On October 18, 2018, 17 singers were heard by a panel of judges consisting of Ken Benson, Scott Carlton, Cori Ellison and Eve Queler.  Nathalie Wagner attended ex officio.  Soprano Helena Brown was given the Robert Lauch Award in the amount of $6,000 and soprano Megan Nielson was given the Ursula Springer Award in the amount of $2,000.  Encouragement grants of $1,000 each were given to sopranos Brooke Dircks, Amanda Zory and Jessine Johnson, tenor Alec Carlson and mezzo-soprano Karmesha Peake. Visit our Singers Awards page to learn more.