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The Cleveland POPS Orchestra announces changes in the 2007 Ninth annual Jean L. Petitt Memorial Music Scholarship Competition
The Cleveland POPS Orchestra has changed the date, time, location and age requirements of its 2007 ninth annual competition for the Jean L. Petitt Memorial Music Scholarship Competition. The competition will now take place from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Sunday December 2, 2007 in room 177 of the East Education Center of Cuyahoga Community College's Eastern Campus (click here for directions). Specific directions to the audition room are listed
below.
The competition is now 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, November 23, 2007.
Be
sure to read the competition rules before
requesting an application form. The application form is now available
online in PDF format:
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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.
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Applications can also be obtained by writing to the address above.
To locate Room 177 in the East Education Center, follow these directions (click
here for campus map).
- Turn into the Eastern Campus of Cuyahoga Community College from Harvard
Road
- The East Education Center is the first building on the left, turn into
the first drive on the left to enter the parking lot
- Enter the building from the main entrance in the front and turn left
- Walk along the left side of the building to the end of the hallway. Once
at the end, Room 177 is on your left.
There is a sign outside the door reading " Classical Piano Performance
Academy.
You will need two quarters to exit the parking lot.
Previous winners:
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 ninth annual competition booklet and in
the 2007-2008 Cleveland Pops program book. Please send your contribution
to the address listed above.
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