High School Classical Singers: Showcase Your Talent at SFCM!
WHY PARTICIPATE?
EVENT DETAILS
CASH AWARDS
$2,500 First Place | $2,000 Second Place | $1,500 Third Place | $500 Finalists | $250 Encouragement | $100 Most Promising Sophomore
SCHOLARSHIPS
Winners, Finalists, Encouragement Award Winners, and Master Class Participants earn a $6,000 matcearn a $6,000 matching scholarship to attend their event’s host school distributed at $1500/year.
Regional 1st-, 2nd-, and 3rd-Place Winners also become eligible for need-based scholarships to study vocal performance or vocal music education at any university.
ABOUT OUR HOST
The SFCM Opera and Musical Theatre program draws exceptionally gifted young singers from around the world and provides them with advanced multi-faceted training in vocal performance, acting, stage movement, stage combat, and other essentials of stagecraft. Each year, SFCM produces three fully staged operas with orchestra, an Undergraduate opera, and two musical theatre productions. In addition to fully-staged productions, a number of scene showcases and other performance opportunities are presented each year. Building on a strong foundation of private lessons, weekly one-on-one coachings, the Vocal Performance Lab (VPL), and professional development courses, embraces multi-genre performance opportunities alongside its lauded Opera and Musical Theatre Program. Students have access to a highly diverse ensemble program, one that continuously generates the unique performance opportunities that now define the modern musical economy.
“The talent level here is just unbelievable. I feel so inspired as an artist who is twenty years into the career… to hear young artists such as these. It was so inspiring.”
— Jamie Barton, mezzo-soprano, Final Round Adjudicator, 2025 Nationals