High School Classical Singers: Showcase Your Talent at UMKC!
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 Conservatory is the University of Missouri’s designated performing arts campus. The UMKC Conservatory is an educational community that advances creativity, performance, scholarship and learning in the arts. We are a vital partner in Kansas City’s rich cultural environment, providing the highest level of professional instruction and an extensive array of performances. As a community, we collaborate to balance tradition, innovation, diversity and unity, as we seek to serve art and humanity. As a conservatory of international stature, we aim to be the destination of choice for students seeking artistic and pedagogical excellence, training that is enhanced through community-centered learning, and research and creativity in the integrated performing arts. Our internationally recognized faculty includes accolades such as the Pulitzer Prize, the Ives Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Guggenheim Fellows, Fulbright Scholars, professional choral and opera performers, including the Metropolitan Opera, and highly recognized educators.
“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