VIDEO: Josh Groban Gives Master Class, Will Hold Facebook Q&A For YoungArts Foundation

Before becoming a multi-platinum recording artist, 18-year-old Josh Groban received assistance from the National YoungArts Foundation as a 1999 YoungArts Winner in Theater. Like many of their prominent past winners, Groban participates in master classes, lending assistance for young artists.

Groban will help celebrate YoungArts Awareness Day on Thursday, September 24th at 3pm with a Q&A session on the YoungArts Facebook page, answering readers' questions about arts education.

The National YoungArts Foundation was established in 1981 by Lin and Ted Arison to identify and support the next generation of artists in the visual, literary, design and performing arts; assist them at critical junctures in their educational and professional development; and raise appreciation for the arts in American society. Each year, there are approximately 11,000 applications to YoungArts from 15-18 year old (or grades 10-12) artists, and from these, approximately 800 winners are selected.

YoungArts Winners have the chance to work with renowned mentors, such as Mikhail Baryshnikov, Plácido Domingo,Frank Gehry, Jeff Koons, Wynton Marsalis, Robert Redford, Rebecca Walker and Bruce Weber; receive cash awards of up to $10,000; gain access to significant scholarships and perform and exhibit their work at some of the nation's leading cultural institutions, including the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and New York's Museum of Modern Art.

For more information, visit youngarts.org.