Undergraduate music major Tiara Abraham performed “Quia Respexit” from J.S. Bach’s Magnificat, and earned the Grand Prize from the Enkor International Music Competition. She received a score of 96.25 percent, which is the highest received by a contestant during its six years and won the Grand Prize among ages 10–25 in the vocal category. Enkor is a unique music competition with a jury board consisting of more than 500 members throughout the world. The contestants receive written feedback from the jury.

Abraham also earned a First Prize in the 2021 Great Composers Competition, in the “Best Bach Performance” category. The competition announced the results on Bach’s birthday, March 21st.

Abraham is studying with Jonathan Nadel at UC Davis, and will be giving a junior voice recital in late May, 2021.