SYDNEY FESTIVAL LAUNCHES COMPETITION FOR A NEW SOUNDTRACK
Sufjan Stevens, Reggie Watts, Beach House, The Middle East and Kaki King have all had their music featured as the Sydney Festival soundtrack. Now the Festival is looking for who will be next.
Sydney Festival is calling on composers to write a new soundtrack for the 2013 Festival.
The Festival is offering a $5000 cash prize to the writer who creates a song that best
captures the essence of the Festival.
The winning composition will be used to promote Sydney Festival in videos, online and on the air and will give its creator the opportunity to be heard by hundreds of thousands of Festival attendees and fans.
The Festival has lined up a seriously impressive judging panel led by Sydney Festival
Director Lieven Bertels, with Zan Rowe from triple j, Dan Zilber from FBi Radio, Ralph
van Dijk from Eardrum Australia, and Sydney Festival 2012 alumni, singer/songwriter Megan Washington.
"This will be fun," says Lieven Bertels. "I have a great passion for discovering new
music, and even better when there is an opportunity to share it with a broader audience.
I can't wait to start listening to the entries and discovering the gems!"
The piece of music can be up to 4 minutes long. It can be any style, but the tone and
feel should reflect the Festival's motto - This Is Our City In Summer - so the hope is
that the entries will be uplifting, sunny, joyous and celebratory! Lyrics are optional,
but if lyrics are used they must include 'This is our city in summer' and there must also
be an instrumental version of the song.
The Festival is encouraging writers at all stages of their career to enter the competition. All works submitted for judging must be new, original compositions created for the competition, and not be existing work. The work should be recorded to the best of
the artist's ability with home-recorded tracks being accepted.
The Competition is open for entries now. Closing September 7, 2012.
For information on how to enter and full terms and conditions, visit
www.sydneyfestival.org.au/soundtrackoursummer<http://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/soundtrackoursummer>
Sufjan Stevens, Reggie Watts, Beach House, The Middle East and Kaki King have all had their music featured as the Sydney Festival soundtrack. Now the Festival is looking for who will be next.
Sydney Festival is calling on composers to write a new soundtrack for the 2013 Festival.
The Festival is offering a $5000 cash prize to the writer who creates a song that best
captures the essence of the Festival.
The winning composition will be used to promote Sydney Festival in videos, online and on the air and will give its creator the opportunity to be heard by hundreds of thousands of Festival attendees and fans.
The Festival has lined up a seriously impressive judging panel led by Sydney Festival
Director Lieven Bertels, with Zan Rowe from triple j, Dan Zilber from FBi Radio, Ralph
van Dijk from Eardrum Australia, and Sydney Festival 2012 alumni, singer/songwriter Megan Washington.
"This will be fun," says Lieven Bertels. "I have a great passion for discovering new
music, and even better when there is an opportunity to share it with a broader audience.
I can't wait to start listening to the entries and discovering the gems!"
The piece of music can be up to 4 minutes long. It can be any style, but the tone and
feel should reflect the Festival's motto - This Is Our City In Summer - so the hope is
that the entries will be uplifting, sunny, joyous and celebratory! Lyrics are optional,
but if lyrics are used they must include 'This is our city in summer' and there must also
be an instrumental version of the song.
The Festival is encouraging writers at all stages of their career to enter the competition. All works submitted for judging must be new, original compositions created for the competition, and not be existing work. The work should be recorded to the best of
the artist's ability with home-recorded tracks being accepted.
The Competition is open for entries now. Closing September 7, 2012.
For information on how to enter and full terms and conditions, visit
www.sydneyfestival.org.au/soundtrackoursummer<http://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/soundtrackoursummer>
