SOLOIST COMPETITION: Make your debut at Symphony Center / Orchestra Hall, Chicago

2015 CHICAGO MUSICAL THEATER AWARD
four $1500 prizes.
Make your debut at Orchestra Hall / Symphony Center, Chicago, (home of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra) in the music of Rodgers & Hammerstein.

David Katz conducting the CBASO & Chorus & Friends at Orchestra Hall, June 2011.

POSTMARK DEADLINE for this competition:
Tuesday, February 17, 2015 (firm)

In 2015, in addition to The American Prize national competitions in Voice listed on the website at http://www.theamericanprize.org/vocalperf.html, four additional $1500 prizes will be awarded as performance fees to soloists selected to appear under Maestro David Katz's baton in concert with the Chicago Bar Association Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, and the Elgin Master Chorale, performing "Something Wonderful: The Music of Rodgers and Hammerstein," in both Elgin (IL) and at Orchestra Hall / Symphony Center, Chicago, home of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in spring 2015.

For more information about this additional opportunity, which is limited to 2015 TAP applicants in the professional and college/university divisions, including the complete schedule of concerts and rehearsals, please download the opera/operetta or art song/oratorio applications from the competition website.

DEADLINE: Tuesday, February 17, 2015
There is no additional application fee for the Chicago Musical Theater Award beyond the $40 fee to apply for The American Prize in Vocal Performance.

The selection process for the Chicago Musical Theater Award is separate from The American Prize judging. Winning one competition does not preclude the possibility of winning the other.

You are encouraged to APPLY EARLY. Maestro Katz expects to select the winners of the Chicago Musical Theater Award within days of the February 17, 2015 postmark deadline, at which time music will be distributed. The decisions of the judges are final.

You can download a list of the solo selections programmed for the concert here:
http://www.theamericanprize.org/R&HforTAP.pdf
and view the entire concert here:
http://cbasymphonyandchorus.blogspot.com/2014/11/our-evening-of-rodgers-hammerstein.html

To see an excerpt of David Katz conducting the CBASO & Chorus (and friends) in performance at Orchestra Hall / Symphony Center, Chicago, in June 2011, please view them here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m8uNxc7xjo

WHO is ELIGIBLE:
Soprano, mezzo-soprano (alto), tenor and baritone (bass) applicants for The American Prize in Vocal Performance, 2015, in the professional and college/university categories, only. In addition to the four soloists, four alternates will be chosen who will receive $100 honorariums, complimentary tickets to the concerts, and will participate in the finale of the program in both locations. Alternates are expected to be available to perform the entire concert (at an appropriate pro-rated fee) should any of the original soloists become indisposed.

Although the Chicago Musical Theater Award is an additional contest open to all professional and college/university applicants for The American Prize in Vocal Performance, 2015, it is geared primarily to those who live within comfortable travel distance of Chicago and who can make their own housing arrangements.