Career Bridges presents

The New York Preliminary Auditions – December 9-10, 2016

For the

7^th International Anita Cerquetti Opera Competition –

April 21-23, 2017

at Logge Theatre in Montecosaro (MC), Italy

The application deadline for the New York Preliminary Round is November 21, 2016.

Applicants must show outstanding potential for a career and be between the ages of 18-35. The auditions will be held at Ripley Grier Studios, 520 8^th Avenue (between 36^th and 37th) in New York City from 10:00 am – 6:00 pm on December 9 with call backs on December 10 when the winner of the NY Preliminary Round will be chosen.

Singers are asked to present 3 opera arias, 2 of which must be in Italian.

There is a nonrefundable $25 application fee.

Application is below.

The winner of the New York Preliminary Round will be awarded €500 and an all-expense paid trip to Italy to compete as a finalist in the Anita Cerquetti Opera Competition, April 21-23, 2017, in Montecosaro, Italy.

The Anita Cerquetti Competition (http://www.accademiacerquetti.it/) will announce 3 winners: the first place winner will be awarded a paid concert with the Sanremo Symphony plus a prize of €1000; the second place winner will be awarded a paid concert with orchestra plus a prize of €600; and the third place winner will be awarded a paid concert with orchestra plus a prize of €400. In addition, the “Sanremo Symphony Special Prize,” a debut with the Sanremo Symphony, will be awarded by the jury in accordance with the artistic director of the Sanremo Symphony.

See an Italian television report about the 2016 Cerquetti Competition below.

The first place winner will be invited to sing in the Career Bridges 15th Annual Gala concert and dinner on May 9, 2017, at the Essex House in New York before a distinguished audience of music lovers and experts in music. Career Bridges will help arrange contacts to leading agents and conductors before the arrival of the winner. Visit them at http://careerbridges.org/

APPLICATION FORM – DEADLINE NOVEMBER 21, 2016

NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE – NOVEMBER 30, 2016

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NEW YORK PRELIMINARY AUDTIONS APPLICATION

ANITA CERQUETTI OPERA COMPETITION

NAME ________________________________________________________ ____

MAILING ADDRESS__________________________________________________________

CITY_______________________________STATE__________ZIP_____________

DAY PHONE____________________EVENING PHONE_______________________

EMAIL_____________________________________________________________

DATE OF BIRTH_____________________________________________________________

VOCAL CATEGORY__________________________________________________________

Please list below and send a CD recording of your choice of 3 arias, 2 of which must be in Italian.

1._________________________________________________________________

2._________________________________________________________________

3._________________________________________________________________

SIGNATURE_________________________________________________________

TODAY’S DATE______________________________________________________________

Please send this form with your 1) Resume; 2) Bio; 3) CD or MP3 of the above listed material; 4) a $25 application fee made out to Career Bridges.

Mail the above information to:

The Schuyler Foundation for Career Bridges, Inc.

81 Pondfield Road #346

Bronxville, NY 10708

Email:  davidsbender@careerbridges.org

Phone: 914-623-8183