APRA members are very active in local and international songwriting and composing competitions. Details of current competitions will be posted here regularly.
If you have a competition that you'd like listed, please email us at .
2012 Blue Mountains Battle of the Bands
Commencing on Friday May 25th, this prestigious music event is the top band competition for the Blue Mountains and neighbouring regions. Presented by 89.1 Radio Blue Mountains in association with the Hotel Gearin, this year’s event promises to be bigger and better than ever, with recording time in professional studios, photo shoots, song development programmes and musical equipment being just some of the prizes offered.
We are still accepting entries, so if you’re in a band with 2 or more members, perform more than 50% original material, are able to travel to Katoomba for one heat, one semi and if you’re good enough, the Grand Final on July 27, then why not give it a shot? There are no stylistic limits and you don’t have to live in the Mountains to qualify. Plus entry into the competition is free.
Application forms and details can be accessed at
www.rbm.org.au/rbm-battle-of-the-bands/
or by visiting our office at 7 Gang Gang Street Katoomba
Any queries call/text Galileo Griffin on 0459 620 932
David Harold Tribe Symphony Award
The David Harold Tribe Fellowship Awards were established to encourage Australian-based creators of fiction, poetry, philosophy, sculpture and symphony.
The David Harold Tribe Symphony Award, valued at $12,000, was created to promote interest in musical composition, encourage the writing of music in Australia and to help and give incentive to emerging and established composers nationwide.
The award will be given to the person who is judged to have written the best original musical composition for symphonic orchestra in three (3) or more movements with a playing time of twenty (20) minutes or more.
Soloists and choirs may be included in the submitted piece and instrumentation must not be larger than 3333 4331, timp, harp, celeste/piano, 3x percussion + strings.
Applications close Friday 28 September, 2012.
For eligibility, requirements and criteria go to:
http://sydney.edu.au/music/tribe_symphony_award.shtml