{"id":26348,"date":"2021-09-21T12:58:37","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T19:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/?p=30000022231"},"modified":"2021-09-21T12:58:37","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T19:58:37","slug":"socal-high-school-students-have-until-mid-october-to-apply-for-the-spotlight-arts-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/socal-high-school-students-have-until-mid-october-to-apply-for-the-spotlight-arts-competition","title":{"rendered":"SoCal high school students have until mid-October to apply for the Spotlight arts competition"},"content":{"rendered":"

High school students have until Oct. 18 to submit their applications to The Music Center’s Spotlight<\/a> arts competition, a free, nationally acclaimed arts training and scholarship program for Southern California teens.<\/p>\n

The program awards more than $100,000 in scholarships each year and provides artistic development through arts experiences, auditions, feedback and mastery classes taught by professional artists and arts administrators.<\/p>\n

Recipients of the program can also claim their fair share of bragging rights, as the rigorous competition features notable alum such as multi-platinum award-winning Josh Groban, \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d-famous Adam Lambert, Emmy-winning composer Kris Bowers, Tony Award-winner Lindsay Mendez and dozens more.<\/p>\n

The program is free to enter and open to artists of any skill level studying acting, ballet, classical instrument, classical voice, dance, jazz instrumental and non-classical voice.<\/p>\n

Last year, nearly 1,500 students from more than 275 schools applied to the competition. Los Alamitos High School senior Santiago Lopez<\/a> was one of the 14 grand prize finalists who won last year and took home $5,000 in scholarship prizes.<\/p>\n

The first part of the application requires students to submit a video audition online. Applicants will receive written feedback from a professional and a distinguished panel of judges as well as a certificate of achievement.<\/p>\n

Those who move on from the first round will be invited to perform live in front of a panel of judges and receive feedback from a panel of industry experts. Spotlight does require that those students be vaccinated in order to attend the in-person audition.<\/p>\n

Then, 16 semifinalists from each category will participate in a mastery class to prepare and hear feedback for their semifinal audition, after which two grand prize finalists and an honorable mention in each category will be named.<\/p>\n

The competition concludes with a grand finale performance on June 15, 2022, at the Music Center\u2019s Ahmanson Theatre where winners will showcase their own individual talents during the show which\u00a0 culminates in a song-and-dance performance with all of the finalists.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> for more information and how to enter.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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