POSTED May 23, 2024 – NEW YORK, NY – After four days of preliminary auditions this week, finalists to the 2024 Jensen Foundation Vocal Competition have been announced. They are:

• Katherine Beck, mezzo-soprano

• Ben Brady, bass-baritone

• Benjamin Dickerson, baritone

• Meryl Dominguez, soprano

• Véronique Filloux, soprano

• Keely Futterer, soprano

• Trevor Haumschilt-Rocha, baritone

• Magdalena Kuźma, soprano

• Brittany Olivia Logan, soprano

• Midori Marsh, soprano

• Daniel Moody, countertenor

• Esther Tonea, soprano

These twelve singers compete for more than $40,000 in grant awards this Saturday, May 25th at 1 PM at Engelman Recital Hall, Baruch Performing Arts Center in New York City. The singers will be judged by a distinguished panel of opera professionals:

• Christian Capocaccia, Syracuse Opera and Tri-Cities Opera

• Priti Gandhi, Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition

• Cory Lippiello, Lyric Opera of Chicago

Read more about our 2024 Finals Judges.

More than 280 singers applied to participate in the 2024 Jensen Foundation Vocal Competition. Ninety-three singers were heard, and these twelve finalists were selected. They compete for:

• $15,000, First Place Grant Award

• $10,000, Second Place Grant Award

• $7,500, Third Place Grant Award

• $3,000, Munday Encouragement Grant Award

• Each non-award-winning finalist receives a grant of $750.

The Jensen Foundation thanks its judges for the preliminary rounds of the 2024 Competition: Ms. Kirsten Chambers, soprano; Mr. Ben Leaptrott of Brenau University; and Dr. Oliver Worthington of Butler University, as well as accompanists Dan Franklin Smith and Jonathan Kelly.

The Finals of the 2024 Jensen Competition are free and open to the public. Join us on Saturday, May 25 at 1 PM at Baruch Performing Arts Center, 55 Lexington Avenue.