Vocal Competition
Saengerbund Awards
Now in its 141st year, the Houston Saengerbund is the oldest continuously operating musical organization in the city of Houston. The Saengerbund Awards are given yearly to encourage and support rising professional singers on the verge of a national career.
Competition Information
Past Winners
Daniel O'Hearn
2024 - 1st Prize
Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Program
James Young
2024 - 2nd Prize
Baritone at Staatstheater Wiesbaden.
Maggie Renee
2024 - 3rd Prize
Carmen, Music Academy of the West
Eric Taylor
2023 - 1st Prize
Houston Grand Opera: Salome, Narraboth
Wolf Trap Opera: Faust, Faust
Detroit Opera: Madama Butterfly, Pinkerton
Yohan John Ji
2023 - 2nd Prize
Staatstheater Cottbus
Staatstheater Nürnberg
Georg Solti Accademia
Charles Eaton
2023 - 3rd Prize
Opera Minnesota: Don Giovanni, Masetto
Trouble in Tahiti, Sam
La Boheme, Schaunard
Carnegie Hall: Faure Requiem Soloist
Opera Louisiane: The Christmas Spider (World Premiere), Fedorov