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Audition Requirements

 

Are you devoted to passionately expressing the choral art and sharing it with the community?

 

Espressivo is a group of professionally trained singers that desire to provide the community with artistically excellent choral performances. We rehearse on Mondays from 6:30 - 8:30pm at Lake Worth High School.

Please email us at Espressivosingers@gmail.com to schedule your audition date.

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Be prepared to sing a solo piece of your choosing (please bring your own accompanist if needed)

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Basic sightsinging exercise.  Due to limited rehearsal times, we require sight reading skills of all Espressivo members. 

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Although we are seeking all voice parts for the upcoming season, we will have more availability for the traditional male voice parts. 

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2025 Vocal Scholarship Competition

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Application Deadline: February 28, 2025, 11:59 pm.

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Winner will receive a $1,000.00 scholarship. 2nd place will receive a $500.00 scholarship.

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The purpose of this scholarship is to encourage exceptional vocalists to pursue their education in the vocal arts. The student must qualify with regards to the criteria listed below:

 

  1. Open to students who in the 2024-2025 year are between 12th grade and a college junior

  2. Voice must be principal instrument

  3. Must exhibit excellence in music ability

  4. Must be a resident of Palm Beach County or studying with a Palm Beach County National Association of Teachers of Singing instructor

  5. High school students must declare music as their college major, and college students must have music as their official major

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Applicants will be evaluated in the following areas:

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  1. Tone Quality and Production

  2. Preparation

  3. Musical Effect

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Application Process:

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  1. Complete the Application Form

  2. A recommendation letter from your director, vocal coach, or voice teacher, in PDF format, must be uploaded with your application. (750 word maximum)

  3. In your application, you will provide a recording of yourself performing 2 selections

    • Music must be art song, hymn, folk song, or aria

    • At least one selection must be in a language other than English

    • All music must be memorized

    • Accompaniment may be live or pre-recorded

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Scholarship Recipients

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2024 Recipients: 

First Place: Lindsay Reese

       Lindsay is from William T. Dwyer High School, Pamela T. Varnadore, Director

Second Place: Jonah DeVinney

       Jonah is from Boca Raton High School, Kaitlyn Wallace, Director

Third Place: Jeric Lubag

       Jeric is from Spanish River High School, Alex Kovalsky, Director

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​2023 Recipients: 

 First Place: Kayla Nguyen

Kayla is from West Boca Raton Community High School, Catherine Briggs, Director

 Second Place: Aurea Perez

Aurea is from Palm Beach State College, Allen Webber, Director

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​2022 Recipients: 

 First Place: Symone Jordan Pierce

Symone is a student at Florida Atlantic University

 Second Place: Jaylin Bullard

Jaylin is a student at Florida Atlantic University

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2019 Recipients: 

 First Place: Veronica Washington

Veronica is a Vocal Music Major from Palm Beach Atlantic University

 Second Place: Abby Guido

Abby is from Park Vista High School, Bryan Ijames, Director

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2018 Recipient: Danielle Parks

         Danielle is from Seminole Ridge High School, Wes Rainer and Cheryl Lafond, Directors

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2017 Recipient: Kim Perkins
         Kim is from Lake Worth High School, John Weatherspoon, Director

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2016 Recipient: Ariel Olander

         Ariel is from Royal Palm Beach High School, David Sommer, Director

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2015 Recipient: Sarah Faulhaber

         Sarah Faulhaber is from Florida Atlantic University, Stacie Rossow, Voice Teacher

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