2000-1985 Competition for Colorado Singers – Results
Competition Winners Past & Present
2000
1. Robert Gardner, Baritone
2. Kara Guggenmos
3. Dorji Cering
4. Qui Ling Zhu
5. Sang-yun Kwen
6. Amy Broken Leg
7. Bradley Thompson
8. Jason Baldwin, Tenor
9. Catherine Clark
10. Donna Lee
Most potential – non-finalists
Sarah Barber
1999
1. Li Hui Zhang
2. Robert Gardner, Baritione
3. Peter Furlong
4. Quinn Patrick, Mezzo
5. Jeremy Aye
6. Dorji Ciren
7. Amy Broken Leg
8. Leslie Remmert
9. Tausha Torrez
10. Lisa Walecki
Most talented under 25
Megan Gutierrez
Most potential – non-finalists
Jennifer Robertson
Wendi Sue Grover
1998
1. Amy Lauritzen, Soprano
2. Derrick Ballard
3. Rhonda York
4. Jason Baldwin
5. Jeremy Aye
6. Megan Gutierrez
7. Julie Anderson
8. Wendie Sue Grover
9. Leslie Remmert
10. Lisa Walecki
Most talented under 25
Megan Gutierrez
Most potential – non-finalists
Jennifer Robinson
1997
1. Katherine Adam
2. Amy Kopatich
3. Lisa Walecki
4. Derrick Ballard
5. Catherine Nix, Soprano
6. Amanda Kelts
7. Rhonda York
8. Daniel Fosha
9. Quinn Patrick, Mezzo
10. Julie Dennison
1996
1. Emily Herrera-Thrasher, Soprano
2. Catherine Nix, Soprano
3. Lauren Sawyer
4. Rob Causer
5. Amanda Kelts
6. Amy Kopatich
7. Jennifer Robinson
8. Robert Best
9. Jennifer Stewart
10. Joseph Wiggett
1995
1. Emily Bullock
2. Voltaire Verzosa
3. Emily Herrera-Thrasher, Soprano
4. Vale Rideout, Tenor
5. Bret Howsden
6. Julie Dennison
7. Natalie Stravrovsky
8. Mary Jaeb
9. Rhonda York
10. Rob Causer
1994
1. Julianne Best
2. Emily Bullock, Mezzo
3. Pamela Mahon
4. Bret Howsden
5. Elizabeth Fernald
6. Eve Maisonpierre
7. Amy Kopatich
8. Emily Herrera-Thrasher, Soprano
9. Vale Rideout, Tenor
10. Dean Thoma
1993
1. Helena Biktasheva
2. Emily Bullock, Mezzo
3. Pat Vigil
4. Tracy Bidleman
5. Emily Herrera-Thrasher, Soprano
6. Robert Best
7. Deidre Lobo
8. Dean Thoma
9. Shana Carr
10. Stacy Pope
11. Maureen Sorensson
12. Todd Teske
1992
1. Curt Peterson
2. Ann Christopherson
3. Dean Thoma
4. Maureen Sorensson
5. Robert Best
6. Julianne Lungren
7. Helena Biktasheva
8. Bret Howsden
9. Karla Fredll
10. Mary Jaeb
1991
1. James Bobick
2. Mary Jaeb
3. Maureen Sorensson
4. Robert Causer
5. Ann Christopherson
6. Karla Fredell
7. Richard Applegreen
8. Karen Brown
9. James Lambert
10. Judeth Shay
1990
1. Yalun Zhang, Baritone
2. Kathryn Krasovec
3. John Armstrong
4. Rebecca Berg-Koenigberg
5. Julie Dennison
6. Barbara Paré, Soprano
1989
1. Cynthia Lawrence
2. Mark Calkins
3. John Armstrong
4. Stephan Branch
5. Maureen Sorensson
6. Barbara Paré, Soprano
1986
1. Elizabeth Hagedorn
2. Geena Jeffries
3. Marcia Ragonetti
4. David Jackson
5. Rebecca Eichenberger
1985
1. Rebecca Lively
2. Diana Tapscott Groe
3. Elizabeth Hagedorn
4. Robert Turner
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