By Anna Johns
WKTV Intern
Applications for the Collegiate Vocal Competition are available. This competition is an opportunity for college-level voice students to compete for cash prizes and receive feedback from acclaimed opera artists.
The competition offers the second-largest purse in the nation with nearly $25,000, awarded. First place receives $10,000, second place receives $5,000, third receives $2,500, and the winner of the Friends of the Opera Award will receive $1,000.
For the first round of the competition, applicants will submit their performances online. The top ten finalists will perform in the final-round concert at the Betty Van Andel Opera Center in Grand Rapids on April 3, 2021.
Those who are interested in competing must be enrolled as an undergraduate at a higher-education institution in the United States and be under the age of 21 as of February 1, 2021. Applications are due by Feb 1, 2021. For more information on auditions visit https://www.operagr.org/collegiate-vocal-competition/
