Opportunities for Performing Artists

Competitions, Fellowships & Young Artist Programs

531 competitions, grants, fellowships, residencies, awards, and training programs across opera, classical music, theatre, musical theatre, and dance — each with its official deadline and source.

Competitions, Fellowships & Young Artist Programs

American Ballet Theatre Studio Company

Lindemann Young Artist Development Program

New York City Ballet Apprentice Program

School of American Ballet

ABT Summer Intensive

Alonzo King LINES Ballet BFA Program

Ars Nova — Musical Theatre Writers Group

ASCAP Musical Theatre Workshop

Aspen Music Festival and School

Atlantic Acting School Summer Intensive

Ballet Chicago Summer Intensive

BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop

Boston Ballet School Summer Dance Program

Boston Conservatory at Berklee — Summer Programs

Boston University Tanglewood Institute

Bowdoin International Music Festival

Brevard Music Center Summer Institute

Broadway Artists Alliance Summer Intensives

Butler Opera International Competition 2026

Carnegie Mellon Pre-College Drama

Central City Opera Young Artists Program

Chautauqua Opera Young Artists

Chautauqua School of Music

Cincinnati Opera Young Artists

Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program

Eastern Music Festival

French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts

Glimmerglass Festival Young Artists Program

Goldberg Musical Theatre Workshop — Northwestern

Houston Ballet Ben Stevenson Academy

Houston Grand Opera Studio

Hubbard Street Professional Program

Idyllwild Arts Summer Program

Interlochen Arts Camp

Joffrey Academy Trainee Program

Kansas City Ballet School Summer Intensive

Lincoln Center CMS Two Program

Lincoln Center Theater — Songbook / writer programs (when offered)

Manhattan School of Music Precollege

Mercury Musical Developments — Workshops

Merola Opera Program

Merola Opera Program

Miami City Ballet School Summer Intensive

Michigan Opera Theatre Studio

MTI — Writers Initiative (where offered)

Music Academy of the West Summer Festival

Musical Theatre Network — Writer Events

MusicalWriters — Academy (industry program)

National High School Institute — Theatre Arts (Cherubs)

National Repertory Orchestra

NYU Tisch Summer High School (Drama)

Oberlin Summer Programs

Opera Saratoga Young Artist Program

Pacific Northwest Ballet School Summer Course

Pittsburgh Opera Resident Artists

Point Park University Summer Programs

Prospect Theater — Musical Theatre Lab

Round Top Festival Institute

Roundabout — Space Jam (writers)

Ryan Opera Center

San Francisco Ballet School Summer Program

San Francisco Ballet Trainee Program

School of American Ballet Summer Course

Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Camp

Stella Adler Summer Conservatory

Summer@Eastman

Syracuse University Summer College — Acting & Musical Theater

The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center: SINGERS / 2027-28 ENSEMBLE

The Washington School of Ballet Summer Intensive

Tisch Graduate Musical Theatre Writing

UNCSA Summer Session

Verbier Festival Academy

Walnut Hill Summer Theater

Winter Edition: Opera Training Program 2027

Winter Edition: Resident, Fellowship & Intern Application 2027

Wolf Trap Opera