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April 19th, 2026 - 12:00 PM - Bethany Lutheran Church
Ages 15 -20
Participation fee: $45
Attire: formal
$400, $300, and $200 cash prizes.
Contestants must come prepared with three selections:
-One modern musical theatre piece
-One golden age musical theatre piece
-One foreign language classical art song or aria
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Contestants will choose their starting number, and the judges will pick the second selection.
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An accompanist will be provided. Please email your sheet music to Lisa@citytheatreco.org by April 15th at 11:59 PM. NO acappella performances or MP3 tracks will be accommodated.
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Contestants will be randomly assigned 10-minute slots at check-in. Winners are chosen by a panel of judges and announced in person after every contestant has performed in front of the audience.
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Payment of the $45 participation fee confirms each singer's slot.
MEET THE JUDGES
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Luke Legendre (accompanist) is a collaborative pianist, teacher, and director based in Denver, Colorado. Originally from South Louisiana, he has built a career centered on collaborative performance, education, and arts leadership. He earned his Bachelor of Music in Piano Pedagogy from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and is a certified Piano Technician. One of his most impactful projects involved directing a bilingual production featuring Deaf and hearing students. This production layered spoken English, ASL, and visual storytelling. It exemplifies Luke’s passion for art that speaks across communities and languages. As a piano teacher, Luke brings more than eight years of experience working with students of all ages and skill levels. Luke is a member of MTNA, IKCAS, NFCM, and NATS. Luke is currently pursuing graduate studies in Piano Performance at the University of Denver. All of his work is rooted in the belief that music is a powerful tool for connection, growth, and visibility, and he strives to create spaces where every student and collaborator feels seen, heard, and inspired.
Blake Nawa'a divides his time as a music director, conductor, voice instructor, chorister, and soloist across the Denver metro area. He can be heard as the tenor soloist at Augustana Lutheran Church, sings as a chorister and soloist with various Denver professional choirs, and is the Assistant Artistic Director of the Colorado Chorale and music director of the Original Dickens Carolers. He has also music directed and appeared in dozens of musical theatre and operetta productions, from the Denver Performing Arts Center to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. A self-avowed vocal pedagogy nerd since his own first lessons, Blake also teaches voice, both privately and at Regis University.
American tenor, Brian Stinar is an award-winning instructor, vocalist, director and Bobby G Award recipient. Stinar has received critical acclaim for his "powerful vocal artistry" and his "engaging stage presence". He has sung over 30 leading roles internationally in the genres of opera and musical theater which include Carmen, La Boheme, Romeo and Juliet, Lucia di Lammermoor, Turandot and Pagliacci. Stinar has over 25 years of experience teaching at his private studio and at Denver School of the Arts where he has helped take the productions of Urinetown, Spring Awakening and Kinky Boots to past International Thespian Festivals. Stinar is also a proud member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing.
Miranda White is a soprano with a lifelong passion for the stage. She has performed in numerous musicals and recently expanded her artistry into opera. Miranda earned her Bachelor of Music in Performance from Metropolitan State University of Denver and maintains her own vocal studio.
Her recent stage credits include Mary Sunshine in Chicago, Apollonia in Joseph Haydn’s La Canterina, the Dew Fairy in Engelbert Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel, and the Fairy Godmother in Pauline Viardot’s Cendrillon. She has also served as Music Director for City Theatre Company’s The Little Mermaid and Oz Adventure.
