Alan Higgs named a 2016 Sullivan Foundation Grant Winner

Bass-baritone Alan Higgs (MM '13) has been named one of this year's Sullivan Foundation Grant winners. Alan spent summer 2016 as an Apprentice Singer at Santa Fe Opera, and joins Chicago Lyric Opera's Ryan Opera Center beginning in summer 2017, after a year as a Resident Artist at Atlanta Opera.

Here is more information about the Sullivan Foundation and its Grants:

The Foundation was established through the bequest of a prominent lawyer, William Matheus Sullivan, to identify talented young singers and help them develop professional careers through a unique program combining major awards with five years of additional support. Its first director was Edward Johnson, general manager of the Metropolitan Opera, and its board has always been made up of distinguished professionals in the field.

The Foundation holds auditions every year in New York, and gives generous cash awards to gifted young singers in the early stages of professional careers. 2016 winners received $12,000 awards and for the next five years may apply for additional Role Preparation Grants to support musical, dramatic, vocal, and language coaching for new professional engagements. In addition, seven singers received $5,000 Career Development Awards.