    Performer: April Acevedo
    Teacher: Rebecca Renfro
    Previous Teacher: Mark Swindler
  • 5th Place
    Performer: Naomi Vinson
    Teacher: Jamie Van Eyck
    Previous Teacher: Amy Canchola
  • Finalists
    Performer: Kimberly Coe
    Teacher: Twyla Robinson
    Previous Teacher: Melody Rich
    Performer: Jacqueline Lucas
    Teacher: Nita Hudson
    Performer: Saniya Menzies
    Teacher: Christopher Michel
    Previous Teacher: Anne Guess
    Performer: Diane Shim
    Teacher: Lily Guerrero
    Previous Teacher: Hildy Shanks
    Performer: Alyssa Wilson
    Teacher: Gregory Brookes
    Previous Teacher: Rebecca Hays

Announcing the Winners of CL 6A – 1st Year Post HS TBB

  • 1st Place (Tie):
    Performer: Gabriel Banda
    Teacher: David Sadlier
  • 1st Place (Tie):
    Performer: Michael Banda
    Teacher: David Sadlier
  • 3rd Place:
    Performer: Hunter Henne
    Teacher: Jessica Spafford
  • 4th Place:
    Performer: Hobed Saravia
    Teacher: Scott LaGraff
    Previous Teacher: Annette Pappas
  • 5th Place:
    Performer: Jack McCorquodale
    Teacher: Richard Berry
    Previous Teacher: Terry Morris

Announcing the Winners of CL 5B – 2nd Year Post HS Treble

  • 1st Place:
    Performer: Stephanie Lopez
    Teacher: Barbara Hill Moore
  • 2nd Place:
    Performer: Maya Wilson
    Teacher: Mikhail Smigelski
  • 3rd Place:
    Performer: Sarah Squires
    Teacher: James Rodriguez
  • 4th Place:
    Performer: Alexandra Pierce
    Teacher: Rebecca Renfro
  • 5th Place:
    Performer: Celia Mellett
    Teacher: Rachel Elizabeth Watkins

Announcing the Winners of CL 6B – 2nd Year Post HS TBB

  • 1st Place:
    Performer: Kai Diamond
    Teacher: James Rodriguez
  • 2nd Place:
    Performer: Nicholas Pappas
    Teacher: David Kirkwood
  • 3rd Place (Tie):
    Performer: Micah Espree
    Teacher: Kimberly Monzon
  • 3rd Place (Tie):
    Performer: Alessandro Gucciardi
    Teacher:  Catherine McDaniel
  • 5th Place:
    Performer: Michael Reyes
    Teacher: Crystal Jarrell Johnson

Announcing the Winners of CL 7A – 3rd Year Post HS Treble

  • 1st Place:
    Performer: Poppy Teague
    Teacher: Paul Piersall Jr
  • 2nd Place:
    Performer: Maria St. Clair
    Teacher: Daveda Karanas
  • 3rd Place:
    Performer: Alexia Rivera
    Teacher: Jamie Van Eyck
  • 4th Place:
    Performer: Andie Earl
    Teacher: Barbara Hill Moore
  • 5th Place:
    Performer: Sahara Seifried
    Teacher: Catherine McDaniel
  • Finalists:
    Performer: Nalani Defensor
    Teacher: Jamie Van Eyck
    Performer: Jun Gomez
    Teacher: Leanne Scaggs
    Performer: Halle Lambert
    Teacher: Nita Hudson
    Performer: Monica Malas
    Teacher: Mark Diamond
    Performer: Kristen Salinas
    Teacher: Daniel Hunter-Holly
    Performer: Ella Selden
    Teacher: Morgan Manifacier
    Performer: Aubrey Turner
    Teacher: Scott LaGraff

Announcing the Winners of CL 8A – 3rd Year Post HS TBB

  • 1st Place:
    Performer: Blayne Stonecipher
    Teacher: Robert Best
  • 2nd Place:
    Performer: Joseph Gonzalez
    Teacher: Eric Stoklossa
  • 3rd Place:
    Performer: Corbin Gray
    Teacher: Paul Piersall Jr
  • 4th Place:
    Performer: Patricio Izaguirre
    Teacher: Bradley Naylor
  • 5th Place:
    Performer: Joshua McMiller II
    Teacher: Samantha Balboa
    Previous Teacher: Richard Novak II

Announcing the Winners of CL 7B – 4th/5th Years Post HS Treble

  • 1st Place:
    Performer: Emily Pace
    Teacher: Robert Best
  • 2nd Place:
    Performer: Jocelyn Barnes
    Teacher: Scott LaGraff
  • 3rd Place:
    Performer: Katarina Cashon
    Teacher: Jeffrey Tarr
  • 4th Place:
    Performer: Katelyn Segarra
    Teacher: Suzanne Ramo
  • 5th Place:
    Performer: Antonio Ballesteros
    Teacher: Rebecca Coberly

