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The Songbook Vocal Competition is a brilliant celebration of the esteemed Golden Age of the known Popular Music of the United States of America. The event is primarily a vocal competition for high school students in the U.S. and is basically committed to the music genres heard from the famed Tin Pan Alley period from the earlier part to the middle of the 20th century; Hollywood oriented musicals as well as Broadway shows. The event has been founded to give-way for young talented people to utilize the chance of experiencing American music and the significance it has on the culture. The event is surely going to be quite electrifying filled with many talented singers displaying amazing vocal skills. You can now book your Songbook Vocal Competition tickets and get the opportunity of enjoying a commendable live entertaining event that is surely going to leave you with many memories to treasure.
The event is commonly known as "American Standards". It presents some of the most diverse yet unique collection of popular music in America that ranges from Hollywood to Broadway musicals which were quite rampant from 1920s all the way to 1960s. Critics have noticed that the songwriters of the event have taken charge of translating positive values and energetic vibes into the American life soundtrack. You will be experiencing a live music extravaganza that will be featuring all of these values, norms and ethics in their true essence that can be seen in everyday lives of American's with these outstanding performances through music.
The Songbook Vocal Competition works in an effective way. All the regional finalists for the competition are selected from states such as Rhode Island, Alabama, Wisconsin, California, South Carolina, Connecticut, North Carolina, Florida, New York, Georgia, New Hampshire, Illinois, Missouri, Indiana, Minnesota, Iowa, Michigan, Kentucky, Massachusetts and Maine. Following the selection procedure, high school students are then given invites from any one of the states that are eligible for participating. These students are told to hand in audio recording of two different songs that they have performed in and are from the Great American Songbook. The regional competitions take place in five cities across the nation in which the judges then select the students. These regional competitions also host workshops throughout the day and later in the evening the main performing event takes place. Out of each region only two finalists are selected.
After the regional competitions are over, a total of 10 regional finalists are requested to come to the known Feinstein Initiative's headquarters that are located in Carmel, IN. The 10 finalists then take part in a boot-camp that lasts for five days. The camp is basically for understanding and playing the music from the Great American Songbook. Michael Feinstein who has received Grammy nomination five times along with many other top notch professionals from the music industry conduct various lectures, master classes as well as workshops extensively for a week with the selected finalists. Once the week wraps up, then the main and final event takes place at the popular Palladium Concert Hall which is located at the Center for the Performing Arts. The total seating capacity of the venue is 1,600.
At the Songbook Vocal Competition the winner of the event gets $3,000 and a glorious opportunity to perform with Michael Feinstein. Moreover, the first runner-up of the event serves as the Ambassador for the Great American Songbook for a complete year and also gets various chances to perform live. The second runner-up of the show receives $2,000 while the third runner-up gets $1,500 as prize money.
There is no doubt in the fact that this is one of those music competition oriented events that are a delight to witness live. There is so much of thrilling and exciting energy listening to young performers play live and contest for one major event keeping in mind that they can be eliminated at any point. The drill that they go through to reach the final event is phenomenal. With your Songbook Vocal Competition tickets in hand, you are surely going to experience a mind blowing live music event that will be an experience of a lifetime which will certainly be unforgettable.