The Cleveland Pops Orchestra announces its second annual competition for The Jean L. Petitt Memorial Music Scholarship . This competition is designed to provide gifted young performing artists with the opportunity to perform with The Cleveland Pops Orchestra and to receive a cash award to be applied to their continuing studies.
Entry is open to musicians, vocalists and dancers.
Contestants must be prepared to perform a full-length piece drawn from standard pops music repertoire, which includes songs, dances or instrumental solos found in Broadway musicals, big band arrangements, jazz or light classics. Applications are invited from instrumentalists, vocalists and dancers between the Ages of 14 and 18. Applicants must be current residents of Cuyahoga, Lake, Geauga, Portage, Summit, Medina or Lorain County. Performance styles may include music from musical theater, light classics, popular, jazz, big band, and swing. The winner will perform with The Cleveland Pops Orchestra at Severance Hall On April 6, 2001.