International Association of Music & Arts

Concert Program

2026 IAMA Vocal Competition Awards Gala Concert

Friday, July 31, 2026 7:00–9:00 PM Courtyard Theater · Plano, Texas

Tonight’s program celebrates the singers and ensembles selected from the 2026 IAMA Vocal Competition. We are honored to share their artistry with our community.

Part I

Junior Division

  1. 1.
    George Wu

    Skidamarink

    Junior A Contemporary

  2. 2.
    Terpsichore Chen

    The Mermaid

    Junior A Classical

  3. 3.
    Grace Fan

    Caro mio ben

    Junior A Classical

  4. 4.
    Carson Huang

    I Won’t Grow Up

    Junior B Contemporary

  5. 5.
    Dayna Im

    Lungi dal caro bene

    Junior B Classical

  6. 6.
    Alli-Mo Eclipse

    Stepsister’s Lament

    Molly Li & Allison Long · Ensemble

  7. 7.
    Adrish Sen

    A Million Dreams

    Junior B Contemporary

  8. 8.
    Alan Csallner

    Se tu m’ami

    Junior B Classical

  9. 9.
    Mercer Rogers

    Dead Mom

    Junior B Contemporary

Awards Presentation — Junior A Classical Award, Junior A Contemporary Award, Junior B Classical Award & Junior B Contemporary Award

Part II

Teen & Ensemble Division

  1. 10.
    Layla Ablorh

    An die Nachtigall

    Teen Classical

  2. 11.
    Renyue Shi

    Ain’t Misbehavin’

    Teen Contemporary

  3. 12.
    Michael Yu

    O del mio amato ben

    Adult Classical

  4. 13.
    Kerstin Barth

    Much More

    Teen Contemporary

  5. 14.
    Vox Elite Choir

    The Hawthorn Tree (山楂树)

    Tom Tang · Linan Xu · Shuangchen Simmons · Jiakang Xie · Ensemble

  6. 15.
    Clara Schneider

    Poor Unfortunate Souls

    Pianist: Dr. Michael Schneider · Teen Contemporary

  7. 16.
    Sehyeon Kim

    O del mio dolce ardor

    Pianist: Kelly Pfaffenberger · Adult Classical

  8. 17.
    Leah Bateman

    Du bist die Ruh

    Pianist: Jimmy Emery · Teen Classical

  9. 18.
    Bella Silva

    Don’t Rain on My Parade

    Teen Contemporary

  10. 19.
    Teresa & Michael

    All for the Best

    Ensemble

Awards Presentation — Teen Classical Award, Teen Contemporary Award & Ensemble Award

Part III

Adult Division

  1. 20.
    Shuangchen Simmons

    Red Bean Poem

    Adult Classical

  2. 21.
    Devanshi Verma

    My Heart Will Go On

    Adult Contemporary

  3. 22.
    Jordan Hall

    Mirror

    Adult Contemporary

  4. 23.
    Joshua Tolibas

    Snake Eater

    Adult Contemporary

  5. 24.
    Zachary Ligh

    Die beiden Grenadiere

    Pianist: Cristian Humberto Garcia · Adult Classical

  6. 25.
    Chabely Rendon

    Un bel dì vedremo

    Pianist: Sarah Steele · Adult Classical

  7. 26.
    Nathan Pham

    Cry Me a River

    Adult Contemporary

  8. 27.
    Anna F. Poppova

    I Wanna Dance with Somebody

    Adult Contemporary

Special Guest Performance

Dr. Daniel Lickteig

  1. 28.
    Dr. Daniel Lickteig

    Cortigiani, vil razza dannata

    Some Enchanted Evening

Final Awards — Adult Classical, Adult Contemporary, Judge’s Choice Award, Best Performance Award & Audience Choice Award

Acknowledgements

Venue Sponsor

HanOpera Music Academy
hanopera.com

Individual Sponsors

Weina Wang · Johann & Linda Tse · Monica Simmons · Natalie Lin · Linan Xu · Yingge Li

IAMA Production Team

Staff

Yixuan Han · Johann Tse · Tom Tang · Helen Chia · Weina Wang · Luqing Shi · Linda Tse · Min Wang · Grace Guo

Youth Team

Alan Csallner · Renee Shi · Lindsey Zhao · Teresa Chen

Artistic Staff & Volunteers

Anjelica Conner · Qiong Wu · Jia Xu · Karen Solomen · William Derusha

With heartfelt thanks to everyone whose generosity, dedication, and volunteer spirit made the 2026 IAMA Vocal Competition and Awards Gala Concert possible.

Thank you for joining us.
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Program order and repertoire are subject to change.

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