The Greece Performing Arts Young Artists Competition is held annually to encourage
excellence in performance among area high school performers.
Winners receive a cash prize and perform at the Young Artists' Recital in the Spring.
Competition may be instrumental, vocal and now we have added a music theater category.

Please join us on Tuesday, June 10th, 7:00 PM at the Athena Performing Arts Center for the Young Artists Recital.

This year's competition was held at Greece Arcadia Middle School on Saturday, May 10th, 2008. There were 3 winners chosen in each of 3 disciplines: Male Vocal, Jr. Female Vocal and Sr. Female Vocal. This year a Music Theatre category was added where contestants could sing, dance or act from any show of their choosing. 

Paige Iovine, Jr. Female Vocal
Rachael O'Gorman, Sr. Femaie Vocal
Benjamin Elling, Male Vocal

2nd Place

Maria Dell'Anno, Jr. Female Vocal
Beth Conley, Sr. Female Vocal
Miles Ludek, Male Vocal

1st Place

Katie Edinger, Jr. Female Vocal
Jackie Feola, Sr. Female Vocal
John Cummings, Male Vocal

Music Theater

1st Place - Jackie Feola
2nd Place - Beth Conley
Phyllis Smith Oyer Winner - Lean Randazzo
Phyllis Smith Oyer Winner - Kimberly Stanek

Phyllis Smith Oyer was a beloved member of the Greece Choral Society for many years.
She strongly believed that students should be given the chance to grow musically either by support within their families or through the adults that enrich their lives in school.   Soon after her passing, her husband and son, Walt and Walt Jr., honored her memory by each year providing the support for the "Phyllis Smith Oyer Award."
GPAS is grateful to have been able to include this special woman as a member of our organization.