Young Artists Awards

eVoco Young Artists Awards

eVoco is proud to present this opportunity for high school singers each year. This year, five to eight high school singers will be chosen to advance to the live component and asked to perform their solo on the eVoco Young Artists Competition Saturday, May 31st at 7:00pm in the Shapiro Family Hall recital space at Hofstra University. After the live performances, three high school singers will be chosen to receive scholarships to be used to further their musical pursuits, in the following categories:

1st prize: $500
2nd prize: $250
3rd prize: $125

Winners will also have their names featured on the eVoco website.

To be considered for this prize, you must be available to perform on Saturday, May 31st, 2025. A collaborative pianist will be provided for you, if needed.

Applications are open to students in grades 9-12; the fee is $25. To apply, simply fill out the form linked below. Your YouTube link should lead us to a video recording of your performance of a single song (art song, aria, musical theater piece, etc.) with piano accompaniment. Diverse styles of music are encouraged. Please keep video submissions under seven minutes. If you advance to the live round, you will be expected to perform the same piece you submitted in the video application.

Once you submit the form, you will be taken to our payment page where you may pay the $25 application fee either through PayPal or by Credit Card. You are confirmed as an applicant when both your application fee and electronic registration form have been received. The deadline for applications is Thursday, May 1st, 2025. Singers chosen to advance to the next round will be notified by May 15th, via personal email. Please keep an eye out on your spam folder.

ALL applicants, regardless of results, are invited to attend the recital and join us in our final ensemble piece for the evening, Samuel Barber’s “Sure on this Shining Night.”

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Previous Winners

2024

1st: William Herbert
2nd: Tristan Surajbali
3rd: Sean Hill-Hotz

2023

1st: Gabby Gibbs
2nd: Austyn Park
3rd: Jack Ceglie
3rd: Elizabeth Neumeyer

2022

Lauren Marchand
Fiorela Miria

2021

1st: Yumeko Stern
2nd: Aidan Kelly
3rd: Ella Rescigno
3rd: Victoria O’Shea

2019

1st: Benjamin Truncale
2nd: Lila Goldstein
3rd: Marielle Leiboff
3rd: James Hatter

2018

1st: Adja Thomas– Baldwin High School
2nd: Maia Gonzalez– Hauppauge High School
3rd: Daniel Brenner– Warwick Valley High School
3rd: Benjamin Truncale– Kellenberg Memorial High School

2017

1st: Brendan Sperling- Our Savior New American School
2nd: Tess Siegel- Rockville Centre South Side High School
3rd: Ella Baldwin– Riverhead High School
4th: Theodora Siegel– Cold Spring Harbor

2016

Melissa Aliotta- RVC South Side High School
Jeremey Lopez– Hicksville High School
Timothy Sherlock– Cold Spring Harbor High School

2015

Timothy Costorf– Sayville High School
Emily Gallagher- Cold Spring Harbor High School
Meghan Gunther- Sayville High School
Makenna Psinakis– Farmingdale High School