Overture Awards Finals Competition and Awards Ceremony

The Cincinnati Arts Association is proud to present the 2024 Overture Awards Finals Competition. The Overture Awards provides $3,000 to six area high school students for education and training expenses, with 18 finalists each winning $1,000. The program also provides a $2,000 Arts Educator Award for Excellence in Arts Instruction. The Overture Awards Finals Competition and Awards Ceremony will be held on Saturday, March 16, 2024 at 1 p.m. at the Aronoff Center’s Jarson-Kaplan Theater. Winners will be announced immediately following the competition. The Visual Art Finalists Exhibition will showcased in the Aronoff Center's Center Stage Room (adjacent to the Weston Art Gallery on 7th Street) from Tuesday, March 12 - Saturday, March 23, 2024. This year, 235 students applied to compete in one of six artistic disciplines: creative writing, dance, instrumental music, theater, visual art and vocal music. The Overture Awards was developed to recognize, encourage and reward excellence in the arts among tri-state students in grades 9-12. It also provides students an opportunity to share their talents and interests among their peers in a supportive environment outside of their individual schools. There are three levels of competition: Regional, Semi-Final and Final. The Overture Awards Regional Competition was held virtually in January 2024. The top 25% of competitors in each discipline advanced to the Semi-Finals, which were held at the Aronoff Center on Feb. 1-3. 24 finalists will compete in the Finals Competition at the Aronoff Center’s Jarson-Kaplan Theater on March 16. Now in its 28th year, The Overture Awards was launched in 1996 by the Cinergy Foundation (now Duke Energy) and Leadership Cincinnati (a program of the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber). The Overture Awards is funded and administered by the Cincinnati Arts Association, which operates and manages the Aronoff Center and Music Hall. The Overture Awards also relies on hundreds of volunteers from the community who help raise funds, adjudicate and manage the competitions, and nurture the program. THE OVERTURE AWARDS ARE ENDOWED BY THE OTTO M. BUDIG FAMILY FOUNDATION. We would like to thank the following supporters of Dancing for the Stars and The Overture Awards: A Catered Affair, Accent on Cincinnati, Harlan Graphics, Heidelberg Distributing Company, Metropolitan Club, Party Source, Pepsi, Pixel’s, Prime Cincinnati, Primo Italian Steakhouse, Punky’s, Skyline, Street City Pub, That’s So Sweet, Vondehaar’s Catering, Chris & Janeen (“Married with Microphones”), JD Hughes, David Kapor, Frank Marzullo, Diana Nguyen, Morgan Angelique Owens, Tom Parker, Erin Rolfes, Litsa Spanos, Britton Spitler (as Brock Leah Spears), Amanda Barraza, Bonita Brockert, Lane Glick, Jeremy Mainous, Andrea Stefano, Josh Tilford, Rostislav Toporski, Melissa Vaughn, Douglas Beal, Jon Lawhead, Amanda Orlando Overture Scholarship Sponsors: The Eleanora C.U. Alms Trust, Fifth Third Bank, Trustee; Fort Washington Investment Advisors, Inc.; Otto M. Budig Family Foundation; Summerfair Cincinnati; TriHealth

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