Central Ohio Singing Competition

Central Ohio Singing Competition is an annual competition for kids grades K-12, which is held in Columbus, Ohio. It was founded in 2011 by Tatiana Kats, artistic director of the Columbus International Children's Choir.


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2025 Central Ohio Singing Competition

Divisions and Fees

  • Elementary: ages 10 and under ($40 registration fee)
  • Intermediate: ages 11 to 13 ($40 registration fee)
  • Senior Classical: ages 14 to 19 ($40 registration fee)
  • Senior Non-Classical: ages 14 to 19 ($40 registration fee)
  • Senior Classical and Non-Classical (two divisions): ages 14 to 19 ($70 registration fee)
  • Small Ensemble (1 person per part, $70 registration fee per ensemble)

Age eligibility is determined by the age on February 1, 2025. All contestants may participate in individual and/or ensemble division. Senior contestants may also participate in both individual divisions - Classical and Non-Classical.

Registration fees are not refundable.

Competition Schedule and Location

  • 2025 Competition will be held on February 23 and March 2, 2025 at 1220 Bethel Road, Columbus, OH 43220 (Bethel International United Methodist Church).
  • Each division competes only on one of the dates.
  • Classical and non-classical senior divisions compete on 2 different days.
  • Schedule for each division will be available after registration is complete by February 17, 2025.
  • When you register, please indicate in the comment field if you are not available to compete on one of the competition days.
  • If you are not available on the competition day, you will be scheduled to perform for judges' comments on the alternative date.

Winners Performance and Awards Ceremony

  • Date: March 9, 2025
  • Location: 1220 Bethel Road, Columbus, OH 43220 (Bethel International United Methodist Church)

Registration



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Competition Rules

  • Auditions are closed to the public.
  • All contestants perform one song in front of a panel of professional judges.
  • All songs are to be performed from memory.
  • Songs may be sung a capella (no accompaniment) or with an accompanist. Be sure to bring a CD or an accompanist (piano is available).
  • Songs must be appropriate at discretion of judges. Profanity, etc. will not be permitted.
  • Songs must be no longer than 3 minutes.
  • All participants get written comments from the judges.
  • The judges select 3 winners and honorable mentions in each division.
  • The judges' decisions are final.
  • Three winners in each division perform at the Winners Recital and are awarded trophies at the Awards Ceremony.
  • Honorable mentions are awarded medals at the Awards Ceremony.

FAQs

How do I pick a song/do the judges have a preference?
Pick a song that reflects your personality and age. Also, keep in mind that it is a singing competition so the song should showcase your voice well. Song genre is up to you. Some song ideas are provided below.

What should I wear?
Every performance is also visual so make sure to wear nice and professional clothing that enhance your song.

How many winners are there?
There will be three winners in each division. The winners will be awarded trophies and will perform in the Winner's Performance.

How will I be judged?
The judges will be noting voice tone, diction, stage presentation, and overall performance. The judges comments will be available to you after the competition is completed.

How do I sign up?
To receive updates about the 2025 Central Ohio Singing Competition and to be notified when registration begins, please sign up for 2025 Central Ohio Singing Competition mailing list.

Song Ideas

From "Get America Singing Again" published by MENC
(available at the Columbus Public Library)
  • Amazing Grace
  • America
  • America the Beautiful
  • Let There Be Peace on Earth
  • Simple Gifts
  • Shenandoah
  • Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
  • Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
  • This Little Light of Mine
From "Get America Singing Again, Vol. 2"
  • All Through the Night
  • Down in the Valley
  • Edelweiss
  • Getting to Know You
  • My Favorite Things
  • Over the Rainbow
  • Peace Like a River
  • The Red River Valley
  • Water is Wide

Winners of Central Ohio Singing Competition

2024

Elementary Division

1st place: Hudson Seerden
2nd place: Jerry Ling
3rd place: Brooklyn Sims
Honorable Mention: Mackenzie Rueber, Saira Tiwari


Senior Non-Classical Division

1st place: Ava Baker
2nd place: Solomia Antonyuk
3rd place: Emmett Van Buskirk
Honorable Mention: Bailey Grizzell, Annelouise Trybus

Intermediate Division

1st place: Ellie Zupnick
2nd place: Leah Shi
3rd place: Juliet Erlenbach
Honorable Mention: Emmy Zhu, Clara Schroeder, Josie Malhame

