Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops have announced the 20 contestants for the orchestra’s first-ever musical theater competition for high school students throughout the state of Massachusetts. The Boston Pops High School Sing-Off contestants--selected from over 200 applications received from 120 communities throughout Massachusetts--will participate in the first live round of the competition on the stage of Symphony Hall on June 2, overseen by Boston Pops Conductor Keith Lockhart. The Boston Pops High School Sing-Off is sponsored by Fidelity Investments. Photos and bios of the High School Sing Off. To view an interactive Google Map of the selected contestants, click here.
The contestants are:
Soloists:
Lauren Boltz, 17, from Sturbridge, a student at Tantasqua Regional High School, sang "Easy As Life" from Aida.
Olivia Buckley, 17, from Wellesley, a student at Wellesley High School, sang "Forget About the Boy"from Thoroughly Modern Millie.
Robert Cadwallader, 18, from Princeton, a student, at Wachusett Regional High School, sang "Giants in the Sky" from Into the Woods.
Caroline Cronin, 16, from Norwell, a student at Norwell High School, sang "Astonishing" from Little Women.
Katy Early, 15, from Boxborough, a freshman at Acton-Boxborough Regional High School sang "Out of My Dreams" from Oklahoma.
Bonita Ho, 16, from Cambridge, a senior at Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School sang "Feed Me" from Little Shop of Horrors.
Mariah MacFarlane, 16, from Duxbury, a student at Duxbury High School, sang "With One Look" from Sunset Boulevard.
Katie Mayhew, 16, from West Tisbury, a student at Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, sang "Being Alive" from Company.
Kelly McCue, 18, from Lancaster, a student at Nashoba Regional High School, sang "Love Look Away" from Flower Drum Song.
Mark Nimar, 15, from Concord, a student at Concord-Carlisle High School, sang "She Loves Me" from She Loves Me.
Travis Nunes, 18, from New Bedford, a student at New Bedford High School, sang "Feeling Good" from The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd.
Samara Oster, 17, from Brookline, a student at Milton Academy, sang “Your Daddy’s Son” from Ragtime.
Emily Palena, 17, from Brookline, a student at Brookline High School, sang "On My Own" from Les Misérables.
Christina Rodriguez, 18, from West Roxbury, a student at the Boston Arts Academy, sang "Don’t Cry for me Argentina" from Evita.
Andrew Rowe, 17, from West Roxbury, a senior at Brookline High School, sang "Oh What a Beautiful Morning" from Oklahoma.
Javelle Stephens, 17, from New Bedford, a student at New Bedford High School, sang "Run and Tell That" from Hairspray.
Ensembles:
Duets
Leslie Jamison, 18, from Topsfield and Ashley Walker, 17, from Danvers, both students at Lexington Christian Academy sang "What is This Feeling?" from Wicked.
Caitlin Teely, 17, from North Egremont and Harry Wilken, 15, from Stockbrige, both students at Monument Mountain Regional High School sang "A Song That Goes Like This" from Spamalot.
Trio
Emma Irvine, 15, from Easton, and Nicholas Maggio, 15, and Lauren Maggio, 18, from North Easton, all students at Oliver Ames High School sang "A Step Too Far" from Aida.
Quintet
Adam Randall, 17, Meghan Ryan, 15, and Michael Ryan, 17, all from Braintree and students at Braintree High School, joined with Brianna Shetler, 15, and Kirsten Shetler, 17, of Quincy and students at North Quincy High School to sing "One Day More" from Les Misérables.
The first round of the live competition will take place on June 2nd, at which time 6 semi-finalists will be selected from the group of 20 contestants. Those six will perform on June 17 and 18 at 8 p.m. in two groups of three, during a Boston Pops concert, under the direction of Keith Lockhart, at Symphony Hall. One performer from each group will then move on to the finals which will take place at a Pops concert at Symphony Hall on July 1, at which time a winner will be selected. The winner of the High School Sing-Off will then perform on the Boston Pops Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular with Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops on the Charles River Esplanade on July 3 and 4.
For more information, go to www.bostonpops.org.
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