Celebrity mentors named for Songbook Academy 2002
5/10/2022 12AM
National youth music intensive takes place July 16-23
CARMEL, Ind. – A roster of Broadway performers and top jazz artists will join Michael Feinstein as professional mentors at this year’s Songbook Academy® summer intensive, the nation’s leading youth music program focused on the timeless standards of jazz, pop, Broadway and Hollywood.
Now in its 13th year, the Songbook Academy is the flagship education initiative of the Great American Songbook Foundation. Each year 40 top high school vocalists are selected through video auditions to experience a life-changing week of classes, workshops and performances under the guidance of arts and entertainment professionals and leading university educators.
At this year’s Academy, which is returning to an on-site format July 16-23 at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel, the entertainment industry mentors will include:
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Feinstein
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Ahmed
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Henry
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Lane
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Logan
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Nunziata
Public events this year will include the Public Masterclass with Feinstein and Henry on July 20, showcase performances on July 21 and the climactic final concert at 7 p.m. Saturday, July 23, presented by the Center for the Performing Arts. Each will take place before a live audience at the Center’s Palladium concert hall and will be streamed live for viewers worldwide.
For the July 20-21 events, on-site tickets and livestream registration are pay-what-you-can with no minimum price. For the final concert, on-site tickets start at just $25, and the livestream option is pay-what-you-can with a $10 minimum. Tickets go on sale June 3 at TheCenterPresents.org or (317) 843-3800.
The Songbook Academy is sponsored nationally by the Efroymson Family Fund and also supported by the City of Carmel. The Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation Mentor Champions support the involvement of a national faculty of music directors and professional vocal coaches who will be announced later this spring.
About the Great American Songbook Foundation
The mission of the Great American Songbook Foundation, founded in 2007 by five-time Grammy® Award nominee Michael Feinstein, is to inspire and educate by celebrating the timeless standards of pop, jazz, Broadway and Hollywood. Headquartered at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel, Indiana, the Foundation advances this rich legacy by curating physical artifacts of its creators, performers and publishers in the Songbook Library & Archives; operating a multimedia exhibit gallery; overseeing the Songbook Hall of Fame; offering programs for the public and research opportunities for scholars and artists; and providing educational opportunities for student musicians, including the annual Songbook Academy® summer intensive. The Foundation is a Cultural Affiliate of the Los Angeles-based Grammy Museum®. More information is available at TheSongbook.org.