PARTNERS for the Arts, Inc.

• encourages and promotes the career of emerging performing artists by sponsoring competitions and public presentations,
• promotes and interacts with performing arts organizations and schools of music in mutually beneficial activities, and
• collaborates with others to develop educational programs that nurture audience development and love of classical music and the arts.

We hope you will join us!

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We are committed to our mission of promoting and encouraging the careers of
emerging opera singers.  We will continue to dedicate our efforts to this cause.

PARTNERS for the Arts, Inc.
2021 8th National Opera Competition 

During this difficult time PARTNERS continues to be true to its mission of encouraging the careers of emerging opera singers by having a virtual competition through our new portal hosted by Acceptd.

Ages 25 to 35 as of April 11, 2021 

Prizes:
1st Prize – $8,000; 2nd Prize – $4,000; 3rd Prize: $2,000;
Audience Choice Award $1,000; Judges Special Award $600

Donors Make a Difference

Our most sincere thank you to: Our Board of Directors; The Jeane Dixon’s Children to Children Foundation; Robert (Bob) I. Misbin, MD; Ms. Cynthia Bianchi – 3rd – prize in honor of Holly Bianchi; Drs. James and Wanda Trefil – Audience Choice Award  in Honor of Sylvia Trefil Mestek; Mr. and Mrs. Marvin and Libby Burge – Judges Special Award; and all our donors without whom we would not be able to carry our mission. Special thank you to Angela Murakami and also to Tomm Sibert of Whole-Tech Solutions, LLC.

Further information about PARTNERS‘ 9^th National Opera Competition
will be available in the Fall of 2021. 

 

PARTNERS 2021
8th National Opera
Competition Winners

(Listen to our winners and finalists HERE)

First Prize  Soprano Jacqueline Piccolino
Second Prize Soprano Rachel Baustein	Third Prize Soprano Alexandra Razskazof
Judges Special Award Baritone Blake Denson	Audience Choice Award Soprano Maureen Brabec

 

Congratulations to the finalists of PARTNERS for the Arts 8th National Opera Competition

Maureen Brabec- Soprano	Blake Denson-Baritone	Rachel Blaustein-Soprano
Cody Bowers-Counter-tenor	Jacqueline Piccolino-Soprano	Joshua Conyers-Baritone
Avery Boettcher-Soprano	Ron Dukes-Bass	Danielle Beckvermit-Soprano
	Alexandra Razskazoff -Soprano

Judges for the Final round: baritone Gustavo Ahualli, tenor Issachah Savage, and Lee Anne Myslewski – VP of Opera and Classical Programming Wolf Trap Opera. (…MORE)

 

Congratulations to the semifinalists

Danielle Beckvermit-Soprano	Rachael Blaustein-Soprano	Avery Boettcher-Soprano
Cody Bowers-Countertenor	Maureen Brabec-Soprano	Leah Brzski-Soprano
Joshua Conyers-Baritone	Eric Delagrange-Baritone	Blake Denson-Baritone
Ron Dukes-Bass	Veronique Filloux- Soprano	Elana Gleason-Soprano
Kelly Glyptis-Soprano	Symone Harcum-Soprano	Hannah Ludwig-Mezzo-soprano
Emily Margevich-Soprano	Jacqueline Matava-Mezzo	Jacqueline Piccolino-Soprano
Alexandra Razskazoff- Soprano	Moises Salazar-Tenor	Victoria Thomasch , Mezzo-soprano
Schyler Vargas-Baritone