Press Release
January 22, 2010
Orchestra Nova Announces Semi-finalists for The Next Star Talent Competition
Orchestra Nova announces nine semi-finalists for The Next Star talent competition, the world’s first talent competition for classical musicians with voting by Internet and concert audience members. Representing all walks of life, the semi-finalists include a systems engineer, an administrative assistant, young students and college students, all of whom have a dream of becoming a professional classical musician.
Voters can view a video of the semi-finalists and vote for their favorite on the orchestra’s web site, www.orchestranova.org until January 30 when the voting for semi-finalists closes. The semi-finalists will perform their audition selection for an Orchestra Nova panel on January 31.
Three finalists will be posted on the web site on February 1 and online voting will commence again, this time for a finalist. The three finalists will perform with the orchestra in three concerts (March 5, 6 and 8, 2010) where audience members will be the final judges.
The concert will begin with Mozart’s The Impresario Overture and will end with Schubert’s Symphony No. 5. The three finalists will perform their selections with the orchestra before the intermission.
The concerts:
Friday, March 5, 7:30 p.m. – Downtown, St. Paul’s Cathedral
Saturday, March 6, 8:00 p.m. – Sorrento Valley, Irwin M. Jacobs Qualcomm Hall
Monday, March 8, 7:30 p.m. – La Jolla, Sherwood Auditorium
The winner will perform with Orchestra Nova in a future concert.
Voting process and timeline:
- January 18 – 30 - Internet voting for semi-finalists
- January 31 – semi-finalists perform for an Orchestra Nova panel
- February 1 – three finalists announced on web site
- Final vote count based upon 40% Internet voting, 60% Orchestra Nova panel
- February 1 – March 4 – Internet voting for finalist
- March 5, 6, 8 – three finalists perform with Orchestra Nova in concert; audience votes
- March 8 – Finalist announced at conclusion of final concert
- Final vote count based upon 20% Internet voting, 65% audience voting, 15% musician voting
For more information about The Next Star talent competition and the March concert, visit www.orchestranova.org or contact marketing@orchestranova.org.
