Student Fellowship

High school and junior high school students from Centralia and the surrounding communities are encouraged to apply to the Centralia Opera Student Fellowship. Students enrolled in the COSF will hone their craft through private online voice lessons, masterclasses, and performances in recital and on the mainstage in our production of Giacomo Puccini’s La Boheme.

Through this program, students will receive weekly online voice lessons with professional singers starting in the week of May 10th leading up to their participation in the in person rehearsals for La Boheme beginning June 15th.

Students will also sing alongside their teachers in the Centralia Opera’s production of La Boheme on June 26th and 27th.

In private lessons, they will work on the music for their small role or chorus in the opera as well as a solo that they will present in the student recital.

Through this program, they will also be invited to observe and participate in masterclasses in music theory, music history, and acting. All COSF students will be given the opportunity to have professional headshots taken.

All Southern Illinois high school students and Junior High (including 2026 rising 6th graders and high school graduates) are encouraged to apply to this completely free program.

Application deadline is May 1st, 2026.