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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2024 Vocal Scholarship Competition
Application Deadline: April 19, 2024, 11:59 pm.
Winner will receive a $1,000.00 scholarship. 2nd place will receive a $500.00 scholarship.
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:
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Open to students who in the 2023-2024 year are between 12th grade and a college junior
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Voice must be principal instrument
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Must exhibit excellence in music ability
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Must be a resident of Palm Beach County or studying with a Palm Beach County National Association of Teachers of Singing instructor
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High school students must declare music as their college major, and college students must have music as their official major
Applicants will be evaluated in the following areas:
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Tone Quality and Production
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Preparation
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Musical Effect
Application Process:
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Complete the Application Form
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A recommendation letter from your director, vocal coach, or voice teacher, in PDF format, must be uploaded with your application. (750 word maximum)
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In your application, you will provide a recording of yourself performing 2 selections
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Music must be art song, hymn, folk song, or aria
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At least one selection must be in a language other than English
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All music must be memorized
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Accompaniment may be live or pre-recorded
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Scholarship Recipients
2023 Recipients:
First Place: Kayla Nguyen
Kayla is a student at West Boca Raton Community High School, Catherine Briggs, Director
Second Place: Aurea Perez
Aurea is a student at Palm Beach State College, Allen Webber, Director
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
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
2018 Recipient: Danielle Parks
Danielle is from Seminole Ridge High School, Wes Rainer and Cheryl Lafond, Directors
2017 Recipient: Kim Perkins
Kim is from Lake Worth High School, John Weatherspoon, Director
2016 Recipient: Ariel Olander
Ariel is from Royal Palm Beach High School, David Sommer, Director
2015 Recipient: Sarah Faulhaber
Sarah Faulhaber is from Florida Atlantic University, Stacie Rossow, Voice Teacher