The Heritage Chorale - Oak Park, Illinois

Scholarship Program

Heritage Chorale Marcie Hartman Mentoring/Scholarship for 2025

Heritage Chorale announces the availability of its Marcie Hartman vocal scholarship for 2025. First priority eligibility extends to high school juniors and seniors who reside, attend high school, or sing in a youth choir, in Oak Park, River Forest, or Forest Park. Second priority eligibility extends to high school juniors and seniors in the wider Chicago metropolitan area.

The student selected sings with Heritage Chorale for its spring concert season and then receives an award of $1,500 for vocal arts study. Applicants must be in good academic standing and be recommended by their high school or youth choral director, voice teacher, or other professional musician familiar with their singing ability. Finalists will audition for Heritage Chorale’s Artistic Director Wen Chin Liu-Young.

Applicants must commit to sing with Heritage Chorale beginning in January, 2025 and ending with concert performances on April 5 and 6, 2025. Regular rehearsals are held on Monday evenings. Two regular rehearsal absences are permitted. Dress rehearsals on the Monday and Friday evenings preceding the performances are mandatory.

Eligible applicants will be assessed on singing experience, ability and quality, based on information included in the application, the professional recommendation, and finalist auditions. Consideration will also be given to Heritage Chorale’s voice part needs.

Applications must be submitted by November 30, 2024. Auditions will be individually scheduled with finalists in January 2025. Final selection will be made before the beginning of Heritage Chorale’s spring semester.

The scholarship will be awarded after the candidate’s successful completion of the spring concert season with Heritage Chorale in April 2025.

The scholarship payment will be made to the student’s selected college, music school, voice teacher, or other institution or individual providing assurance that the award will be used for music study in the vocal arts.

Applications should be mailed to:

Heritage Chorale
2025 Scholarship Program
PO Box 1395
Oak Park, Illinois 60304

or emailed to Geoffrey Roupas. Also, email Geoff with any questions.

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