[BCMA] Dave Bidini Songwriting Contest!

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.]

Contact: Julie Fowler, Executive Director
Toll Free: 1-800-442-ARTS (2787)
Tel: 250-994-3466   Fax: 250-994-3433
Email: media at imarts.com

WIN A SCHOLARSHIP TO STUDY THE ART OF SONGWRITING

WITH MUSIC LEGEND, DAVE BIDINI, JULY 26 – 29, 2011 IN WELLS, BC



WELLS, BC, May 2, 2011…. Island Mountain Arts located in the  
historic Cariboo town of Wells, British Columbia is pleased to  
announce a contest to win a scholarship to attend a four-day  
intensive Songwriting Workshop, July 26th – 29th with Canadian music  
legend, Dave Bidini. Along with the scholarship (valued at $440), the  
winner will be invited to perform at the 8th Annual ArtsWells  
Festival Of All Things Art, July 29th – August 1st, 2011– voted  
one of the top ten festivals in Canada by CBC Radio 3’s Searchlight  
Contest, and will be featured in a profile interview and have music  
played on CBC Radio’s province wide arts and culture program North  
by Northwest with Sheryl MacKay. The contest is sponsored in part by  
BC Musician Magazine.


Dave Bidini is the founder of Rheostatics, considered one of  
Canada’s finest bands. For more than two decades, the band mapped  
new musical frontiers across Canada, embracing the nation that bore  
them and reinterpreting its sea-to-shining-sea grandeur in music of  
startling variety and indisputable beauty. He is also the author of 8  
books, including the best-selling Tropic of Hockey – named one of  
Canada’s Top 100 books of the last century – as well as On a Cold  
Road and Baseballissmo. He has won numerous magazine and newspaper  
awards, and writes a regular Saturday column for the National Post.  
He has also made two films, The Hockey Nomad and The Hockey Nomad  
Goes to Russia, the former winning a Gemini Award for Best  
Documentary in 2007. Bidini’s first play, The Five Hole Stories,  
performed by One Yellow Rabbit Theatre Company, toured nationally in  
2009, and his new Bidiniband album, “The Land is Wild,” received  
great critical acclaim.

The contest is open to emerging and professional songwriters who  
submit entries. You don't need a professional recording. Entries will  
be judged on originality, melody, composition, and lyrics. Production/ 
Recording quality and vocal ability are not criteria. This is an  
invaluable opportunity for both aspiring and established songwriters  
to nurture their songwriting on all levels while working with their  
peers and the mentorship of a senior songwriter.

The deadline to apply is Friday, May 27, 2011 and the winner will be  
announced by June 4th, 2011. Applicants are also encouraged to apply  
to the “Songwriter Workshop and Seminar Support Program,” offered  
through FACTOR (www.factor.ca), which provides up to $750 towards  
attending a songwriting workshop (next program deadline June 15, 2011).

Running concurrently with the Songwriting Workshop is a four-day  
Blues, Slide and Fingerstyle Guitar Workshop with virtuoso, Ken Hamm  
as well as the always popular Songwriting and Rhythm Workshop for  
ages 6 – 18 with Corwin Fox and Kia Kadiri.

For more information about the contest or any of the programs  
offered, visit the Island Mountain Arts School of the Arts website at  
www.imarts.com, call 1-800-442-2787, or email info at imarts.com. For  
more info on the ArtsWells Festival Of All Things Art please visit  
www.artswells.com.


CONTEST DETAILS



WHO CAN ENTER
This contest is open to all aspiring or proficient songwriters –  
self-published or unpublished – who are looking for a chance to  
improve their song writing skills and further hone their craft.

CRITERIA
Entries will be judged on originality, melody, composition, and  
lyrics. Production/Recording quality and vocal ability are not criteria.

HOW TO ENTER
• Send 1 song, along with a typed lyric sheet, your name, address  
and telephone number to:
Song Writing Contest
Island Mountain Arts
PO Box 65
Wells, BC, V0K 2R0, Canada
• You can also enter by e-mail by sending the above information and  
an MP3 to:  media at imarts.com
• The song must be original

DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES
All entries must reach Island Mountain Arts no later than 5:00pm on  
Friday, May 27th, 2011.
The winner will be announced by Saturday, June 4, 2011.

THE 2011 SONGWRITING PRIZE PACKAGE INCLUDES:
• Full tuition (value $440) paid to attend the four-day intensive  
songwriting workshop in Wells, British Columbia with Dave Bidini.
• A coveted performance spot at the 2011 ArtsWells Festival  
(www.artswells.com), which begins on the last day of the workshop  
(Friday, July 29th) and runs until Monday, August 1, 2011.
• A profile interview and have music played on CBC Radio’s North  
by Northwest with Sheryl MacKay

THE RUNNER UP PRIZE PACKAGE INCLUDES:
• Full tuition (value $440) paid to attend the four-day intensive  
songwriting workshop in Wells, British Columbia with Dave Bidini.
• Weekend pass to the 8th Annual ArtsWells Festival, July 29 –  
August 1, 2011




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Julie Fowler
media at imarts.com
Executive Director, Island Mountain Arts & the ArtsWells Festival of  
All Things Art, July 29 - August 1, 2011
www.imarts.com
www.artswells.com
Box 65, Wells, BC, V0K 2R0
Toll Free: 1-800-442-2787
Fax: 250-994-3433





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