Stop Predatory Audition Fees Petition: Signature List Feed http://www.gopetition.com/signatures/stop-predatory-audition-fees.html Online petition signatures en-us Thu, 7 May 2026 03:41 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Dr. Tanya Kruse [Signature #1062] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22651839?utm_medium=rss On behalf of all of my students, I'm signing this petition. By continuing to charge these fees, we are eliminating the potential for many of them to even be in the running for work in opera.

]]> Thu, 13 Dec 2018 09:00:20 UTC 22651839 Anonymous [Signature #1061] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22053732?utm_medium=rss Thu, 22 Feb 2018 03:15:45 UTC 22053732 Mr Joey Jojo [Signature #1060] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19810752?utm_medium=rss Mon, 14 Mar 2016 12:28:29 UTC 19810752 Ms Friederike Peters [Signature #1059] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18944998?utm_medium=rss Other professions get reimbursed for their travel expenses to job interviews.
We are highly trained and we paid more for our education already than most other people. It's time for some justice and respect for young, professional singers.

]]> Tue, 2 Jun 2015 03:41:20 UTC 18944998 Ms Georgia Tryfona [Signature #1058] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18944909?utm_medium=rss Tue, 2 Jun 2015 02:56:33 UTC 18944909 Sara A [Signature #1057] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18323192?utm_medium=rss Fri, 9 Jan 2015 09:33:02 UTC 18323192 Bridget Best [Signature #1056] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18161673?utm_medium=rss This needs to be done away with forever. Preying on already poor artists is cruel.

]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2014 01:28:00 UTC 18161673 Anonymous [Signature #1055] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18144017?utm_medium=rss If companies can give interviews for free to find the right person for their job, opera companies should offer the same. This means they cannot afford to put up an opera and therefore this defeats the whole purpose of making art. This is ESPECIALLY true for Pay-to-sing programs. If I am already being expected to pay for a pay-to-sing IF accepted, then why suck another $50 for me to be heard? This is horrendous. The only result will be less applicants and therefore less money for YOU. Less good performers who actually COULD turn this business around and make it a thriving social art again. BELIEVE IN US.

]]> Sun, 16 Nov 2014 04:40:22 UTC 18144017 Paul Clark [Signature #1054] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18128259?utm_medium=rss Tue, 11 Nov 2014 01:53:14 UTC 18128259 Mrs. Jessica Bridgham [Signature #1053] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18128249?utm_medium=rss Tue, 11 Nov 2014 01:49:08 UTC 18128249 Ms Caroline Whalen [Signature #1052] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18125622?utm_medium=rss Mon, 10 Nov 2014 08:30:56 UTC 18125622 Allison Chang [Signature #1051] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18112335?utm_medium=rss Thu, 6 Nov 2014 11:00:40 UTC 18112335 Joseph Scolastico [Signature #1050] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18109757?utm_medium=rss Wed, 5 Nov 2014 09:26:26 UTC 18109757 Mr Shane Magargal [Signature #1049] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18108273?utm_medium=rss Wed, 5 Nov 2014 02:22:03 UTC 18108273 Anonymous [Signature #1048] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18105976?utm_medium=rss Wed, 5 Nov 2014 01:26:25 UTC 18105976 Dr. Mark Zagaeski [Signature #1047] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18099348?utm_medium=rss I support singers!

