The Jazz Academy of Music, producer of the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival (MAJF), herein after referred to as “Sponsor”, will hold a live vocal competition on February 14, 2015 at the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival Ronnie Wells Main Stage. Vocalist will compete for the title of “Mid-Atlantic Jazz Voice” and a $2,000 grand prize. The competition works this way:
- Contestants must enter the competition by uploading recording samples, a video and a picture to the MAJF website along with a $75 entry fee between October 15, 2014 and January 8, 2015.
- Six finalists will be selected from a panel of judges to compete in the live competition.
- A panel of 3 judges and the audience will determine the grand prize winner and 2nd and 3rd place finalist.
- The judges vote, referred to as the “technical vote” will count 75% toward the final score of the contestants and the audience vote, referred to as the “popular vote” will count 25% toward the final score of the contestants.
- The contest with the highest combined score will be the winner of the competition.
ELIGIBILITY: The Contest is open to individual vocal artists who are 16 years of age or older at the time of entry and who are not presently signed to any major record label, or any record label or publisher under any exclusive agreements and/or other contractual arrangements which prohibit or might prohibit them from participating in any element of this Contest. Employees, contractors, directors and officers of the Jazz Academy of Music Inc., and the immediate family members (i.e. spouse, parent, child, sibling, grandparent, and spouse or “step” of each and those living in the same households) are not eligible to participate in this Contest. Contestants must not have performed on the MAJF Ronnie Wells Main Stage within the previous 2 years or be contracted to perform the current year, 2015.
TO ENTER: Contest Entrants must submit at least three (3) traditional jazz recordings no longer than 3 minutes each, to include 1 up-tempo selection, 1 ballad and 1 selection of the Entrants choice. Entrants must also submit a picture and 1 video YouTube link showing the contestant performing a jazz selection. Entrants will upload their submissions to www.midatlanticjazzfestival.org between October 15, 2014 and January 8, 2015 (“Contest Period”).
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: Contestants must include a non-refundable entry fee of $75 with their submission. The entry fee is payable on the website by Visa or MasterCard. By entering a Submission in the Contest, Entrants hereby warrant and represent that the Submission conforms to the Contest Submission Requirements set forth herein. Entrants agree and acknowledge that no compensation will be paid to them for any reason whatsoever including, but not limited to, entering this Contest or uploading a Submission.
All Submissions must be in the following file formats: Audio: MP3, or WAV; Picture: jpeg and Video: YouTube link.
read more: http://www.midatlanticjazzfestival.org/info/the-mid-atlantic-jazz-voice-vocal-competition/
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