Ensembles Division

1st place: Alissa Shyshkova and Mia Antonyuk
2nd place: Leah Shi and Cameron Krisiewicz


Senior Classical Division

1st place: Ava Baker
2nd place: Alissa Shyshkova
3rd place: Emmett Van Buskirk



Audience Award:

Ava Baker

2023

Elementary Division

1st place: Hudson Seerden
2nd place: Owen Suarez
3rd place: Shriya Potluri
Honorable Mention: Margot Malhame, Christa Grays, Nitya Bandaru

Senior Non-Classical Division

1st place: Maya Avery
2nd place: Anaika Iyer
3rd place: Andy Norbuta
Honorable Mention: Addy Cusack, Ayden He

Intermediate Division

1st place: Elise Lowe
2nd place: Liliya Polizzi
3rd place: Jillian Dublikar
Honorable Mention: Cameron Krisiewicz, Larisa Hoehn, Sora Kojoma

Ensembles Division

1st place: Alissa Shyshkova, Anchi Hall, Solomia Antonyuk
2nd place: Ore Okonrende and Maya Avery


Senior Classical Division

1st place: Anaika Iyer
2nd place: Alissa Shyshkova
3rd place: Solomia Antonyuk
Honorable Mention: Kennedy Cowans

Audience Award:

Hudson Seerden

2022

Elementary Division

1st place: Shriya Potluri
2nd place: Breckelle Miller
3rd place: Cora Cesarz
Honorable Mention: Claire Sophia Wolford

Senior Non-Classical Division

1st place: Lorelei Roeger
2nd place: Maya Avery
3rd place: Lizzie Gill
Honorable Mention: Dominic Catrone, Anaika Iyer, Logan Melick, Jared Morisue-Lesser, Owen White

Intermediate Division

1st place: Emmett Van Buskirk
2nd place: Elise Lowe
3rd place: Liliya Polizzi
Honorable Mention: Cameron Krisiewicz, Maddy Leiner

Ensembles Division

1st place: Evan Yu and Emma Yu
2nd place: Solomia Antonyuk and Alissa Shyshkova
Honorable Mention: Neil Albert and Nevin Albert, Lorelei Roeger and Dominic Catrone


Senior Classical Division

1st place: Lizzie Gill
2nd place: Anaika Iyer
3rd place: Alissa Shyshkova
Honorable Mention: Dominic Catrone, Vincent Bostick

Audience Award:

Lorelei Roeger

2020

Elementary Division

1st place: Elise Lowe
2nd place: Cameron Krisiewicz
3rd place: Megan Miller
Honorable Mention: Allegra Chua, Katie Weikel, Lake Woolley

Senior Non-Classical Division

1st place: Meghan Hohman
2nd place: Dominic Catrone
3rd place: Lizzie Gill
Honorable Mention: Amber Anthony, Anaika Iyer, Emma Winder

Intermediate Division

1st place: Abigail Adair
2nd place: Alex Miller
3rd place: Emmett Van Buskirk
Honorable Mention: Hannah Edwards, Logan Melick, Owen White

Ensembles Division

1st place: Avery Valenta and Paul Potla
2nd place: Solomia Antonyuk and Alissa Shyshkova
3rd place: Emma Yu and Evan Yu


Senior Classical Division

1st place: Corinne Gorgas
2nd place: Amelia Starcher
3rd place: Ishika Majumder
Honorable Mention: Meghan Hohman, Emma Winder, Evan Yu

Audience Award:

Emma Yu and Evan Yu

2019

Elementary Division

1st place: Katie Weikel
2nd place: Alexa Roth
3rd place: Elise Lowe
Honorable Mention: Delia Palomba, Eashwer Sundaresan, Sora Takahashi, Sydney Yee

Senior Non-Classical Division

1st place: Ishika Majumder
2nd place: Luke Peart
3rd place: Gillian Beckman
Honorable Mention: Roksalana Antonyuk, Chloe Henderson, Amelia Starcher

Intermediate Division

1st place: Sydney Carter
2nd place: Brooke Seddon
3rd place: Connor Raines
Honorable Mention: Alissa Shyshkova


