The second annual The Next Generation concert will be presented this year on Friday evening, May 21 at 7:30 at Chandler Music Hall in Randolph. The deadline of Tuesday, March 23 for registering for audition space is fast approaching!

Auditions will be held on March 30 and are open to area high school students 18 years and younger who are seriously studying classical music of all genres - instrumental, ensemble, or vocal, as soloists or groups.

Students should come prepared to audition the piece they would perform on May 21. In the interest of providing a performance opportunity for as many qualified students as possible, no more than one movement of a major work may be presented. Instrumentalists and vocal soloists need to provide their own accompanist.. The Steinway concert grand is available, and the auditions and performance will take place on Chandler’s main stage.

Inspired by the successful 2007 performance at Chandler Music Hall in Randolph of National Public Radio's youth showcase, From the Top, presenters at Chandler created its look-alike program. In May 2009 fourteen talented teenagers from the Champlain Valley, Central Vermont, and the Upper Valley made this new idea a smash hit, performing classical music as pianists, vocalists, a piano/violin duo, and a string quartet. By popular demand this program is becoming a staple of Chandler's season of programming.

Please contact Betsy Cantlin, Chandler's Community Outreach Manager to schedule an audition or for more information about this performance. She can be reached at outreach@chandlerarts. org or 431-0204.