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About the competition

The Classical Voice Singing Competition Inc. has been developed by a team of passionate educators and performers to celebrate and foster the next generation of classical vocalists coming through their pre-tertiary education, and provides these students with a safe and warm performance environment to help them to solidify their craft. Students in year seven to twelve are invited to compete, with specialist sections for VCE Students, to help them in their final preparations as they near their final exam. 

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Student's also receive the opportunity to engage and perform with a professional accompanist, perform in a free masterclass with the adjudicator, and each performance places each competitor in the running to win one of seven scholarship prizes on offer.

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In celebration of CVSC alumni who have gone on to study voice at university, in 2023 the CVSC will offer an Undergraduate Aria Award for competitors studying classical voice at tertiary level.

22-24 of September 2023

Patricia Turner Centre for Creative Arts (CCA)

Firbank Grammar School

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51 Outer Crescent 

Brighton, Victoria 3186

(Enter via Gate 8 on Middle Crescent)

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The CVSC consists of a variety of sections...

(Scroll to view overview of sections)

A full schedule with details of each section can be found here or on Stardom.  

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Open Sections

  • Perform one item of your choice in the classical style

  • At the conclusion of the section the adjudicator will announce a 1st Prize and 2nd Prize, and those who have received an Honourable Mention. 

  • Offered to competitors in Years 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12. 

  • Open Sections on offer: 

    • Own Choice Solo

    • Musical Theatre Solo

    • Art Song Solo

    • Folk Song Solo

    • Duet or Trio

    • AMEB Own Choice Solo

    • Golden Age Music Theatre Ballad Solo

    • Religious or Sacred Solo

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Novice Aria Award

  • Open to competitors from Years 9-12. 

  • Competitors must perform one aria of their choice. 

  • Chosen aria must be performed in its original language.  

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Unit 1+2 Section

  • Perform one item of your choice in the classical style

  • At the conclusion of the section the adjudicator will announce a 1st Prize and 2nd Prize, and those who have received an Honourable Mention. 

  • Competitors must be enrolled in VCE Music Unit 1+2, with Classical Voice as their main instrument of study.

 
CVSC VCE Award​

  • Competitors must be enrolled in VCE Unit 3+4 Music Repertoire or Music Inquiry with a special focus on classical voice.

  • Competitors must perform 3 pieces from their VCE program as a small recital. 

  • Competitors must present 2 different languages, and one unaccompanied work. 

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Undergraduate Aria Award

  • Open to competitors enrolled in an undergraduate music course in an Australian university with a major or focus in classical voice.  

  • Competitors must perform one aria of their choice. 

  • Chosen aria must be performed in its original language.  

  • Competitors in the Undergraduate Aria Award are not included in the running for the scholarship awards.

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At the conclusion of the competition, the adjudicator will announce the recipients of the Scholarship Awards which are awarded to competitors of the adjudicator's choice for performances in the entire competition (excluding the Undergraduate Aria).

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At the conclusion of the competition, all secondary school competitors are welcomed to attend a free

masterclass provided by the adjudicator.

💡 Be sure to come along as you may be one of the performers the adjudicator chooses to work with!  

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