Burbank Philharmonic Orchestra

Burbank Philharmonic Orchestra Hennings-Fischer Young Artist Competition 2025

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Deadline: Monday March 3, 2025

The Burbank Philharmonic Orchestra and the Hennings-Fischer Foundation are pleased to accept applications for the upcoming 24th annual Young Artist Competition. The competition is open to all vocalists and instrumentalists (except piano) age 30 or under as of March 8, 2025. There are two categories: vocal and instrumental.

Preliminary rounds will take place on Thursday/Friday, March 6-7, 2025 with the finals on Saturday, March 8th, 2025 at the Salit Conservatory of Music in Burbank (1001 W. Riverside Drive, Burbank, CA 91506). The preliminaries will take place in the Conservatory’s Recital Hall from 6-10pm. The finals will be held as a public concert with an audience in the Recital Hall at 7:00pm on Saturday, March 8th, 2025.

There will be one or more Grand Prize winners in the instrumental and vocal categories and the winner(s) will appear with the Burbank Philharmonic in a regular subscription concert in the 2025-26 or 2026-27 season and receive a cash prize of $1,000 at the time of performance.

For instrumental applicants, a full concerto from the standard repertoire is required (memorization preferred). For singers, please prepare three contrasting arias from the standard opera repertoire. You must bring your own accompanist to the preliminary and final rounds. If you would like to change repertoire before the competition, you do not have to contact us. Please bring one copy of a piano or solo score to the preliminary and final rounds. Recent past winners and finalists of the Burbank Philharmonic Hennings-Fischer competition have included Sopranos Julie Adams and Angela Meade; Violinists Nigel Armstrong, Aubree Oliverson, Heidi & Alexis Hatch and cellist Keith Williams.

Please contact Alejandro Sanchez at alejandrosanchez@burbankphilharmonic.org with any questions regarding this application. For technical help, please contact help@yaptracker.com.

Personal Information

First Name*

Last Name*

Please select your voice or instrument type.*

If you are an instrumentalist, please specify your instrument:

The competition is open to opera singers and orchestral instrumentalists, excepting pianists.

Date of Birth*

MM/DD/YYYY Format
Applicants must be age 30 and under as of March 8, 2025

Contact Information

E-mail address*

Address line 1*

Address line 2

City*

State/Province*

Please use the two letter state abbreviation, where applicable.

Zip/Post Code*

Country*

Cell Number*

No spaces, dashes etc. phone number fields

Repertoire to be performed *

Complete title and, if singer, opera and act. Instrumentalists must submit at least 1 piece. Singers must submit 3. Minimum number of selections permitted: 1. Maximum number of selections permitted: 3

Selection 1

Selection 2

Selection 3

Education*

Education 1

Education 2

Education 3

Previous professional experience

Role 1

Role 2

Role 3

Role 4

Role 5

Role 6

Resume and Bio

Resume

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Bio

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Headshot

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Payment Details

Payment Instructions

Our application fees have remained low again this year at only $35. Financial assistance and fee waivers are available (see below). The application fee may be paid by credit card or check. We highly encourage applicants to use the credit card option via the YAP Tracker application. If paying by check, please mail the application fee as soon as the application is submitted.

Checks should be made out to the Burbank Philharmonic Orchestra and sent to:

Burbank Philharmonic Orchestra
P.O. Box 6345
Burbank, CA 91510-9868

For assistance with checks or to request financial assistance/fee waivers, please contact Alejandro Sanchez, Education Director (alejandrosanchez@burbankphilharmonic.org), BEFORE submitting your application to obtain instructions on how to apply using a fee waiver.

Amount: $35.00 (USD)

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