On Saturday, November 18, 2017, members of The Opera Guild for Atlanta gathered at Kopleff Recital Hall on the Georgia State University campus to hear twenty-one young singers audition for the Georgia District Metropolitan Opera National Council (MONC).

Many thanks to this year’s judges, listed Left to Right below with Opera Guild for Atlanta members:

• J. Barry Shrenk, Director of Membership and Finance for the MONC Southeast Region
• Ruth Golden, MONC GA District Judge, soprano
• Nicholas Russell,  MONC GA District Judge, Boston Lyric Opera
• John Hoomes,  MONC GA District Judge, Nashville Opera
• Margaret Talmadge Howell, Chairman, MONC Southeast Region
• Bradley Howard,MONC Regional Auditions Co-Director
• W. Dwight Coleman, President, The Opera Guild for Atlanta

Pictured left to right below are the 2017 MONC Georgia District winners with the co-directors:

• Alexis Lundy, MONC Georgia District Auditions Co-Director
• Amy Smithwick, soprano, Georgia District Winner
• Clay Young, tenor, Georgia District Winner
• Jasmine Habersham, soprano, Georgia District Winner
• Robert Fridlender, baritone, The Rebekah Clark Cooledge Encouragement Award Winner
• Christina Howell, MONC Georgia District Auditions Co-Director

Congratulations to all the young singers who participated in the 2017 MONC Georgia District Auditions!