Seventeen-year-old Wellington resident Cara Young has graduated from the Alexander Dreyfoos School of the Arts vocal program.
Young is the 2015 recipient of the Calla Guild Vocal Scholarship. During her senior year, she won first prize at the Llangollen International Musical Festival in Wales, competing in the Songs from the Shows category.
She has performed locally for nine years with the Young Singers of the Palm Beaches, as well as in productions with the Palm Beach Opera, the Palm Beach Pops, the Lake Worth Playhouse and the Maltz Jupiter Theater. She was the first winner of the “Wellington Idol” competition in 2012.
Young will attend Florida State University beginning this fall, studying in the music theater program. She is the daughter of Connie and Jody Young.
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