2025-2026 Young Artists Solo Competition

$30.00

Young instrumental and voice students are invited to audition for the opportunity to perform a solo of their choice with the Sylvania Community Orchestra on Sunday, March 8, 2026 and receive a $300 scholarship prize. Applicants must live or attend school in Northwest Ohio or Southeast Michigan and be 21 years of age or younger on March 8, 2026. To apply, please submit a Round 1 application form and $30 application fee by September 21, 2025.

Young instrumental and voice students are invited to audition for the opportunity to perform a solo of their choice with the Sylvania Community Orchestra on Sunday, March 8, 2026 and receive a $300 scholarship prize. Applicants must live or attend school in Northwest Ohio or Southeast Michigan and be 21 years of age or younger on March 8, 2026. To apply, please submit a Round 1 application form and $30 application fee by September 21, 2025.

By October 11, 2024, applicants who are selected for the Round 2 of the competition will receive an email invitation to submit a recorded audition of their proposed solo. Recorded auditions will be due on or before November 15, 2024.  A jury of local musicians, chaired by Ronald Koch, Music Director and Conductor of the SCO, will review the auditions and notify the finalist by December 20, 2024.

The finalist will join the Sylvania Community Orchestra to perform the solo of their choice as part of the SCO’s Sunday March 2, 2025 concert at 4:00 pm at Lourdes University in Sylvania, Ohio.