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Mosaic Music Festival 2011 Jazz Weekend Workshop + Bright Young Things Auditions

Mosaic Music Festival 2011
The Jazz Weekend Workshop + Bright Young Things Auditions

1) Jazz Weekend Workshop

Calling all youths and young adults who have a yen for jazz!
Swing by for Mosaic Music Festival 2011’s inaugural Jazz Weekend Workshop on 11 and 12 December 2010! In these sessions, you will:

· Be taken on a trip down the history of jazz, with examples of the different musical styles performed live.


· Learn a few key jazz elements (e.g. syncopation, improvisation, call-and-response) through engaging audience interactive activities.


· Meet jazz musicians and educators including Melissa Tham and Tim O’Dwyer and hear them discuss personal musical experiences.


· Catch local jazz professionals and Bright Young Things mentors Joshua Wan (piano), Tony Makarome (bass) and Soh Wen Ming (drums) dish out jazz standards in a fresh and inimitable way.


· Get a chance to jam with these jazz cats (if you’re ready, of course!)

Here are the details:

Date: 11 and 12 December 2010 (Sat and Sun)
Time: 11am to 6pm, with a lunch break of 1 hour from 1 - 2pm
Venue: Lasalle School of the Arts, Room G301
Administration fee: $15*


2) Bright Young Things Auditions
After the jazz workshop each day, we will also be holding auditions to identify our second group of Bright Young Things!


The audition process:

Auditions will be held from 5-6:30pm on both 11 and 12 December 2010, after the jazz weekend workshop. Please note that potential Bright Young Things must attend BOTH audition sessions.

On 11 December, the candidate will be assessed as a solo performer. S/he should prepare a medium tempo jazz standard (no more than 5 minutes) to perform. Other areas including sight-reading and improvisation skills will also be tested.

The audition on 12 December evaluates the candidate as a musician in a band. S/he will be asked to play with the audition band, whose members comprise the 2010 Bright Young Things.



Should you have any questions, please email brightyoungthings@esplanade.com or call us at (65) 6828-8279.

SOFT Presents - THE LOUDEST Band Competition

Check this out.

SOFT is the largest music community in Singapore and we want to look for THE LOUDEST band on this little island.

Top Band will get
- $1000 cash
- $300 voucher (Sponsored by www.citymusic.com.sg)
- Electric guitar (Sponsored by www.musictheme.com.sg )
- Marshall MG15 CDR Limited Edition (Silver) (Sponsored by www.lookforbeez.com )
- Studio time for recording 1 song (Sponsored by Inversion Productions )
- Pro Tools Key Studio (Sponsored by www.avid.com )
- Electro Harmonix Metal Muff w Top Boost pedal (Sponsored by www.ebenex.com )
- 10 x $10 vouchers worth $100 (Sponsored by www.blackwood.com.sg )
- Attack drum skins and 5 X $15 Vouchers (Sponsored by www.themusiclab.com.sg )
- $25 SRH Voucher x 5 + stickers (Sponsored by www.srh.com )
- Artec Parametric EQ Effect Pedal (Sponsored by www.tymusiccenter.com)
- Gibson goodie pack (guitar strap, strings, picks & guitar cleaning kit) (Sponsored by www.gibson.com )
- 4 x Band t-shirts of your choice from the Getup Merch store. (Sponsored by www.getupmerch.com)
- X-Mini Max II Speakers for each member of the winning band. (Sponsored by Metal Horde Singapore )

Outstanding Musician
- Pro Tools Key Studio (Sponsored by www.avid.com )

For all participants
- HEAROS Music Ear Plugs (Sponsored by www.musicensemble.com.sg )

Competition venue sponsored by Tanglin Music Club ( http://www.tanglinmusic.org )

Bass amplifiers and guitar amplifiers provided by City Music (www.citymusic.com.sg)

All Beyerdynamic microphones provided by Peak Fusion (www.peak-fusion.com.sg)

HK Audio ICON Series sound system provided by Peak Fusion (www.peak-fusion.com.sg)

*This competition is for the following genres, we will have a series of competitions for the other genres.

1. Hardcore
2. Heavy Metal
3. Hard Rock

Playing Time
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20 mins including set up time.
Song must be original, composed/copyright owned by the band.

Judging
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40 points: Musicianship
30 points: Originality of material
20 points: Stage Presentation
10 points: Online Voting

Registration
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Registration starts from: 17 March 2010

Competition: 19/20 June 2010
Fee: $50

Email the following to info@soft.com.sg

Name of band:
About the band:
Email & mobile contact:
Name/Age/NRIC of each member:

Competition venue sponsored by Tanglin Music Club ( http://www.tanglinmusic.org )