Medford teen wins national high school singing competition
Ruth Anne Sowa sings her way to a top prize
Singing “Hai Luli” by Pauline Viardot, Medford teen Ruth Anne Sowa recently won first place and a $1,200 prize in the Upper High School Treble Category of the 2025 National Student Auditions (NSA) hosted by the National Association of Teachers of Singing.
Semifinal and final auditions took place June 26-28 at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. To become an NSA semifinalist, student singers advanced through multiple audition levels, representing the top 15 in their age and training level from nearly 1,200 national preliminary entries.
Ruth Anne is a rising senior in the Voice Department at Walnut Hill School for the Arts. She is also a member of the Handel and Haydn Society Youth Choruses (HHYC) Chorus of Sopranos + Altos and Chamber Choir. In early October she and other Chamber Choir singers will join the H+H Orchestra and Chorus on the Symphony Hall stage to perform Handel’s oratorio Saul as part of the period ensemble’s CitySing initiative.
