2015 Vocal Scholarship
Dates for the 2015 Vocal Scholarship:
Vocal Scholarship Competition October 17 from 12 to 6 p.m.
Vocal Scholarship Awards Dinner Cocktails 5 p.m., performance 5:30 p.m., Dinner follows
Once again, the Italian Cultural Center at Casa Italia is honored to announce that it will be hosting its 40th Annual Vocal Scholarship Competition on Saturday, October 17th at Casa Italia. Founded by the late beloved Josephine L. LiPuma, operatic talent and former ICC volunteer; the competitive auditions will bring together numerous young students of voice to compete for one of five possible scholarships. This year we are offering $6,000 in scholarships, to be used toward continued vocal training.
The scholarship recipients will then showcase their talents at an incredible concert and dinner on Sunday, November 8 at Casa Italia in the Community Center Ball Room. Please join us for this most enjoyable evening to help support this wonderful program.
The Concert of Italian Opera featuring the Vocal Scholarship Winners will be held on Sunday, November 9, 2015 at Casa Italia in the Community Center Ball Room in Stone Park, Illinois. Wine and cheese will be served at 5:00 p.m., a concert at 5:30 p.m., and followed by dinner at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are $60.00 per person. RSVP is a must.
Click Here To Purchase Tickets or call the Casa Italia office at 708-345-5933
2015 Scholarships
Josephine L. LiPuma 40th Annual Vocal Scholarships
1st place winner – $2,000 towards tuition
2nd place winner – $1,000 towards tuition sponsored by Mr. & Mrs. Muccianti
Nicholas Raimondi 25th Annual Vocal Scholarship
1st Place winner – $1,000 towards tuition
Italian American Executives of Transportation Vocal Scholarship
1st Place winner – $1,000 towards tuition
Turano Family Vocal Scholarship
1st Place winner – $1,000 towards tuition
Vocal Scholarship Contribution Opportunities Available
We also invite you to help support the arts through your generous contribution sponsoring the Vocal Scholarship program of the Italian Cultural Center. This will enable the Center to award budding opera stars a total of $6,000.00 in scholarships for the exclusive use of continuing the recipients’ vocal education. All other donations are accepted and deeply appreciated. Donations are tax deductible to the extent of the law.
Core Donors: Donations of $50.00 or more will be listed and gratefully acknowledged in the program book.
Sponsors: Donations of $300.00 or more will entitle sponsors to two tickets to the scholarship dinner. Their names and companies, if desired, will be included in the program book.
Guarantors: Donation of $1,000.00. Guarantors will be memorialized with a permanent listing on the Center’s Guarantor’s plaque, in addition to the above mentioned tokens of gratitude.