TOMORROW’S STARS
FINALS COMPETITION and AWARDS CEREMONY
The Cincinnati Arts Association (CAA) is proud to present the 2013 Overture Awards Scholarship Competition – the largest locally-run arts scholarship competition in the country. The Overture Awards annually provides a $3,000 scholarship to six area high school students for education and training expenses, with 18 finalists each winning a $500 scholarship.
The Overture Awards Finals Competition and Awards Ceremony will be held on Saturday, March 2, 2013 at 1:00 PM at the Aronoff Center’s Jarson-Kaplan Theater. Winners will be announced immediately following the competition.
This year, 426 students were nominated by their schools to compete in one of six artistic disciplines: Creative Writing, Dance, Instrumental Music, Theater, Visual Art, and Vocal Music. The Overture Awards was developed to recognize, encourage, and reward excellence in the arts among Tri-state students in grades 9-12. It also provides students an opportunity to share their talents and interests among their peers in a supportive environment outside of their individual schools. There are three levels of competition: Regionals, Semi-Finals, and Finals.
The Overture Awards Regional Competitions were held on January 12 at the Aronoff Center for the Arts, Immanuel United Methodist Church (Lakeside Park, KY), Saint Ursula Academy, University of Cincinnati – Blue Ash College, and Xavier University. The top 20 percent of competitors in each discipline advanced to the Semi-Finals, which were held at the Aronoff Center on January 18 and 19. Twenty-four finalists (four in each discipline) will compete in the Finals Competition at the Aronoff Center’s Jarson-Kaplan Theater on March 2.
Now in its 17th year, The Overture Awards was launched in 1996 by the Cinergy Foundation (now Duke Energy) and Leadership Cincinnati (a program of the Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce). The Overture Awards is funded and administered by the Cincinnati Arts Association, which operates and manages the Aronoff Center and Music Hall. The Overture Awards also relies on hundreds of volunteers from the community who help raise funds, adjudicate and manage the competitions, and nurture the program.
Overture Awards Program Sponsors: Carey Digital; Citi; The Eleanora C.U. Alms Trust, Fifth Third Bank, Trustee. Scholarship Sponsors: Doreen Beatrice; Bonita Brockert; Cincinnati Ballroom; Dare to Dance; Pebble Creek Group; The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation; Step n Out Studio; Stock Yards Bank & Trust; Summerfair Cincinnati; Western & Southern Financial; The William O. Purdy, Jr. Foundation. Competition Sponsors: Buddy Roger’s Music, Immanuel United Methodist Church (Lakeside Park, KY), St. Ursula Academy, University of Cincinnati – Blue Ash College, Xavier University.
The 2013 Overture Awards Finalists
CREATIVE WRITING
- Sarah Maria Joan Dorger – Indian Hill High School, grade12
- Jordan Lenchitz – Indian Hill High School, grade 11
- Olivia Linn – Wyoming High School, grade 11
- Deborah Rocheleau – Rocheleau Home School, grade 12
DANCE
- Jordan Betscher – Just Off Broadway / Home school, grade 9
- Ally Garcia – McGing Irish Dancers / Campbell County High School, grade 11
- Megan Kernan – Just Off Broadway / Turpin High School, grade10
- Angela Vettikkal – Cultural Centre of India / William Mason High School, grade 11
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
- Isabella Geis – Walnut Hills High School, grade 9
- Vivian Tong – Walnut Hills High School, grade 11
- Jacqueline Tso – Sycamore High School, grade 11
- Joseph Vaz – Practice to Prosper Piano Studio / Sycamore High School, grade 10
THEATER
- Elliot Handkins – Sycamore High School, grade 12
- Reginald Hemphill – Walter Pool Studio / School for Creative and Performing Arts, grade 12
- Jo Ellen Pellman – Walnut Hills High School, grade 11
- Megan T. Urz – Calvary Christian School, grade 12
VISUAL ART
- Kevin Butler – Kings High School, grade 12
- Abigail Koch – Lakota West High School, grade 12
- Sandra Mattingly – School for Creative and Performing Arts, grade 12
- Whitney Ransdell – St. Henry District High School, grade 12
VOCAL MUSIC
- Abigail Hellmann – Ursuline Academy, grade 12
- Gabriel Montefiore – McCready Voice Studio / Walnut Hills High School, grade 12
- Matthew Pearce – Walter Pool Studio / Larry A. Ryle High School, grade 12
- Elisabeth Yates – Ross High School, grade 12
Founded in 1992, the Cincinnati Arts Association (CAA) is a not-for-profit organization that oversees the programming and management of two of the Tri-state’s finest performing arts venues – the Aronoff Center for the Arts and Music Hall – and is dedicated to supporting performing and visual arts. Each year, CAA presents a diverse schedule of events; serves upwards of 700,000 people in its venues; features the work of talented local, regional, and national artists in the Weston Art Gallery (located in the Aronoff Center); and supports the work of more than one dozen resident companies. Since the inception of its acclaimed arts education programs in 1995, CAA has reached more than 1.2 million students.
CAA is proud to be a member of Association of Performing Arts Presenters, Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber, Greater Cincinnati Convention & Visitors Bureau, Greater Cincinnati Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Greater Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky African American Chamber of Commerce, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Over-the-Rhine Chamber of Commerce, and Performing Arts Center Consortium.
CALENDAR INFORMATION
WHAT: 2013 Overture Awards – Finals Competition and Awards Ceremony
WHERE: Aronoff Center – Jarson-Kaplan Theater
WHEN: Saturday, March 2, 2013 – 1:00 PM
TICKETS: $15
INFO: The 2013 Overture Awards Scholarship Competition – the largest locally-run arts scholarship competition in the country – provides a $3,000 scholarship to six area high school students for education and training expenses with 18 finalists each winning a $500 scholarship. Students compete in one of six artistic disciplines: Creative Writing, Dance, Instrumental Music, Theater, Visual Art or Vocal Music. The Overture Awards was developed to recognize, encourage, and reward excellence in the arts among Tri-state students in grades 9-12.
TICKET INFORMATION – on sale February 1, 2013
- www.CincinnatiArts.org
- (513) 621-ARTS [2787]
- Aronoff Center Ticket Office
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