Cleveland Pops Launches 17th Annual Jean L. Petitt Memorial Music Scholarship Competition, 11/15

The Cleveland Pops Orchestra announces its seventeenth annual competition for the Jean L. Petitt Memorial Music Scholarship. This competition is designed to give gifted young performing artists the opportunity to perform with The Cleveland Pops Orchestra and receive a cash award to be applied to their continuing studies.

This year's competition will be held on Sunday, November 15, 2015, from the hours of 5:00 to 8:00 p.m., in room 217 of the Cleveland Institute of Music, located at 11021 East Boulevard, Cleveland, Ohio 44106.

Entry is open to all youth up to age 18 attending school in the seven-county Greater Cleveland area. Contestants can be singers, dancers or instrumentalists. Contestants must be prepared to perform a full-length piece from memory. Selections may be drawn from standard pops music repertoire, including songs, dances or instrumental solos found in Broadway musicals, big band arrangements, jazz or light classics. Applicants must bring their own accompanists.

The winner will perform with the Cleveland Pops Orchestra at one of Cleveland Pops regularly scheduled concerts at Severance Hall. The winner will also receive a $500 cash award.

Applications must be received at the Cleveland Pops office no later than 5:00 p.m. on Friday, November 13, 2015. Call or email Gordon Petitt at (216) 765-7677 - glpetitt@clevelandpops.com or get full details and application form online at http://www.clevelandpops.com/scholarship.htm