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YOUNG VOCALISTS ONLINE COMPETITION

for young vocalists, ages 13 through 18

ELIGIBILITY: 
Open to vocalists, ages 13 through 18, as of April 1, 2025.

First Prize: $600.00
Second Prize:  $250.00
Third Prize:  $150.00

​First, Second and Third Prize winners also receive recommendation letters from Vocal Artists Management Services (VAMS).
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Honorable Mentions are also awarded.
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ALL contestants receive detailed written feedback from the adjudication panel, comprised of staff members from VAMS.

 

Previous First Prize winners of this competition are not eligible.

REPERTOIRE REQUIREMENTS: 
Two (2) aria/song selections.  Languages other than English are not required, but encouraged.  Classical music is preferred, but musical theatre selections are allowed.  Pop music is not acceptable and will result in disqualification.  Solo selections only.  Duets and ensembles are not accepted.

AUDITION PROCEDURE: 
Each contestant must upload a VIDEO recording of the two musical selections on YouTube (other sites, such as Vimeo, are also acceptable). Selections must be performed live and include accompaniment.  Recorded accompaniment is acceptable.  Audio recordings are not acceptable and will result in disqualification.


 

2025 COMPETITION WINNERS

FIRST PRIZE
PAULA CASILLAS LOPEZ, soprano, age 16
Ypsilanti, MI
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BczoDuv74lM

 

SECOND PRIZE
SHAE BRODSKY, bass, age 17
Eugene, OR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUX29xi96h0

 

THIRD PRIZE
ALEXANDRA LYNCH, soprano, age 16
Greenwich, CT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuFBiKbkgTI

 

HONORABLE MENTION
TRINAV BANERJEE, tenor, age 17
Mill Creek, WA

 

JULIET BESCH-TURNER, soprano, age 16
Fairport, NY

 

MARINA CHAMEDES, soprano, age 17
New York, NY

 

HENRY COURTNEY, bass, age 17
Corona Del Mar, CA

 

REESE GUENTHER-CLARK, soprano, age 16
Long Beach, CA

 

JOELLE KIM, soprano, age 15
Anaheim, CA

 

ANABELLE SHOTTON, soprano, age 17
Dobbs Ferry, NY

 

OLIVIA SONG, soprano, age 15
Irvine, CA

 

LUCY WANG, soprano, age 14
San Jose, CA

 

LAVINIA WATKINS, mezzo-soprano, age 17
Laguna Beach, CA

 

NEHA ZACHARIA, soprano, age 17
Cary, NC

 

MAXWELL ZHENG, alto, age 13
Louisville, KY

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