New season, new stars: a celebration of talent & timeless tunes

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Spring is in full bloom, and summer is just around the corner. As students everywhere say goodbye to their classmates and celebrate graduation, The Great American Songbook Foundation welcomes a new beginning of its own: the arrival of The Songbook Academy Class of 2025.

Hailing from 31 cities across 13 states, this talented group of rising stars is ready to take the stage.

• Helena Badiali, Doylestown, Pa., Central Bucks High School East
• Ava Baker, New Albany, Ohio, New Albany High School
• Lucy Bollier, Los Angeles, Calif., Calabasas High School
• Marth Glenn Bowers, High Point, N.C., Penn-Griffin School for the Arts
• Tiffany Chamberlain, Hatfield, Pa., Pennridge High School
• Sadie Cohen, Carmel, Carmel High School
• Morgan Grace Champ, Salt Lake City, Utah, Skyline High School
• Emily Grace Chavez, Los Angeles, Calif., Van Nuys High School
• Georgia Dadekian, Burbank, Calif., John Burroughs High School
• Jane Delahoussaye, Sugar Land, Texas, Logos Preparatory Academy
• Madeleine Delbridge, Pasadena, Calif., Polytechnic School
• Noelle Duncan, Kokomo, Ind., Kokomo High School
• Aarthi Eswaran, Westfield, Carmel High School
• Eliza Griffey, Sewanee, Tenn., Saint Andrews-Sewanee School
• Grady Griffin, Carmel, Carmel High School
• Isaiah Henderson, Carmel, Carmel High School
• Madeline Hogan, Winter Garden, Fla., Montverde Academy
• Mia Kadar, Dublin, Ohio, Dublin Coffman High School
• Claire Kauffman, Zionsville, Zionsville Community High School
• Ali Kosteck, Frankfort, Ill., Lincoln-Way East High School
• Zac Kowal, Palmetto Bay, Fla., Miami Palmetto Senior High School
• Ethan Mathais, Ada, Mich., Michigan International Prep School
• Kayleigh McCarter, Houston, Texas, Houston School Performing Visual Arts
• Soren McLaughlin, Noblesville, Noblesville High School
• Krishaa Motycka, Carmel, Carmel High School
• Carly Rose Mulay, Portage, Mich., Portage Central High School
• Adrienne Nicastro, Huntingdon Valley, Pa., Lower Moreland High School
• Rika Nishikawa, Chicago, Ill., Homeschool
• Sophie O’Toole, Medfield, Mass., Medfield High School
• Dilan Patton, Los Angeles, Calif., Van Nuys High School
• Mia Rettig, Indianapolis, Park Tudor School
• Connor Ruckman, Los Angeles, Calif., Van Nuys High School
• William Daniel Russell, Westwood, Mass., Westwood High School
• Phoebe Sidebottom, Zionsville, Zionsville Community High School
• Ikepo Soyinka, Braintree, Mass., Cats Academy Boston
• Kellyssa Rose Vincent, West Palm Beach, Fla., Oxbridge Academy
• Jacob Volker, Nashville, Tenn., Nashville School of the Arts
• Thomas Whitten, Noblesville, Whitten Homeschool
• Maddox Wood, Webb City, Mo., Webb City High School
• Journee Woodley, Westfield, Westfield High School

Get your tickets

Spring into action to reserve your tickets now for the public performances during Songbook Academy Week, held at the Payne & Mencias Palladium and available both in person and via livestream. Tickets are available now for these must-see events.

Songbook Showcase
Thursday, July 17 at 7 p.m.
Payne & Mencias Palladium

All 40 participants will each perform a solo on the Payne & Mencias Palladium stage. The evening also includes special performances by Michael Feinstein and guest mentor and Broadway star Nikki Renée Daniels.

• Tickets: Pay-what-you-can (minimum $5 for in-person attendees)
• Livestream: Pay-what-you-can (no minimum)

Songbook Academy in Concert
Saturday, July 19 at 7 p.m.
Payne & Mencias Palladium

Michael Feinstein returns to the stage to emcee as all 40 singers perform choral numbers, small group ensembles and featured solos, celebrating their growth over the week and paying tribute to iconic composers and lyricists of the Great American Songbook.

• Tickets: Starting at $25 for in-person attendees.
• Livestream: Pay-what-you-can (no minimum)