Boston Pops Announces First-ever Musical Theater Competition for Massachusetts High School Students
This afternoon at Symphony Hall, Keith Lockhart announced the “Boston Pops High School Sing-Off: A Best of Broadway Challenge,”the first-ever Boston Pops musical theater competition for Massachusetts High school students.
An invitation for participation has been extended to the over 2,700 high schools across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Students from these schools, working closely with their music and drama teachers, are encouraged to submit audition videos of musical theater vocal works for solo, duet, trio, quartet, or quintet to the Boston Pops anytime between now and May 9, 2008. After review of the submissions, up to 20 contestants will be chosen to travel to Symphony Hall to perform. The live portion of the competition will take place during four concerts in June, at which time the 6 chosen semifinalists will have their first chance to sing accompanied by the orchestra at a Boston Pops concert. The last finalist standing will win the grand prize of being featured in the Boston Pops Fourth of July concert on the Charles River Esplanade.
With a strong commitment to education and outreach, Keith hopes this program will begin to "shine a well-deserved spotlight on music education." Additionally, this program seeks to provide a platform through which students and teachers alike, will be honored for their continual involvement in and participation with music and the arts.
For a complete listing of the schedule, rules and application, please visit BostonPops.org
Listen to audio from the Press Conference.
