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Subject: 	Scholarship Contest for Songwriting For Young People in Wells, BC
Date: 	Tue, 10 Jul 2007 13:51:18 -0700
From: 	Julie Fowler <media@imarts.com>



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*NEWS RELEASE*
*For Immediate Release*

 

Contact: Julie Fowler
Toll Free: 1-800-442-ARTS (2787)
Tel: 250-994-3466   Fax: 250-994-3433
Email: media@imarts.com <ailto:media@imarts.com%22>

 

*WIN A SCHOLARSHIP TO SONGWRITING AND SPOKEN WORD POETRY WITH CORWIN FOX 
<ww.corwinfox.com%22>, KIA KADIRI <ttp://www.myspace.com/kiakadiri%22> 
AND SARAH NONI METZNER <ww.sarahmetzner.ca%22>, JULY 31 – AUGUST 3*

WELLS, BC, July 10, 2007…. Island Mountain Arts in Wells, BC is pleased 
to announce a *contest to win one of three scholarships to the 
Songwriting and Spoken Word Poetry Musical Day Camp for 6 – 18 year olds 
from July 31 – August 3 with Corwin Fox, Kia Kadiri and Sarah Noni Metzner*.


 This unique course focuses on both *writing and performance* and will 
teach students how to get comfortable in the rhythm of song and spoken 
word. Splitting into different age groups, students will learn *musical 
theory, improvisation and lyric-writing*, plus Corwin Fox will be 
bringing his mobile recording unit so students can learn *how to record* 
their new songs and rhymes. Students in the workshop will also have the 
opportunity to perform on the last evening of class at the Sunset 
Theatre as part of the Opening of the ArtsWells Festival.

 
Professional BC musicians Corwin Fox, Kia Kadiri and Sarah Noni Metzner 
each bring their own musical perspectives to the program, providing 
young people with a diverse learning experience aimed at facilitating 
self-expression.

 

*Corwin Fox* is a musician, producer and co-founder of Coqi Records out 
of Victoria, BC. Originally from Ottawa, he has been playing and 
performing for over fifteen years and is a regular at the Smither's 
Guitar Camp and the Power of Hope in Victoria where he teaches music to 
young people.

 

*Kia Kadiri* returns to Island Mountain Arts to teach the spoken word 
portion of the workshop. An accomplished and well-known musician in the 
BC Hip Hop scene, Kadiri has the artistic depth, vocal skills, dynamic 
stage presence and universal message to inspire wherever she goes. She 
has spent much of the last year touring to high schools to inspire young 
people through Hip Hop music.

 

*Sarah Noni Metzner* has just released her second album Daybreak 
Mourning on Dog My Cat Records and has spent much of the last year 
touring across North America. Her unique performance fuses folk with 
blues, cabaret, slam poetry, live loops, bluegrass, funk and jazz, 
steeping audiences in a rhythmical and powerful art form. She has worked 
alongside Corwin Fox at the Power of Hope, teaching young people about 
songwriting.

 

All three of these talented musicians will be performing at the 
ArtsWells Festival, which begins on Friday, August 3rd (the last day of 
class), as well as at an instructor concert that is free for students at 
the Sunset Theatre on July 31st at 7:30pm.

 

*To the enter the contest* to win a scholarship for this unique program 
email Island Mountain Arts at info@imarts.com <ailto:info@imarts.com%22> 
*by July 16th* with the opening line to a new song or poem. Feel free to 
get creative and let us know what you want to sing out about. Please 
also provide contact info and specify your age. For more information 
call 1-800-442-2787 or visit the Island Mountain Arts website at 
www.imarts.com <ttp://www.imarts.com/%22>. There is also space left *to 
register for this course and the Early Bird rate of $175* for four days 
of instruction has been extended to July 30th. 

 

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Julie Fowler
media@imarts.com <ailto:media@imarts.com%22>
Artistic Director, Island Mountain Arts & the ArtsWells Festival of All 
Things Art, Aug 3 - 6, 2007
www.imarts.com
www.myspace.com/artswells
Box 65, Wells, BC, V0K 2R0
Toll Free: 1-800-442-2787
Locally: 250-994-3466
Fax: 250-994-3433