ELIZABETH GREENFIELD AWARD WINNER 2026

WINNER

WINNER • VOICE

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ELIZABETH GREENFIELD

THE FINALISTS REVEALED 2026

JTVA is pleased to announce the 5 finalists for the sixth Elizabeth Greenfield Award. This video is a brief compilation of excerpts from the finalists’ applications. We are thrilled with the remarkable talent of all these singers and look forward with great excitement to what the future brings them!

Top row: NAME NAME, voice│NAME NAME, voice│NAME NAME, voice

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AWARD COORDINATOR

Alexander Taite - Greenfield Award Coordinator

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the Semi-FINALS judges

Taiwan Norris

Taiwan Norris is an internationally acclaimed lyric tenor known for his rich voice and global performances. A Grammy certificate recipient, he has sung with premier Lincoln Center institutions, including the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, and the New York Philharmonic, alongside a debut at Carnegie Hall. Internationally, Norris has graced prestigious stages across Europe and South America and tours with the American Spiritual Ensemble. Notable credits include Porgy and Bess at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. He trained at the acclaimed Duke Ellington School of the Arts and holds a B.A. from Morgan State University.

Michael Belle

Megan Kellogg

Will Kelly

Damien Sneed

the FINALS Judges

Kedrick Armstrong - Chair

Kedrick Armstrong is the Music Director of the Oakland Symphony, becoming the 9th Music Director in the orchestra’s almost 100-year history. He is also the Creative Partner and Principal Conductor of the Knox-Galesburg Symphony. Kedrick's recent highlights include debuting at the Lyric Opera of Chicago to premiere a new opera, The Factotum, by Will Liverman and K Rico. Named by the Washington Post as one of “22 for ’22: Composers and performers to watch,” Kedrick uses his voice and platform as a Black conductor to advocate for classical music’s performance, publication, and preservation of minority voices. This advocacy has led to various speaking engagements and a research fellowship with the American Music Research Center (University of Colorado-Boulder) studying Black female composers within the Helen Walker-Hill archives.

Terrence Chin-Loy

American tenor Terrence Chin-Loy, whom Opera News describes as "endowed with a sweet, lyric tenor,” is a passionate performer and expressive storyteller. In the 2026/2027 season Terrence will sing Pang in Turandot at both LA Opera and Dallas Opera, Pang and Male Courtier 2 in Turandot and Brett Dean’s Of One Blood, both at the Santa Fe Opera, cover the role of Thomas Havens in the world-premiere of Lincoln in the Bardo at the Metropolitan Opera, and in concert, join the Phoenix Symphony for Handel’s Messiah and the Boise Philharmonic for Bruckner’s Te Deum. In the 2025/2026 season, Terrence Chin-Loy made three role debuts, first as Rodolfo in La bohème with Madison Opera, Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly with Arizona Opera, and Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoorwith Berkshire Opera Festival.

Donald Lee III

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Tichina Vaughn

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