43 local singers auditioned Saturday May 8th to perform in concert with Yulia,  Gregory Squire NZSO, Paul Carnegie -Jones, pianist and the Strings of Orchestrate.

Aged from 8 to 41 they were given feedback and measured (rated out of 10) on:
Diction, Breathing, Projection, Song Choice, Pitch, Tone, Range, Song Presentation, Costume, Posture, Personality and Song Interpretation.

YULIA QUOTE: "Stars of Tomorrow"

"It was very encouraging to discover so many fabulous emerging singers and to be able to help them find their voices in my singing workshop.  The journey has only just begun for the three singers I selected to appear in concert. I will be creating a profile for each of them on the official 'Yulia & Friends' web site at www.findmyvoice.co.nz including photos, video and audio recordings.  Choosing the final three singers proved to be very difficult! The Hawkes Bay very obviously has some amazing up-and-coming young talent, which if cultivated and nurtured will reward NZ with our stars of tomorrow."

The 3 local performers selected by Yulia & Glyn were Leana Atkenson (16), Madison Gaiger-Grove (11) and Clare Sullivan (12)

-Leana performed a duet with Yulia 'Don't Cry for me Argentina' from the musical Evita
Madison  performed a duet with Yulia 'Ben' a song by Michael Jackson and  Clare  performed a solo of the song 'Chocolate'
All 3 singers performed solos on 'Amazing Grace' in an ensemble number with Yulia. Then to wrap up the concert, the whole cast and string players of Orchestrate  performed the finale 'The Show Must Go On' with Yulia

The concert has been recorded and will appear online at the official 'Yulia & Friends' web site www.findmyvoice.co.nz
DVDs are  available for $20 and CDs for $10 plus postage and packaging via www.yulia.co.nz online shop.

..... only a couple of points separated many of the top 10 singers.
Singers who were not selected for the concert but are worthy of a notable mention from the workshops are:
David Lord (12) who sang a beautiful version of 'Ave Maria'
Cameron Ferrick (14) who sang a beautiful Classical/Pop arrangement of 'American Pie'
Mary Donkin (16) who sang 'Now That I've Seen' -
Hannah Wilton (12) who sang Tailor Swift's 'Love Story'
and Maia Troup (8) stood out as having the brightest personality for stage and one to watch!

Yulia is currently nominated for "Best Nationwide Entertainment" in the Corporate Events Guide 2010 People's Choice Awards. Concert attendees can vote for Yulia via www.yulia.co.nz