The Cleveland POPS Orchestra announces its Eleventh Annual
Jean L. Petitt Memorial Music Scholarship Competition
on Sunday, November 1, 2009

The competition will take place from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 1, 2009 in room 217 of the Cleveland Institute of Music at 11021 East Boulevard, Cleveland, Ohio 44106 (click here for map and directions).

The competition is open to all children up to age 18. Entry is open to musicians, vocalists and dancers. Contestants must be prepared to perform a full-length piece from memory. Selections may be drawn from standard pops music repertoire, including songs, dances or instrumental solos found in Broadway musicals, big band arrangements, jazz or light classics.

• Applicants must be current residents and attend school in the counties of Cuyahoga, Lake, Geauga, Portage, Summit, Medina or Lorain.
• Performance styles may include music from musical theater, light classics, popular standards, jazz, big band and swing.
• The winner will perform with The Cleveland Pops Orchestra at Severance Hall at one of Cleveland Pops' regularly scheduled concerts (as determined by conductor Carl Topilow).
• The winner will also receive a scholarship cash award of $500.
• Applications must be received at the Cleveland Pops Orchestra no later than 5:00 p.m., Friday, October 23, 2009.

Be sure to read the competition rules before requesting an application form. The application form is now available online in PDF format:

• Scholarship Application (520K PDF)*

To view and print the PDF, you will need Adobe Reader which is a free download from Adobe Systems. Once you've downloaded and installed Adobe Reader, simply fill out the application and mail it with written approval from your parent or guardian to: Gordon L. Petitt, Scholarship Administrator Jean L. Petitt Memorial Scholarship Competition 24000 Mercantile Road, Unit 11 Cleveland, OH 44122 Or, send by fax to (216) 765-1931.

Applications can also be obtained by writing to the address above.

Previous winners:

              2009 - Alexis Floyd, vocalist

• 2008 - Sarah Arnold, violin
• 2007 - Chad Hoopes, violin; Meredith Kochan, vocalist
• 2006 - Caroline Goulding, violin
• 2005 - Jerry Lang, II, piano
• 2004 - Annie Marie Sivertson, vocalist
• 2003 - Yihao Wu, piano
• 2002 - Shantelle Jackson and Antonio Brown, dancers; Lisa Moore, vocalist; Riley Richard, saxophone
• 2001-02 - Robbie Spackey, saxophone
• 2001 - Gina DiBello , violin; Kelly Pekar, vocalist
• 2000 - Nicholas DiEugenio , violin

If you have further questions, please contact the Cleveland Pops Orchestra at (216) 765-7677, or by e-mail at glpetitt@clevelandpops.com.

Your tax-deductible gift to the Jean L. Petitt Memorial Music Scholarship Fund is an investment in the future of fine music. Your gift will be acknowledged in the 2009-2010 Cleveland Pops program book. Please send your contribution to the address listed above.