Stars of Tomorrow Vocal Competition

for New Jersey High School Students

Light Opera of NJ (LONJ) will host its second annual Stars of Tomorrow, a vocal competition for New Jersey High School students. The competition will consist of a qualifying round based on videos submitted online, followed by the finals on April 5 at 2 PM in Basking Ridge, NJ. The grand prize is $1000 and an appearance in an upcoming LONJ Main Stage production, $500 for second place and $250 for third place as determined by the judges; plus $100 for the winner of the audience favorite award.

Registration is now open on THIS PAGE and it closes on March 1, so send us your videos and hold the date open for the finals. We need unedited videos of two songs in contrasting styles without any kind of audio enhancement. Both may come from the Musical Theater repertoire, both from the Operatic/Art Song repertoire or one from each. They may be recorded with or without accompaniment and need not be professionally produced.  A video made on a mobile phone is fine. We request a nominal $25 registration fee, but alternatives are available if the fee would otherwise prevent your participation.

Tickets for non-contestants attending the final round will be available soon at THIS PAGE.  For more information, please email contest@lonj.org.