Scholarship Competition

The Opera Guild for Atlanta announces its Eighth Annual Scholarship Competition

  • Competition Date: Sunday, April 27, 2025, 3:00-6:00 pm
  • Audition Location: Morningside Presbyterian Church, 1411 North Morningside Drive NE, Atlanta, GA 30306
  • Application Deadline EXTENDED: Received by Friday, April 11, 2025 midnight
  • $35 Application Fee: Due with application

Eligibility

  • No age limit
  • Applicants must be enrolled as a voice major in a music undergraduate or graduate degree program

Prize Details: A $1000 Scholarship award each of the two divisions

  • One $1,000 scholarship will be awarded to the Undergraduate Division Winner
  • The Tommy Trotter Memorial Scholarship of $1,000 will be awarded to the Graduate Division Winner
  • One $500 Scholarship will be awarded from the Elizabeth N. Colson Encouragement Fund
  • Applications are processed in 2 rounds starting March 29, 2025.  Preliminary round will be your application submission and the Final round will be in person on April 27, 2025
  • Winners of the first round will be notified by April 7, 2025
  • All participants in the final round on April 27, 2025 will receive feedback from the judges.

Application Materials:

  1. Completed Application Form
  2. Resume in PDF format
  3. Headshot in PDF or image format
  4. Competition Repertoire List in Word or PDF format
  5. Video Submissions (Please note all selections are submitted via a YouTube link to your recordings. Make a playlist of your videos and include the link to your playlist. Videos must be recorded after September 1, 2024):
    • Undergraduate Division Level Students will submit 2 contrasting selections (2 arias or 1 aria and 1 art song)
    • Graduate Division Level Students will submit 3 contrasting selections (3 arias or 2 arias and 1 art song)
  6. Recordings must be presented in high-quality, shot in landscape mode
    • Please make sure you are well lit with a clear focus
    • For those using a prerecorded accompaniment track be sure your sound level is comparable to your singing
    • Video footage of a solo performance is allowed
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Competition Repertoire List Requirements for the Finals on April 27, 2025:

  • Undergraduate Competition Repertoire to include three (3) Opera Arias; OR two (2) Opera Arias and one (1) Art Song
  • Graduate Competition Repertoire to include four (4) Opera Arias OR three (3) Opera Arias and one (1) Art Song
  • Students who have won in the graduate or undergraduate category are not eligible to compete in the same category

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