AFTER MUCH DELIBERATION, OUR RENOWNED JUDGES STELLA MARKOU, ANTHONY OFFERLE, CASEY ROBARDS, AND JOSHUA STEWART HAVE DECIDED THE WINNERS AND THE RESULTS ARE IN…

The winners of The Donald W. Wood Sr. Vocal Competition for the 2025-2026 season:

FIRST PLACE: MALIA SUGGS, Senior, Patrick F. Taylor Science & Technology Academy and New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, Vocal Instructor: Phyllis Treigle

SECOND PLACE:  RAD JENNINGS, Sophomore, Benjamin Franklin High School, Vocal Instructor: Dreux Montegut

THIRD PLACE: SUSANA CUARTAS, Senior, New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, Vocal Instructor: Phyllis Treigle

HONORABLE MENTION: AIDAN MOLAISON, Senior, St. Martin’s Episcopal School, Vocal Instructor: Dreux Montegut

Congratulations to the winners and a huge thank you to all the competitors!

A special 'thank you' to Amy Pfrimmer, Professor of Music and the Lilian Gerson Watsky Professor in Voice at Tulane University, where she has been voice area coordinator and director of the vocal music concert series since 2007. Her repertoire and creative work encompasses a wide range of music, with particular focus on Romantic and 20th-century opera, oratorio, concert literature, and song. Thank you, Amy Pfrimmer!