Congratulations to all the singers who helped make this year’s Quest for the Best an outstanding success. Thanks to the generosity of donors and attendees we awarded over $8,000 in prizes, with all singers receiving prize money. The top award winners are noted below; click on their names to go directly to videos of their arias. Or view (and download) all the graduate and undergraduate arias.
Graduate Singers and Top Awards
Left to right: Shainy Manuel, Crystal Kachevas, Erika Burkhart, Frannie Barrows, Chunghee Lee, Diana Peralta, Yuchen Luo, Kristen Lucas. (photo: Howard Weiss)
| Rank | Amount | Donor | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| First (tie) | $1250 | OGSA in honor of Patrick and Patricia Schifano | Chunghee Lee |
| First (tie) | $1250 | OGSA in memory of Stokes Tolbert | Diana Peralta |
| Third | $750 | Mary Casady in memory of Richard L Casady | Yuchen Luo |
Undergraduate Singers and Top Awards
Left to right: Simon Faddoul, Lylah Field, David Ingram, Bridget Marlowe, Jinzhou Jia, Kelsie Grimsley, Ezra Zurita, Emma Petersen. (Photo: Howard Weiss)
| Rank | Amount | Donor | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | $800 | Anonymous | Emma Petersen |
| Second | $600 | Carolyn & Russ Russo | Ezra Zurita |
| Third | $500 | Patrick and Patricia Schifano | Kelsie Grimsley |