Ensembles Division

1st place: Gillian Beckman and Claire O'Shaughnessy
2nd place: Hayden Maholm and Chloe Henderson
3rd place: Roksalana Antonyuk and Sasha Antonyuk
Honorable Mention: Evan Yu and Ore Okonrende, Solomia Antonyuk and Emma Yu

Senior Classical Division

1st place: Gillian Beckman
2nd place: Kiara Schmidt
3rd place: Roksalana Antonyuk
Honorable Mention: Emily Hamilton, Chloe Henderson, Dallas Saxer and Amelia Starcher

Audience Award:

Connor Raines

2018

Elementary Division

1st place: Bailey Richmond
2nd place: Solomia Antonyuk
3rd place: Evie Van Vorhis
Honorable Mention: Emma Yu, Reagan Fackler, Annabeth Pan, Katie Weikel

Senior Non-Classical Division

1st place: Hannah Bank
2nd place: Ishika Majumder
3rd place: Ruth Peart
Honorable Mention: Paeton Grensted, Meghan Hohman, Amelia Starcher, Lindsay Uhrich

Intermediate Division

1st place: Tatum Burns
2nd place: Chase Emmons
3rd place: Cordelia Firem
Honorable Mention: Jillian Christie, Sofia Lott
Alissa Shyshkova, Hannah Tramonte

Ensembles Division

1st place: Gillian Beckman and Claire O'Shaughnessy
2nd place: Solomia Antonyuk and Emma Yu
Honorable Mention: Chloe Henderson and Olivia Ruege
Mayukha Dyta and Keya Shanbhag

Senior Classical Division

1st place: Claire O'Shaughnessy
2nd place: Dallas Saxer
3rd place: Roksalana Antonyuk
Honorable Mention: Sophia Adkins, Gillian Beckman, Mingqi Cai, Ruth Peart

Audience Award:

Ruth Peart

2017

Elementary Division

1st place: Ashley Yankello
2nd place: Aditya Dyta
3rd place: Emma Yu
Honorable Mention: Srushti Gubbi, Tatum Burns,
Solomia Antonyuk

Senior Non-Classical Division

1st place: Ishika Majumder
2nd place: Sabrina Brush
3rd place: Hayden Maholm
Honorable Mention: Amelia Starcher, Caroline Cruise, Haley Keller, Meghan Hohman, Sydney Wurapa

Intermediate Division

1st place: Hannah Bank
2nd place: Claire Tam
3rd place: Kaci Geer
Honorable Mention: Becca Borton, Jillian Christie,
Chase Emmons, Hannah Tramonte

Ensembles Division

1st place: Gillian Beckman and Muskaan Bajoria
2nd place: Solomia Antonyuk and Emma Yu
Honorable Mention: Haley Keller and Valerie Mash,
Anna Kravtsova and Roksalana Antonyuk

Senior Classical Division

1st place: Caroline Cruise
2nd place: Roksalana Antonyuk
3rd place: Claire O'Shaughnessy
Honorable Mention: Gillian Beckman, Mingqi Cai, Meghan Hohman

Audience Award:

Hayden Maholm

2016

Elementary Division

1st place: Emma Yu
2nd place: Srushti Gubbi
3rd place: Aditya Dyta
Honorable Mention: Grace Gu, Anchi Hall, Joy Kegler, Joseph Wang

Senior Non-Classical Division

1st place: Emma Cordray
2nd place: Claire O'Shaughnessy
3rd place: Colin Sproule
Honorable Mention: Hiba Ammar, Ananya Jambhale, Christopher Shimp

Intermediate Division

1st place: May Coppler
2nd place: Amelia Starcher
3rd place: Becca Borton
Honorable Mention: Viviane Banion, Chase Emmons, Claire Hardek, Ishika Majumder

Ensembles Division

1st place: Gillian Beckman and Muskaan Bajoria
2nd place: Nikolas Grotewold and Delaney Morphew

Senior Classical Division

1st place: Ananya Jambhale
2nd place: Kate Trybus
3rd place: Caroline Cruise
Honorable Mention: Sophia Adkins, Mingqi Cai, Logan Foster

Audience Award:

Srushti Gubbi

2015

Elementary Division

1st place: Solomia Antonyuk
2nd place: Kaylin DeHart
3rd place: Emma Yu
Honorable Mention: Abigail Hazelbaker, Audrey Brown, Joseph Wang, Neil Hariths

