Rising Stars Finalists

Congratulations!

Thank you to everyone who auditioned this year. We had a great time, and hope you did, too! The following acts are the 2016 Overture’s Rising Stars finalists:

Chloe Webster* from DeForest
Dr. Roderquita K. Moore* from Madison
Scott Lewis* from Madison
BOUND TO BE FREE* from Madison
Shlomo Calvo* from Madison
Prone to Sorrow from Janesville
Alan Holverson from Monroe
Mark Harrod from Belleville
Forte Fusion* from Mount Horeb
Molly Rae Kiser from Beloit
Chelsea Melnick from Madison
Surya Ganesan from Verona
Danielle Crim from Fitchburg
Alex Oglesby from Verona
The Rockabilly Kid from Monticello
Elijah Edwards from Madison
Declan Killeen Toomey* from Verona
Gemma Miller from Madison
Ananya Krishna from Verona
X-Clusive Movement* from Madison
Katie Burville from Waunakee
Gotta Dance Academy of Performing Arts from Lancaster
John Crim from Fitchburg
Blake Washington from Madison
Shruti Parthasarathy from Middleton
William Taylor from Lancaster

* Denotes participation in 2014 and/or 2015 Rising Stars competitions.

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Overture’s Rising Stars talent search is in no way associated with ABC’s Rising Star.

           

This project is supported by Arts Access, a component fund of the Madison Community Foundation, Madison-Kipp Corporation, and Dane Arts with additional funds from the Endres Mfg. Company Foundation, the Evjue Foundation Inc., the charitable arm of The Capital Times, the W. Jerome Frautschi Foundation, and the Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation.