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HIGH SCHOOL SING OFF FINALISTS PERFORM ON JULY 1ST WITH KEITH LOCKHART AND THE BOSTON POPS

Winner to Perform with BOSTON POPS on Fourth of July

 
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Keith Lockhart and The Boston Pops are pleased to announce the three finalists in its first High School Sing Off; A Best of Broadway Challenge. They are Katie Mayhew from Martha's Vineyard Regional High School, who sang "Being Alive" from Company; Samara Oster from Milton Academy, who sang “Your Daddy’s Son” from Ragtime; and a quintet including Adam Randall, Meghan Ryan, and Michael Ryan from Braintree High School, and Brianna Shetler and Kirsten Shetler from North Quincy High School, who sang “One Day More” from Les Misérable. The three finalists will go on to compete at a Boston Pops concert, under the direction of Keith Lockhart. The winner of the High School Sing Off will then perform on July 3rd and 4th as part of the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular sponsored by Liberty Mutual.

The three finalists were chosen from six semi-finalists who performed with The Boston Pops on June 17 and 18. The Boston Pops High School Sing-Off invited talented vocalists from across the Commonwealth to send in audition tapes of their performances of pieces from the musical theater repertoire. Approximately 250 applications came in, and the field was narrowed to the top 22 soloists and ensembles, who then performed live in Symphony Hall on June 2. From those 22, the six semi-finalists were selected. The Boston Pops High School Sing-Off is sponsored by Fidelity Investments.

The three finalists are:
Soloists:
Katie Mayhew, 16, from West Tisbury, a student at Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, sang “Being Alive” from Company.
Samara Oster, 17, from Brookline, a student at Milton Academy, sang “Your Daddy’s Son” from Ragtime.

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, students at North Quincy High School to sing “One Day More” from Les Misérable.