Classical Auditions

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