]]> Mon, 3 Nov 2014 11:25:17 UTC 18099348 Ms Anonymous [Signature #1046] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18098070?utm_medium=rss Mon, 3 Nov 2014 05:38:16 UTC 18098070 Lorraine Helvick [Signature #1045] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18097777?utm_medium=rss Mon, 3 Nov 2014 04:40:36 UTC 18097777 Lilith Sanchez [Signature #1044] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18092418?utm_medium=rss Sun, 2 Nov 2014 04:30:06 UTC 18092418 Mrs Dana Maelzner-Lareau [Signature #1043] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18091302?utm_medium=rss Sun, 2 Nov 2014 08:38:45 UTC 18091302 John Calkins [Signature #1042] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18089687?utm_medium=rss Sat, 1 Nov 2014 07:16:48 UTC 18089687 Ms. Mary Claire Curran [Signature #1041] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18076141?utm_medium=rss Tue, 28 Oct 2014 03:27:19 UTC 18076141 Chen Stern [Signature #1040] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18070792?utm_medium=rss Mon, 27 Oct 2014 07:13:42 UTC 18070792 Kelci Hahn [Signature #1039] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18065060?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Oct 2014 11:32:31 UTC 18065060 Ms Mary Wesley [Signature #1038] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18064625?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Oct 2014 07:55:07 UTC 18064625 Daniel Cheng [Signature #1037] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18064621?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Oct 2014 07:51:55 UTC 18064621 David Childs [Signature #1036] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18064594?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Oct 2014 07:39:15 UTC 18064594 Ms Diana Daniel [Signature #1035] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18063863?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Oct 2014 02:21:33 UTC 18063863 Ms Rosemary Pavlovsky [Signature #1034] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18063780?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Oct 2014 01:50:44 UTC 18063780 Steven Mello [Signature #1033] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18063591?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Oct 2014 12:48:46 UTC 18063591 Ms. Anonymous [Signature #1032] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18060419?utm_medium=rss Thu, 23 Oct 2014 07:12:05 UTC 18060419 Amy Kraus [Signature #1031] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18059367?utm_medium=rss Amen! It is about time such a petition existed. As a singer, teacher and composer I heartily support the abolition of audition and other such predatory fees.

]]> Thu, 23 Oct 2014 02:48:06 UTC 18059367 Maeve Hoppen [Signature #1030] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18059191?utm_medium=rss Thu, 23 Oct 2014 02:02:35 UTC 18059191 Joan Snyder [Signature #1029] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18059097?utm_medium=rss Thu, 23 Oct 2014 01:41:55 UTC 18059097 Ms April McNeely [Signature #1028] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18058739?utm_medium=rss Thu, 23 Oct 2014 12:17:22 UTC 18058739 Anonymous [Signature #1027] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18058564?utm_medium=rss Thu, 23 Oct 2014 11:36:36 UTC 18058564 Ms Susan Morton [Signature #1026] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18058480?utm_medium=rss Thu, 23 Oct 2014 11:17:47 UTC 18058480 Ms. Shelley Mihm [Signature #1025] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18058047?utm_medium=rss Thu, 23 Oct 2014 09:49:55 UTC 18058047 Mr. Jason Weisinger [Signature #1024] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18058013?utm_medium=rss I'M SO POOR

]]> Thu, 23 Oct 2014 09:42:05 UTC 18058013 Ms Mary Evelyn Hangley [Signature #1023] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18057928?utm_medium=rss Thu, 23 Oct 2014 09:25:13 UTC 18057928 mr tony valente [Signature #1022] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18056240?utm_medium=rss Thu, 23 Oct 2014 03:14:21 UTC 18056240 Ms. Kathleen Bolton-Schmukler [Signature #1021] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18055806?utm_medium=rss Wed, 22 Oct 2014 11:42:12 UTC 18055806 Valerie Mittica [Signature #1020] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18055669?utm_medium=rss Wed, 22 Oct 2014 11:03:05 UTC 18055669 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #1019] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18055493?utm_medium=rss Wed, 22 Oct 2014 10:23:44 UTC 18055493 Kevin Jones [Signature #1018] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18054946?utm_medium=rss Wed, 22 Oct 2014 08:54:27 UTC 18054946 Mr Austin Heath [Signature #1017] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18052853?utm_medium=rss Unnecessarily large audition fees hurt not only the artist, but also the companies looking for talent. A talented artist may not have the money to apply, therefore diminshing the overall growth of the very art we set out to create!

]]> Wed, 22 Oct 2014 01:34:46 UTC 18052853 Mrs. Colleen Rice [Signature #1016] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18052143?utm_medium=rss For those of us in the Arts, who already make meager wages, the fees that are required to even audition are a slap in the face. It's as though you can only showcase your talent if you have money to back it up. Is it not more important to find good talent on an equal playing field than only allow those who can afford to pay to audition?

