2024 Auditions in New York


October 17 & 18



Applications Closed


board of trustees

Evans Mirageas 
President

Christine Brewer
Vice-President

Marietta Simpson
Vice-President
Andrew Jorgensen
Treasurer

Dr. Everett McCorvey
Secretary
Spencer Burke

Bruce Donnell

Anthony Fogg

Charles MacKay
Susanne Mentzer

Erie Mills

Craig Rutenberg

George Shirley

Executive Director
Maria Schlafly


The Foundation awards prizes through annual auditions, including $10,000 Sullivan Awards. Sullivan winners are then eligible for continuing role preparation support. Congratulations to 2023 Sullivan Award winners Le Bu, Michelle Mariposa, Amber R. Monroe, Murrella Parton, Teresa Perrotta, Meridian Prall, and Moisés Salazar.

Recent Winners 



The Foundation was established through the estate of William Matheus Sullivan, a New York attorney and music patron. Nearly 1,100 singers have earned Sullivan Foundation grants and awards since 1957. The Foundation won the Philantropy Award at the 2023 International Opera Awards.

About the Foundation

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July 2020
Statement from the Foundation

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Auditions
2024 auditions will be held in New York on October 17 and 18. Applications are due August 6.

2024 brochure

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November 1, 2023 
2023 audition awards announced.

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