Award Winners
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The May Festival Choral Conducting Fellow is selected annually from the pool of choral conducting graduate students currently studying at the University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music. This program is generously supported by Ginger and David Warner.
2013-2014: Marie Bucoy-Calavan
2014-2015: Daniel Blosser
2015-2016: Matthew Swanson
2016-2017: Minhye Jang
2017-2018: Daniel Parsley
2018-2019: Hyejung Jun
2019-2020: Joseph Taff
2020-2021: Harry Mathurin-Cecil
2021-2022: Matthew Swope
2022-2023: Christin Sears
2023-2024: Sergey Tkachenko
2024-2025: Andrew Miller -
The John Hauck Foundation May Festival Youth Chorus Scholarship is presented annually to graduating high school senior in the Youth Chorus who plans to study music in college.
1999: Brigid Berger, Libby Bruce, Beth Kirkpatrick
2000: Tiffany Evans, Ted Federle, Anne McGill
2001: Scott M. Hayward, Sara Macy, Meghan Raynes
2002: Lydia Balmost, Amanda Cecilia Dorff, Adam J. Thiel
2003: Megan Alward, Colin Brush, Stacey Erin Sands
2004: Talia Broering
2005: Jeffrey Berger, Katelin French
2006: Rebecca Newcomer, Michael Tindall
2007: Thomas Cunningham, Stephanie Tokarz, Donald Smith
2008: Natalie Tyson-Multhaup, Daniel Moody
2009: Cameron Holland, Ashley Mann, Alexander Muetzel
2010: Olivia Yonkers
2011: David Gordon-Johnson, Sarah Pellington
2012: Holly Reckers, James Sheline
2013: Gabriel Montefiore, Bradley Kirkendall
2014: Ryan Montgomery, Jenny Cruetzinger
2015: Natalie Brady, Ashley Patak
2016: Moriah Slaughter
2017: Christopher Ford, Katherine Sharp
2018: Anna Greco, Andrew H. Nash
2019: Sam Owens, Cari Sullivan
2020: Annalyn Gauger
2021: Megan Haarlammert -
Supported by the William Baude-Maurice Oshry Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation, the Music Education Fellow is an undergraduate college student studying music education. This Fellow works with the May Festival Youth Chorus throughout the year, gaining teaching experience with the adolescent age group in advance of his or her first professional position.
2019-2020: Danny Mylott
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The James Bagwell Award, named for longtime Youth Chorus conductor Dr. James Bagwell, is given to a returning Youth Chorus member in recognition of their musical curiosity, academic achievement, and commitment to the Youth Chorus.
2019: Parker Lindmark
2020: Anna Varisco