]]> Wed, 22 Oct 2014 07:10:41 UTC 18052143 Bibi Vd dijck [Signature #1015] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18051621?utm_medium=rss Wed, 22 Oct 2014 02:34:19 UTC 18051621 Samantha Kantak [Signature #1014] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18051207?utm_medium=rss Tue, 21 Oct 2014 10:11:23 UTC 18051207 Anonymous [Signature #1013] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18050997?utm_medium=rss Tue, 21 Oct 2014 08:44:55 UTC 18050997 Victoria Waasdorp [Signature #1012] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18050900?utm_medium=rss Tue, 21 Oct 2014 07:55:45 UTC 18050900 Barbara Heath Lopez [Signature #1011] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18050879?utm_medium=rss Tue, 21 Oct 2014 07:43:51 UTC 18050879 Trent Lloyd [Signature #1010] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18050831?utm_medium=rss Tue, 21 Oct 2014 07:12:51 UTC 18050831 Anna Silva [Signature #1009] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18050750?utm_medium=rss Tue, 21 Oct 2014 06:29:42 UTC 18050750 Corey Lovelace [Signature #1008] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18049850?utm_medium=rss Tue, 21 Oct 2014 01:03:50 UTC 18049850 Ms J Schreiner [Signature #1007] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18049638?utm_medium=rss Tue, 21 Oct 2014 11:34:11 UTC 18049638 Ms Alison Pate [Signature #1006] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18049523?utm_medium=rss Tue, 21 Oct 2014 10:49:35 UTC 18049523 Miss Melody McClellan [Signature #1005] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18048084?utm_medium=rss I am a singer. I save money all year,(the small amount I make from singing locally and teaching), then blow it all in about two months through the process of applying to and auditioning for young artist programs. It's ridiculous. Everyone I tell about this thinks that I'm being swindled. We ABSOLUTELY need to reform this process.

]]> Mon, 20 Oct 2014 10:56:25 UTC 18048084 Mrs Rebekah Thatcher [Signature #1004] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18048048?utm_medium=rss Such a practice will hurt the musical institution in the end by driving away talent who cannot afford to pay for each audition. Dont shoot yourself in the foot!

]]> Mon, 20 Oct 2014 10:27:20 UTC 18048048 Anonymous [Signature #1003] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18048023?utm_medium=rss Mon, 20 Oct 2014 10:14:54 UTC 18048023 Ms Anonymous [Signature #1002] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18047954?utm_medium=rss Mon, 20 Oct 2014 09:43:31 UTC 18047954 Anonymous [Signature #1001] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18047411?utm_medium=rss Mon, 20 Oct 2014 05:11:58 UTC 18047411 Miss Heather Hall [Signature #1000] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18047157?utm_medium=rss Mon, 20 Oct 2014 03:22:54 UTC 18047157 Ms. Emily Thorner [Signature #999] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18047133?utm_medium=rss Mon, 20 Oct 2014 03:09:57 UTC 18047133 Mrs Corinne Mager [Signature #998] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18047098?utm_medium=rss Mon, 20 Oct 2014 02:57:31 UTC 18047098 Anonymous [Signature #997] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18047046?utm_medium=rss Mon, 20 Oct 2014 02:38:09 UTC 18047046 Ms. Julia Metzler [Signature #996] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18047020?utm_medium=rss Mon, 20 Oct 2014 02:28:47 UTC 18047020 Charlotte Cromheeke [Signature #995] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18046969?utm_medium=rss Mon, 20 Oct 2014 02:09:07 UTC 18046969 mrs alenka vojnic [Signature #994] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18046947?utm_medium=rss Mon, 20 Oct 2014 02:02:32 UTC 18046947 Anonymous [Signature #993] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18046896?utm_medium=rss Mon, 20 Oct 2014 01:41:46 UTC 18046896 Mrs de beck Helene [Signature #992] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18046828?utm_medium=rss Mon, 20 Oct 2014 01:12:58 UTC 18046828 Ms Sandra Bender [Signature #991] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18046731?utm_medium=rss Mon, 20 Oct 2014 12:34:48 UTC 18046731 Anonymous [Signature #990] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18046716?utm_medium=rss Mon, 20 Oct 2014 12:29:12 UTC 18046716 Kathryn Miller [Signature #989] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18046508?utm_medium=rss Mon, 20 Oct 2014 10:58:27 UTC 18046508 Mr. Maxwell Mamon [Signature #988] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18046505?utm_medium=rss Mon, 20 Oct 2014 10:57:02 UTC 18046505 Mr Anonymous [Signature #987] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18046441?utm_medium=rss Mon, 20 Oct 2014 10:32:31 UTC 18046441 LORNA MYERS [Signature #986] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18046430?utm_medium=rss I fully support this campaign!!

