[NEohioPAL] Cleveland POPS announces Scholarship Competitiom

Thu Sep 22 05:31:16 PDT 2016

Contact: Gordon Petitt, Director of Marketing

(O) 216.765.7677   (M) 216.780.8305

glpetitt at clevelandpops.com

On the Web at clevelandpops.com  

CLEVELAND POPS ORCHESTRA

18TH Annual Music Scholarship Competition Announced

Cleveland POPS seeks top teen talent

Cleveland, OH - September 22, 2016 -- The Cleveland POPS Orchestra announces
the eighteenth annual competition for its Jean L. Petitt Memorial Music
Scholarship. This year's competition will be held on Sunday, November 20,
2016, from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at The Cleveland Institute of Music, 11021 East
Boulevard, Cleveland, Ohio 44106.

The scholarship is designed to give recognition and encouragement to
musically gifted teens through the opportunity to perform on stage with the
Cleveland POPS Orchestra and receive a cash award to be applied to their
continuing studies.

Entry is open to all youth up to age 18 residing and attending high school
in the seven-county Greater Cleveland region. Contestants can be singers,
dancers or instrumentalists. They must be prepared to perform a full-length
musical selection from memory. Choice of selection may be drawn from
standard popular music repertoire, including songs, dances or instrumental
solos found in Broadway musicals, big band arrangements, jazz or light
classics.

The grand prize winner of the competition will perform with the Cleveland
POPS Orchestra at one of their regularly scheduled concerts at Severance
Hall or PlayhouseSquare. The winner will also receive a $500 cash award.

Applications must be received at the Cleveland POPS office no later than
5:00 p.m. on Friday, November 18, 2016. Call Gordon Petitt at 216-765-7677
or Email to mailto:glpetitt at clevelandpops.com for information. Full details,
including rules and application form, can be found online at
http://www.clevelandpops.com/scholarship.htm

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Gordon L. Petitt

Director of Marketing

Cleveland POPS Orchestra

PH: 216.765.7677

FX: 216.765.1931

glpetitt at clevelandpops.com

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