Young Arts
National competition with Vocal and Theatre categories for ages 15-18. Winners chosen from video submissions. Acting category is 2 monologues plus two optional 32-bar musical theatre songs. Requirements for Classical voice, Jazz, and Pop categories require four songs.
Applications/videos due October 17th, 2024 TBA
https://youngarts.org/competition/
Music Center Spotlight Awards
High School students. Both Classical and non-Classical voice categories, plus an acting category. The competition is FREE and the first round is a video submission of only one song or monologue.
Applications/auditions due October 18th, 2024
SCVA Vocal Solo Competition / Small Ensemble Festival
Live Vocal competition open to Jr. High and High School students for solo classical, solo musical theatre, and small ensemble. Students must be members of their school choir to participate, and their high school choir teacher must be a member of SCVA.
Applications and audition videos due March 1st, 2025
http://www.scvachoral.org/vocal_solo_competition.php
SCVA Middle School Honor Choir
Honor Choir open to 6th-9th grade students by audition. Students must be members of their school choir in order to participate, and their choir teacher must be a member of SCVA. The audition will be via Zoom link, given out after receipt of the application. Applications due Winter 2025 TBA
http://www.scvachoral.org/junior_high_honor_choir.php
Schmidt Vocal Competition
High School. National Classical Voice competition with live auditions at Chapman University on October 26th, 2024. (Registration now closed for live audition.)
Virtual competition is still open! Due by April 4th, 2025.
https://schmidtvocalarts.org/programs/high-school-vocal-competition/
Live Solo Competition for ALL ages in classical, musical theatre, and contemporary categories. Two contrasting songs within one category are required, and you may enter multiple categories (separate fee for each). All registrations need to go through me.
Spring 2025 Registration TBD
http://www.vo-cal.org/index.html
High School students. Classical and Musical Theatre categories. You only need to submit one song, or you may compete in both categories. Application is free.
Spring 2025 Registration TBD
http://www.southcoastsingers.org/stars-of-tomorrow/
Wheeler MTAC Scholarship
Open to current high school juniors and seniors. Spring 2025 Registration TBD
Fullerton College High School CLASSICAL Competition
Live Classical competition for high school students. Two contrasting songs are required. There is no fee to participate and a pianist will be provided.
Application and audition info for Spring 2025 Registration TBD
SCVA High School Honor Choir
Honor Choir open to 9th-12th grade students by audition. Students must be members of their school choir to participate.
Registration due September 2025
http://www.scvachoral.org/honor_choir_guidelines.php
Certificate of Merit
All ages. This benchmark voice and music theory program is offered to my students through my membership in MTAC. Enrollment is through me by September 30th, 2025
http://www.mtac.org/programs/performance/certificate-of-merit/
Young Stars of the Future
Vocal Competition open to ages 14-23 in Classical, Jazz, and Musical Theatre categories. The first round is a video audition.
Applications/videos due October 2025
https://southcoastsymphony.org/youngstars/