]]> Mon, 20 Oct 2014 10:28:30 UTC 18046430 Ms Teresa Hui [Signature #985] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18046239?utm_medium=rss The fees are part of the reason why I stopped actively pursuing a career in opera. This needs to stop.

]]> Mon, 20 Oct 2014 09:21:17 UTC 18046239 Daniele Hager [Signature #984] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18046198?utm_medium=rss Mon, 20 Oct 2014 09:08:28 UTC 18046198 Ms. Rebecca Schuessler [Signature #983] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18046175?utm_medium=rss That fees continue to rise and expand to more companies while advancing technology has allowed for the screening/vetting process to be streamlined which would seemingly make administration fees lower (less paper/ink/stamps, everything done electronically, less time spent responding- hello form e-PFO's) is quite perplexing to me. Companies shouldn't depend on potential employees to help with their operation costs, and we shouldn't continue to help feed this monster.
We, as singers, need to stand up, and create and uphold standards of engagement. How much of an impact would it have on a company that has a $35 application fee if we all, collectively, decided to boycott applying? That would send a very strong message- and one that I think should be delivered.

]]> Mon, 20 Oct 2014 09:04:32 UTC 18046175 Ms. Anonymous [Signature #982] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18046053?utm_medium=rss Mon, 20 Oct 2014 08:15:53 UTC 18046053 ms kerry rocks [Signature #981] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18046001?utm_medium=rss Mon, 20 Oct 2014 08:00:31 UTC 18046001 Miss Anonymous [Signature #980] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18045225?utm_medium=rss Mon, 20 Oct 2014 01:43:09 UTC 18045225 Leann Ernest [Signature #979] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18044955?utm_medium=rss Sun, 19 Oct 2014 10:50:36 UTC 18044955 Kris Partello [Signature #978] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18044712?utm_medium=rss Sun, 19 Oct 2014 08:34:53 UTC 18044712 Ms Sylvia Bloom [Signature #977] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18044682?utm_medium=rss Sun, 19 Oct 2014 08:21:30 UTC 18044682 me Anonymous [Signature #976] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18044605?utm_medium=rss Sun, 19 Oct 2014 07:48:41 UTC 18044605 Ma Amanda Tarver [Signature #975] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18044476?utm_medium=rss Sun, 19 Oct 2014 06:38:16 UTC 18044476 Mr Martin Caceres [Signature #974] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18044453?utm_medium=rss One should not be forced to pay for a job interview. Considering when most singers are working 2 or 3 jobs to support singing career.

]]> Sun, 19 Oct 2014 06:30:07 UTC 18044453 Anonymous [Signature #973] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18044418?utm_medium=rss Sun, 19 Oct 2014 06:18:44 UTC 18044418 Melissa Mallory [Signature #972] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18044251?utm_medium=rss Sun, 19 Oct 2014 05:04:35 UTC 18044251 MS kelly newberry [Signature #971] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18044187?utm_medium=rss Sun, 19 Oct 2014 04:44:38 UTC 18044187 Ms Anonymous [Signature #970] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18044142?utm_medium=rss Sun, 19 Oct 2014 04:25:27 UTC 18044142 Mr Paul Miller [Signature #969] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18044114?utm_medium=rss I will NEVER pay to apply for a job. Those costs belong entirely to the employer, and it's reprehensible to put them on the shoulders of the applicant.

]]> Sun, 19 Oct 2014 04:13:46 UTC 18044114 Anonymous [Signature #968] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18044049?utm_medium=rss Sun, 19 Oct 2014 03:53:40 UTC 18044049 Mrs Taotao Liu [Signature #967] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18043922?utm_medium=rss I know it's tough to run an opera company, but it's even tougher to be a singer. The financial burdens of the opera company should not be the singers' responsibility in any way.

]]> Sun, 19 Oct 2014 03:03:00 UTC 18043922 Ms Christina Crawford [Signature #966] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18043895?utm_medium=rss Sun, 19 Oct 2014 02:50:49 UTC 18043895 Joseph Cocozziello [Signature #965] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18043628?utm_medium=rss Sun, 19 Oct 2014 12:46:58 UTC 18043628 Ms Anne Stillwagon [Signature #964] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18043586?utm_medium=rss Sun, 19 Oct 2014 12:28:57 UTC 18043586 Ms. Alyse Memory Krieger [Signature #963] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18043563?utm_medium=rss Sun, 19 Oct 2014 12:18:24 UTC 18043563