Announcing the Winners of CL 8B- 4th/5th Years Post HS TBB

  • 1st Place:
    Performer: Elisandro Reza
    Teacher: Stephanie Beinlich
  • 2nd Place:
    Performer: James Silva
    Teacher: Christopher Michel
  • 3rd Place:
    Performer: Jacob Vasquez
    Teacher: Patrick McNally
    Previous Teacher: Brock Johnson
  • 4th Place (Tie):
    Performer: Jack Cozad
    Teacher: Alice Anne Light
  • 4th Place (Tie):
    Performer:  Chris Markgraf
    Teacher: Gregory Brookes
    Previous Teacher: Rebecca Hays

Announcing the Winners of CL 9 – Advanced Classical Treble

  • 1st Place:
    Performer: Sarah Martinez
    Teacher: Mark Diamond
  • 2nd Place:
    Performer: Taylor Hendricks
    Teacher: Barbara Hill Moore
    Previous Teacher: Rebecca Renfro
  • 3rd Place:
    Performer: Sylvia Jones
    Teacher: Kimberly Monzon
  • 4th Place:
    Performer: Rachel Gilliam
    Teacher: Lorraine Ernest
  • 5th Place:
    Performer: Olivia Currier
    Teacher: Robert Best
  • Finalist:
    Performer: Madilynn McConnell
    Teacher: Debbie Berry
    Previous Teacher: Jeffrey Picon

Announcing the Winners of CL 10 – Advanced Classical TBB

  • 1st Place:
    Performer: J’Von Brown
    Teacher: Barbara Hill Moore
  • 1st Place (tie):
    Performer:  Dylan Ramirez
    Teacher:  Jourdan Howell
  • 3rd Place:
    Performer: Lwazi Dlamini
    Teacher: Barbara Hill Moore
    Previous Teacher: Brad Liebl
  • 4th Place:
    Performer: Ethan Fasnacht
    Teacher: Gregory Brookes
  • 5th Place:
    Performer: Qizheng Wu
    Teacher: Twyla Robinson
    Previous Teacher: San-ky Kim

Announcing the Winners of  CL 11/12 – Adult Avocational All Voices

  • 1st Place:
    Performer: Jui Fang Chai
    Teacher: Frances Fenton
  • 2nd Place:
    Performer: Charles Walpole
    Teacher: Casey Carter
  • 3rd Place:
    Performer: Megan Kennedy Shedden
    Teacher: Frances Fenton

Announcing the Winners of CL 13/14 – Non-Traditional Student All
Voices

  • 1st Place:
    Performer: Francisco Rendon
    Teacher: Eric Stoklossa
  • 2nd Place:
    Performer: Ziyan Hu
    Teacher: Gregory Brookes
    Previous Teacher: Karisa Templeton
  • 3rd Place:
    Performer: Akosua Adwini-Poku
    Teacher: Barbara Hill Moore
  • 4th Place (Tie):
    Performer: Kelly Comer
    Teacher:  Lorraine Ernest
  • 4th Place (Tie):
    Performer:  Kenzie Heaney
    Teacher:  Lorraine Ernest

Announcing the Winners of AS 7 – Intermediate American Negro
Spiritual All Voices

  • 1st Place (Tie):
    Performer: Monica Malas
    Teacher: Mark Diamond
  • 1st Place (Tie):
    Performer:  Poppy Teague
    Teacher:  Paul Piersall Jr
  • 3rd Place:
    Performer: Mason Asberry
    Teacher: Myra Vassian
  • 4th Place:
    Performer: Lailah Johnson
    Teacher: Catherine McDaniel
  • 5th Place:
    Performer: Micah Espree
    Teacher: Kimberly Monzon
  • Finalist:
    Performer: Bria Suggs
    Teacher: Samuel Cook

Announcing the Winners of AS 9 – Advanced American Negro Spiritual
All Voices

  • 1st Place:
    Performer: Sylvia Jones
    Teacher: Kimberly Monzon
  • 2nd Place:
    Performer: Dylan Ramirez
    Teacher: Jourdan Howell
  • 3rd Place:
    Performer: Karla Clemens
    Teacher: Melinda Brou
  • 4th Place:
    Performer: Deja Godwin
    Teacher: Melinda Brou
    Previous Teacher: Jeremy Blackwood

Announcing the Winners of LIEDERKRANZ Award

  • Winner:
    Performer: Lwazi Dlamini
    Teacher: Barbara Hill Moore
    Previous Teacher: Brad Liebl

Announcing the Winners of the Barbara Hill Moore Award for the Best
Performance of an Art Song Composed by a Woman of Color Award

  • 1st Place:
    Performer: Elisandro Reza
    Teacher: Stephanie Beinlich
  • 2nd Place:
    Performer: Jared Kellman-Medina
    Teacher: Crystal Jarrell Johnson
  • 3rd Place:
    Performer: Jocelyn Barnes
    Teacher: Scott LaGraff
  • Finalists:
    Performers: Katelyn Segarra, Riley Glaesmann
    Teacher: Suzanne Ramo, Christopher Michel

Announcing the Winner of the GRADY HARLAN AWARD

  • Winner:
    Performer: Emily Pace
    Teacher: Robert Best