Art Prize accepting music 'til June 6th

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Deadline for musicians to enter Art Prize, June 6th:

MUSIC RETURNS TO ARTPRIZE AND $10,000 OF MUSIC PRIZES

WILL BE GIVEN BY ST. CECILIA MUSIC CENTER

IN FIVE GENRE CATEGORIES

DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION IS June 6, 2013

St. Cecilia Music Center continues as ArtPrize Music Hub

in 2013 with five special music prizes to be presented

GRAND RAPIDS, MI (May 2013) – St. Cecilia Music Center will continue its role as the music hub during ArtPrize 2013 and will once again award $10,000 in prize money specifically to musical entries.

St. Cecilia Music Center will be presenting five $2,000 awards in the categories of pop/electronic, rock/blues, folk/country, jazz and classical. The winners will be chosen by the popular vote on the ArtPrize website.

New this year will be the addition of official ArtPrize “busking stations” in five different locations throughout Grand Rapids during the first two weeks of the event. SCMC will schedule entered musicians for these various performance areas where they may perform live for the public at large. Musicians may display their voting number and perform multiple times if desired, based on time availability. Non-ArtPrize performances will not be permitted at these sites. There will also be performance opportunities at St. Cecilia Music Center and on Wood TV 8.

Listening stations will be available during the entire three weeks of ArtPrize (September 18-October 6) featuring musical entries and music will be featured on the ArtPrize website.

The grand prize given by ArtPrize is $200,000 and all music will be eligible for the performance/time-based juried award of $20,000.

FACT SHEET for entering a musical/performance piece:

• The song or piece must be an original piece of music written within the last three years.

• You must register on the ArtPrize website and create an artist profile by June 6. Enter at www.artprize.org. VERY IMPORTANT: List your form as “Performance” and your medium as “Music.”

• There must be a recording of the piece embedded on the ArtPrize website by the time ArtPrize begins. A recording of the piece must be provided to SCMC by September 1. You will need to use a media player from another website such as YouTube.com or Vimeo.com for video and SoundCloud.com for audio. You can create a free account on one of those type of sites and then paste the embed code in the space provided on the Work Entry form. Questions regarding embedding can be answered at artists@artprize.org.

• Once you create your profile musicians should “connect” to St. Cecilia Music Center so requests can be seen.

• You must pay the registration fee as needed. $50 for solo artist and $25 per additional collaborators.

• One musician may not have multiple chances to win through various projects so an artist may only enter once, either as a solo artist or part of a band or group.

• All groups will have the opportunity to perform live during the first two weeks at various official busking stations throughout the Grand Rapids area.

St. Cecilia Music Center will also have visual art in our Terryberry Gallery.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT:

Cathy Holbrook

Executive Director

(616) 459-2224

cathy@scmc-online.org