Senior Non-Classical Division

1st place: Matt Piper
2nd place: Daniel Kelly
3rd place: Haley Keller
Honorable Mention: Jackie Burns

Intermediate Division

1st place: Agne Giedraityte
2nd place: Gillian Beckman
3rd place: Roksalana Antonyuk
Honorable Mention: Makenna Koehl, Lillian Hahn, Riley McIntyre, Amelia Starcher, Anda Stan

Ensembles Division

1st place: Gillian Beckman, Muskaan Bajoria
2nd place: Emily Perry, Laura O'Riley, Maddie Williams
Honorable Mention: Solomia Antonyuk, Emma Yu; Roksalana Antonyuk, Anna Kravtsov, Daniel Utkin

Senior Classical Division

1st place: Matt Piper
2nd place: Natalie James
3rd place: Juliette Kokernot
Honorable Mention: Sandra Aleksova, Laura O'Reilly, Kate Trybus, Ananya Jambhale, Emi Saurez

Audience Award:

Haley Keller

2014

Elementary Division

1st place: Solomia Antonyuk
2nd place: Ana Roman
3rd place: Emma Yu
Honorable Mention: Sasha Antonyuk, Lillian Hahn, Mia Marcellana, Alexandra Mishkin

Senior Non-Classical Division

1st place: Angela DiCocco
2nd place: Alicia Batterson
3rd place: Jackie Burns
Honorable Mention: Claire Barker, Anna Birkemeier, Brooklyn Collins, Madison Williams

Intermediate Division

1st place: Anna Haught
2nd place: Roksalana Antonyuk
3rd place: Mariel Trinidad
Honorable Mention: Gillian Beckman, Reed Gnepper, Ananya Jambhale, Ishika Majumder

Ensembles Division

1st place: Anna Kravtsova and Roksalana Antonyuk
Honorable Mention: Alexandra Mishkin and Sasha Antonyuk

Senior Classical Division

1st place: Madison Williams
2nd place: Anna Birkemeier
3rd place: Laura O'Reilly
Honorable Mention: Hailie Crowder, Brooklyn Collins, Emily Perry, Jackie Burns, SueSan Chen

Audience Award:

Alicia Batterson

2013

Elementary Division

1st place: Claire O'Shaughnessy
2nd place: Gillian Beckman
3rd place: Juliana Heichel
Honorable Mention: Solomia Antonyuk, Maezhen Clark, Aaron Fernando, Alexandra Mishkin, Sofia Rehouma

Senior Non-Classical Division

1st place: Suesan Chen and Allison Hunter
3rd place: Hailie Crowder
Honorable Mention: Emily Suarez, Kristina Zhang

Intermediate Division

1st place: Hallie Grigsby
2nd place: Ananya Jambhale
3rd place: Muskaan Bajoria
Honorable Mention: Zoe Borja, Sydney Cannon, Madison Heichel, Aritrika Malakar

Audience Award:

Emily Perry

Senior Classical Division

1st place: Alicia Batterson
2nd place: Emily Perry
3rd place: SueSan Chen
Honorable Mention: Hailie Crowder, Heather Horton, Madison Williams

2012

Elementary Division

1st place: Riley McIntyre
2nd place: Roksalana Antonyuk
3rd place: Gillian Beckman
Honorable Mention: Zoe Borja, Faith Caplinger, Claire O'Shaughnessy

Audience Award:

Roksalana Antonyuk

Intermediate Division

1st place: Sydney Cannon
2nd place: Muskaan Bajoria
3rd place: Anna Haught
Honorable Mention: Brooklyn Collins, Carolyn Dunn, Ashley Maguire, Francesca Oster

Senior Division

1st place: Allison Hunter
2nd place: Allan Labanowski
3rd place: Hailie Crowder
Honorable Mention: Tucker Johnson, Swea Kumlien, Emily Perry, Emily Suarez, Madison Williams

2011

Junior Division

1st place: Aritrika Malakar
2nd place: Mikayla Stepp
3rd place: Brittaney Jin
Honorable mention: Roksalana Antonyuk, Gillian Beckman, Anna Haught, Madeline Latvanas, Ashley Maguire, Samantha Reeves, Christopher Shimp

Senior Division

1st place: Maddie Williams
2nd place: Allison Hunter
3rd place: Monica Shimp
Honorable mention: Sogand Abbasi, Georgie Beckman, Kristina Zhang