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Competitions were explorations of this theme. Students wer from grades 7-12 in Perth County.
Song Writing Competition
The Judges included
David Prosser, Director of Communications for the Stratford Shakespeare Festival; Rick Fox, Director of Music for the Stratford Shakespeare Festival; Barbara Dunn-Prosser, performer and professor of voice at University of Western Ontario; and Barry Payne, Stratford, Ontario songwriter, whose band String Bone, is receiving international, critical acclaim for its latest CD, nadir
Six winners were chosen from entries received from students from across the county.
Winners
- Poppy Kipfer - A Place Called Home | Grade 8 Montessori
- Jennifer Oesch - Back Home | Grade 11, Northwestern Secondary School
- Luc Fisher, Tyler Zybura, Amy Schell - Remember Me Forever | Grade 11, Northwestern Secondary School
- Sam Kochany - Magic of Youth | Grade 12, Central Secondary School
- Abigail Winter-Culliford, Sadie Culliford , Gary Winter (family entry) - Havin' an Avon Kinda Day | Grade 8, Downie Public School
- Kirstie Carter - Home on Your Side | Grade 10, Central Secondary School
Winners receive a cash prize of $200 and an extended learning opportunity.
They will collaboratively work with a professional composer/arranger on their piece and then take that developed work into the recording studio. Their work will then be produced with professional musicians.
Watch and Listen here for the results of this evolving process.
perthsong@hermione-presents.com
Any songs created during this
competition process are licensed under
Creative Commons
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