13th Annual St. Louis Teen Talent Competition Chooses 14 High … – St. Louis Post-Dispatch – FilmyVoice

at a FREE household occasion at The Fabulous Fox on Saturday, April 8^th

On February 26, 49 metro space highschool acts competed within the semi-final spherical of the thirteenth Annual St. Louis Teen Expertise Competitors. The acts have been divided into 4 classes (vocal, instrumental, dance and specialty) and adjudicated by 9 St. Louis performing arts professionals, every representing the respective classes. The judges narrowed the sector to 14 acts (22 college students) who will transfer on to the finals on the Fabulous Fox Theatre on Saturday, April 8 at 7:30 pm.

The ultimate competitors is a professionally produced manufacturing the Basis is grateful to offer as a present to the neighborhood that’s FREE and open to the general public. Common Admission tickets are required and can be found now at no cost via Metrotix on-line at metrotix.com and the Fox Field Workplace. The next finalists embrace a wide range of singers, musicians, dancers, and acrobats:

Rayquan Strickland / Singer, Songwriter / Senior at Centra VPA

Ava Hettenhausen / Singer / Junior at O’Fallon Township Excessive Faculty  

Ariana Kroegger / Singer / Senior at Clayton Excessive Faculty

Noah Van Ess / Singer, Pianist / Senior at Lindbergh Excessive Faculty

Cortland English / Singer / Junior at O’Fallon Township Excessive Faculty

Kyla Gerhardt / Singer / Senior at Granite Metropolis Excessive Faculty

Anna Layher / Circus Arts / Senior at Nerinx Corridor Excessive Faculty

Kyleigh McCourt / Baton Twirler / Junior at Mehlville Excessive Faculty

Saisha Bhutani / Conventional Indian Dancer / Junior at Clayton Excessive Faculty

Avery Payne / Dancer / Sophomore at Orchard Farm Excessive Faculty

Cats Jazz Collective / Jazz Band/ Sophomore, Juniors, and Seniors at Webster Groves Excessive Faculty

Cindy Yan / Pianist / Junior at Ladue Horton Watkins Excessive Faculty

Yrwin Batan / Pianist / Junior at St. Louis Priory Excessive Faculty

Drum Warriors Ensemble / Drummers / Junior at Grand Heart Arts Academy; Junior at Collegiate Faculty of Medication and Bio Science; Sophomore at Clayton Excessive Faculty; Junior at Carnahan Excessive Faculty

“We’ve acquired a unbelievable group of scholars this yr! I’m wanting ahead to seeing these gifted teenagers on the Fox stage! The scholars appear to get higher and higher annually,” exclaimed Mary Strauss, Fox Performing Arts Charitable Basis Board President. 

Along with the thrill of acting on the Fox Stage, contestants are eligible to win scholarships, prizes, and efficiency alternatives. Almost $50,000 in prizes, money awards and faculty scholarships will probably be distributed among the many prime rivals. A full checklist of prizes together with official occasion data may be discovered on the Fox Performing Arts Charitable Basis’s (FPACF) web site.  

The Finals manufacturing will probably be directed by St. Louisan Lee Anne Mathews, a veteran Fairness actor of worldwide phases, longtime director, COCA educator and present inventive director with Westport Playhouse. Mathews will work with choreographer Yvonne Meyer Hare and music director Steve Neale to organize performers for the Fox Stage. 

Finalist acts will probably be judged on technical capability, interpretation, stage presence, and originality. Judges for the finals have careers spanning music, dance, and Broadway. A whole checklist of ultimate spherical judges is accessible on the FoxPACF web site.  

The neighborhood response to this occasion has been vital as this system has grown over the previous 13 years. Yearly viewers have watched the 9 PBS featured program on the ultimate competitors. FoxPACF is grateful for the continued partnership with 9 PBS, which is able to movie the 2023 Finals in entrance of a reside viewers for a particular broadcast to air later this spring.

The 2022 co-winners, Aubory Bugg, a homeschooled vocalist and guitarist and “Trifecta,” the circus tumbling troupe, will return this yr for particular performances. A whole checklist of winners and finalists from the previous eleven years may be discovered on the FoxPACF web site.  

PLEASE NOTE: 

All seating is basic admission. There’s a restrict of 10 tickets per transaction. Seating is first-come-first-seated and isn’t assured. The theater will probably be over-sold to make sure a full home. Please, arrive early.

Fox Performing Arts Charitable Basis fosters, promotes, and encourages younger individuals within the St. Louis area to find and take part within the pleasure and marvel of reside performances.

Along with the St. Louis Teen Expertise Competitors, the Fox Performing Arts Charitable Basis additionally produces a wide range of different performing arts applications together with

Youngsters’ Evening on the Fabulous Fox, Broadway Grasp Lessons, Instructional Encores,

and is a producing associate of the St. Louis Excessive Faculty Musical Theatre Awards.

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