APPLY FOR ELIZABETH GREENFIELD AWARD www.yaptracker.com/applications/jtva-elizabeth-greenfield-2024
JTVA congratulates the 2026 Competition Semifinalists!
Yoonsoo Jang
Ariana Maubach
James McCarthy
Dalia Medovnikov
Luna Seongeun Park
Kathryn Riopel
Rachel Schlesinger
Vuyiswa Sigadi
Kayla Stein
Penelope Teague
Dominic Townsend
John Arlotti
Gabrielle Barkidjija
Tiffany Choe
Natalie Creel
Alex Delgado
Sam Dhobhany
Alexa Frankian
Alexander Granito
Christopher Gray
Giorgi Guliashvili
Abigale Hobbs
Sihao Hu
JTVA is an Oakland, California based nonprofit established to encourage and cultivate, through competition and education, the emerging talents of singers who aspire to a professional career in vocal performance.
IN THE News 2025
JTVA Returns to Valley Center for the Performing Arts
JTVA returns to the Valley Center for the Performing Arts on the former campus of Holy Names University in Oakland for the 12th Annual JTVA Vocal Competition Weekend on July 19-20, 2025.
The first six JTVA Vocal Competitions, from 2014-2019, were held in the Valley Center for the Performing Arts at Holy Names University. As HNU ceased operation during the pandemic, JTVA temporarily relocated to San Francisco’s Wilsey Center for 2022 and 2023. Determined to return to our East Bay roots, JTVA originally scheduled the 2024 event at Cal State East Bay. However, the Valley Center has reopened under new ownership and they reached out with an inviting, if last minute, offer to return last year. We are so pleased to return again to the familiar stage of our long time home theater.
Applications open on YAPTracker this Friday, February 21, 2025. Historically, we receive an average of about 350 applications each year. Our judges narrow this list down to about 40 semi-finalists, then another panel chooses the final 10 who will go on to the Competition Weekend in Oakland for the Master Classes and Finals Concerts. It’s sure to be riveting, so you’ll not want to miss it!
JTVA CONGRATULATES The 2025 Finalists
First Row: Taylor Haines, Soprano | Daniel Rich, Baritone
Second Row: Ben Reisinger, Tenor | Brianna J. Robinson, Soprano | James McCarthy, Bass-Baritone
First Row: Sofia Gotch, Soprano | Anna Thompson, Soprano
Second Row: Christopher Gray, Bass-Baritone | Hans Grunwald, Baritone | Justice Yates, Baritone
PAST COMPETITION FINALISTS
Listen to Past Finalists
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Listen to Past Finalists 〰️
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TIER I
Kresley Figueroa - Thomas Kinch - Ilanah Lobel-Torres - Maggie Reneé - Ethan Vincent
TIER II
Natalie Corrigan - Matthew Dexter - Lindsay Martin - Jordan McCready - Amanda Olea
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Victor Cardamone - Kayla Harriott - Raven McMillon - Jazmine Olwalia - Ben Reisinger - Moisés Salazar - Camille Sherman
TIER II
Ryan Blankenburg - Hannah Cho - SeongBeom Choi - Anna Kelly - Clara Reeves - Demetrious Sampson
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Andrea Baker - Joshua Conyers - Alex DeSocio - Kara Dugan - Timothy Murray - Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen - Ariana Wehr
TIER II
Aaron Crouch - Adia Evans - Helaine Liebman - Isabella Luchi - Jennie Olivia - Zoe Rose Pallas (Proeber) - Michael Skarke
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Ben Brady - Ashley Fabian - Brian Michael Moore - Megan Moore - Timothy Murray - Christian Pursell - Alexandra Razskazoff
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Morgan Balfour - Katherine Holobinko - Amanda Olea - Ian Rucker - Elena Villalón - David Young - Jason Zacher
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Ben Brady - Alec Carlson - Natalie Image - Abigail Levis - Raphaella Medina - Tim Murray - Ariana Wehr
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Erin Alford - Morgan Balfour - Ashlyn Brown - Clare Demer - Yvette Keong - Taylor See - David Young
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Kara Dugan - Andrew Manea - Brian Michael Moore - Felicia Moore - Alexandra Nowakowski - Mario Rojas - Camille Sherman
TIER II
David Catalano - Cara Gabrielson - Taylor Haines - Madeleine Lew - Lindsey Reynolds - Thomas West - Jason Zacher
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Mariya Kaganskaya - Kelsey Lauritano - Hannah Ludwig - Andrew Manea - Brian Michael Moore - Bryan Murray - Emmett O'Hanlon
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Ben Brady - Clare Demer - Cara Gabrielson - Taylor Haines - Kyu Young Lee - Matthew Soibelman - Sean Stanton
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Julie Adams - Nicholas Brownlee - Mason Gates - Sandra Hamaoui - Samantha Hankey - Andrew Manea - Daniel Moody
TIER II
Clare Demer - Emilie Faiella - Maya Kherani - Julia Metzler - Erin O’Meally - William Ottow - Sean Stanton
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TIER I
Yelena Dyachek - Arnold Livingston Geis - Veronica Jensen - Kisma Jordan - Jennifer Lindsay - Aundi Moore - Cody Quattlebaum
TIER II
Greg Allen Friedman - Aaron Gallington - Eva Gheorghiu - Timothy Madden - Madelaine Matej - Julia Metzler - Alexander Taite
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Elizabeth Baldwin - Jason Duika - Sara LeMesh - Jennifer Lindsay - Clarissa Lyons - Emma McNairy - Brent Turner
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Clare Demer - Samuel James Dewese - Aaron Gallington - Angela Jarosz - Bradley King - Emma Rosenthal - Claire Weber
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David Blalock - Ryan Bradford - Lara Lynn Cottrill - Jason Duika - Nicole Greenidge - Katherine Leemhuis - Abigail Levis
TIER II
Caleb Barnes - Allie Jessing - Hannah Ludwig - Chelsea Lyons - Stefan Miller - Anne Hepburn Smith - Alexander Taite